Hi Julian (and others), Although I have never gone to Timberline I know that it is very small. You might want to consider the annual Charleston Conference on Acquisitions (November) instead (http://www.katina.info/conference). There isn't a museums group, but you should find lots of interesting discussions. I highly recommend it. Several art librarians have attended over the years, from both museums and academic art libraries. It is not structured like an ARLIS or ALA as there is no sponsoring organization-it's an independent conference. Last year there were over 1,000 attendees. And of course, ARLIS does have a Collection Development Interest Group. Please feel free to contact me off list if you'd like to discuss it further. Kind regards, Amy (a former art museum librarian) Amy Navratil Ciccone, Director [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Collection Development 213-740-1958 University of Southern California Doheny Memorial Library 3550 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90089-0187 From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julian Woodruff Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 2:09 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ARLIS-L] museum libraries & acquisition Hello out there, Wondering whether I should think about attending the 2014 Acquisitions Institute, I was looking over the paper titles and presenters for the 2013 AI and find that it is very much oriented to academic libraries. Is there a group (maybe a SIG?) that deals with acquisitions in museum libraries? Thanks, Julian D. Woodruff Crocker Art Museum 216 O St. Sacramento, CA 95814 916-808-8856 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~