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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Are you an innovative adopter of technology to manage some aspect of your electronic-resources lifecycle? Are you using Drupal for promoting new acquisitions, Asana for project management, JIRA for ticket tracking,
Trello for employee training, Evernote for problem-report screenshots, or Slack for team communication? Or has your library developed open-source tools that fulfill some otherwise unmet need?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The LITA/ALCTS Electronic-Resources Management Interest Group wants you to share your expertise as part of a lightning-round panel
<b>at ALA Midwinter in Boston, Sunday, January 10, 1:00–2:30 p.m.</b> We are looking for several people to demonstrate how they are using technology to manage electronic resources in their libraries (especially those that are "not intended for library use").
Depending on how many presenters we get, quick demos will be from 5 to 10 minutes each and will cover the following questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">What needs were not being adequately met that led you to adopt this tool?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">How does it work? (Quick demo of its main features)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">How difficult/costly was the implementation of the tool?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">How well does the tool meet the needs that led to its adoption?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To express interest in presenting as part of our panel, please visit
</span><b><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/0IWxNiYgKe">http://goo.gl/forms/0IWxNiYgKe</a></b>
<span style="color:black">and fill out a brief questionnaire <b>by November 15</b>. You will be asked to name the technology you'd like to present on as well as the needs it was chosen to fulfill. In general, we will accept presenters on a first-come first-served
basis, so please fill out the form as soon as possible if you intend to be at Midwinter. We expect to notify selected presenters by December 1.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Contact IG co-chairs Robert Heaton (</span><a href="mailto:robert.heaton@usu.edu">robert.heaton@usu.edu</a><span style="color:black">) or Buddy Pennington (</span><a href="mailto:penningtonb@umkc.edu">penningtonb@umkc.edu</a><span style="color:black">)
with any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Buddy Pennington<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of Collections and Access Management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Missouri--Kansas City<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">308 Miller Nichols Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">800 East 51st St.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kansas City, MO 64110-2499<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:penningtonb@umkc.edu"><span style="color:blue">penningtonb@umkc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">816-235-1548<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://library.umkc.edu/"><span style="color:blue">UMKC Libraries</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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