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The July 18 ACLCP Collection Development SIG meeting at the US Army Heritage & Education Center in Carlisle was a resounding success. Twenty people gathered to hear Jane Smith Stewart talk about disaster preparedness and recovery for collections in cultural institutions. Many thanks to the gracious hosts at AHEC for helping make the meeting hospitable, run smoothly, and for opening their beautiful facility to us.

Topics suggested for future meetings:

·Selection, management, and publicity of ebooks

·Impact of food/drink on collections, especially when food or drink concession is adjacent to or in the library

·Continuation of discussion of possible role ACLCP could play in disaster preparedness at a consortial level, particularly as it pertains to collections

Seventy six support staff from over a dozen libraries attended. More than half returned  evaluation forms, the overwhelming majority of which had high marks for the program especially for the speaker, Dr.Shalom Staub. His expertise and delivery on the subject of conflict resolution kept the audience engaged and interested, and helped them discover their conflict style.

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