<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default">The ALCTS Electronic Resources Interest Group is seeking proposals for speakers at the 2016 ALA Midwinter Conference meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 25, 1:00 – 2:30 PM in the Orange County Convention Center, Room W105A.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Each speaker will be allotted time for their presentation followed by questions and group discussion. All topics related to electronic resources are welcomed. Proposed topics may include but are not limited to:</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Experiences with negotiating text data mining rights</div><div class="gmail_default">Using evidence based acquisitions programs</div><div class="gmail_default">Assessment of electronic resource usage</div><div class="gmail_default">User engagement with electronic resources</div><div class="gmail_default">Licensing and delivering video and audio streaming rights</div><div class="gmail_default">Collaborating with peer institutions to acquire and deliver electronic resources</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">If you are interested in presenting to ERIG, please send a brief description of your proposed presentation to the interest group chairs, Martin Knott (<a href="mailto:amuro@umich.edu" target="_blank">amuro@umich.edu</a>) and George Stachokas (<a href="mailto:george.stachokas@auburn.edu" target="_blank">george.stachokas@auburn.edu</a>) by May 16, 2016 and presenters will be selected by May 20, 2016. Please be sure to include the following information with your proposal:</div><div class="gmail_default">Presentation Title</div><div class="gmail_default">Name</div><div class="gmail_default">Title/Position</div><div class="gmail_default">Institution</div><div class="gmail_default">Contact Information</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px">mlk</span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px">Martin L. Knott</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px">University of Michigan Library</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px">Head, Electronic Resources and Database Management Section</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px"><a value="+17347639529" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">(734) 763-9529</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13px"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:12px">amuro@umich.edu</span></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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