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<h1><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Call for Proposals: 2026 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Proposals due December 30, 2025</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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2026 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge<br>
Sunday, May 17 - Wednesday, May 20, 2026 <br>
Timberline Lodge<br>
One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood<br>
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/acquisitionsinstitute.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba478ca9d3e95f4257b1f7efe&id=1f47dc98a8&e=ca9ccc8f72__;!!C5qS4YX3!DwZJS0uLupPkrQ0TePzDKY4wmLhYhqQCo-wCMwFYgnnuYWcNRRBW-YAfZw7NuJkmz-Vhbzq0Rz4hWrBMdILTMekcXS5qdAZ5Cgu9Ua1B$"><span style="color:#007C89">www.acquisitionsinstitute.org</span></a><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Greetings!<br>
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We’re excited to announce the call for proposals for AITL 2026: our small, informal, and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Pacific Northwest setting, focused on the methods and innovation of building and managing library collections.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">What is The Acquisitions Institute?</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Since 2000, the pre-eminent conference located in Western North America on acquisitions and collection development, held at Timberline Lodge. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">A three-day conference focusing on the methods and innovation of building and managing library collections. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">A small (capped at 80 attendees), informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Pacific Northwest setting.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">What topics are we looking for?</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">The planning committee is seeking submissions on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion, whether the presentation
leans more toward the practical "here's what we did" sessions or toward the more abstract "here's what we think" sessions. The committee may also seek to achieve balance in the program by bringing individual proposals together to form panels, or by recommending
that a proposal be converted to a table talk. We invite you to indicate whether or not you'd be interested in these opportunities on the submission proposal form.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Topics we and/or prior year's attendees are interested in include (in no particular order):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Assessment tools, methods, and projects (e.g., linking collections with learning outcomes; usage studies)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Collection strategies including new models for selection and managing liaison programs <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Government, special, and academic library perspectives in acquisitions and collection development <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Sustainable models for publishing/pricing <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Effective management of collections with constrained resources <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Vendor and publisher evaluation, including business skills to determine financial viability <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Diversity, inclusion, representation, and social justice in acquisitions and collections <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Negotiation skills and how to use them, including during library-vendor and library-publisher meetings <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Innovative vendor-librarian relationships and/or partnerships <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Staffing, training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes (e.g., onboarding new acquisitions and/or collections staff) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Using data visualization techniques to tell our stories (e.g., budget, collections, staff successes, etc.) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Impacts of Open initiatives on acquisitions and collection development <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Data curation, including Big Data, and management and other new roles for subject and technical services librarians <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">How Generative AI impacts our work<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 30, 2025.</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"> NOTE: Maximum of three presenters per proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
<strong id="docs-internal-guid-4a377340-7fff-f427-6d11-65a5d32560d4"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Please use our
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/acquisitionsinstitute.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba478ca9d3e95f4257b1f7efe&id=ab48787fb6&e=ca9ccc8f72__;!!C5qS4YX3!DwZJS0uLupPkrQ0TePzDKY4wmLhYhqQCo-wCMwFYgnnuYWcNRRBW-YAfZw7NuJkmz-Vhbzq0Rz4hWrBMdILTMekcXS5qdAZ5Ck2Hn70e$" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal">2026 proposal submission form</span></a>. </span></strong><br>
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.gle/xRKZCEuBi2nK8DUi6__;!!C5qS4YX3!DwZJS0uLupPkrQ0TePzDKY4wmLhYhqQCo-wCMwFYgnnuYWcNRRBW-YAfZw7NuJkmz-Vhbzq0Rz4hWrBMdILTMekcXS5qdAZ5ChRjJH2E$"><span style="color:#007C89">https://forms.gle/xRKZCEuBi2nK8DUi6</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Important Dates</span></u></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Fri 12/30/25: Proposals due<br>
Mon 1/19/26: Review of proposals complete, and presenters notified<br>
Fri 1/23/26: Presenters confirm commitment to present<br>
Early February: Registration scheduled to open<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"> ________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">The 2026 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge Planning Committee is:<br>
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Arthur Aguilera, University of Colorado, Boulder<br>
Damon Campbell, University of Oregon<br>
Selena Chau, University of California, Santa Barbara<br>
Allyson Rodriguez, EBSCO<br>
Kasia Stasik, Harrassowitz<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:planning@acquisitionsinstitute.org"><span style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal">planning@acquisitionsinstitute.org</span></a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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