<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Hello!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We invite you to submit to the 12th Annual Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference Call for Proposals beginning today through <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Tuesday, October 11th</span></span>.</span></p><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The ER&L Program Planning committee has opened the 2017 Call for Proposals and ER&L is currently seeking 45 minute sessions and 15 minute short talks for the 2017 conference program in these recently revised tracks:</span></p><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">1. Managing e-Resources & Licensing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">2. Collection Development & Assessment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">3. Organizational Strategies</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">4. External Relationships</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">5. User Experience & Promotion</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">6. Scholarly Communication & Library as Publisher</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">7. Emerging Technologies & Trends</span></p><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">For a detailed list of the complete and update topics covered at ER&L: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://electroniclibrarian.org/erlplus/tracks/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">http://electroniclibrarian.<wbr>org/erlplus/tracks/</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">To submit a session for ER&L visit: </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://www.electroniclibrarian.org/2017-call-for-sessions/" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr>electroniclibrarian.org/2017-<wbr>call-for-sessions/</a></span></p><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(66,66,66);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Please direct any questions to ER&L staff at </span><a href="mailto:hello@electroniclibrarian.org" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">hello@electroniclibrarian.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(66,66,66);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">.</span></p><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Community Call! </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Don’t have a session, but an idea for a speaker or missing topics? </span><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/zhEkyC9xTmhM8PGi1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Submit to our Community Call for Ideas</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">. The Community Call is always on for any topic you think ER&L should be covering! And, suggestions can be made anonymously and no sign-up is required. </span></p><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Have a great day! </span></p><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Elizabeth Winter, Chair</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Bonnie Tijerina, Conference Coordinator</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">ER&L Program Planning Committee </span></p><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">ER&L 2017, the 12th Annual Electronic Resources and Libraries is in Austin, Texas at the UT Austin Conference Center and will take place <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">April 3-5, 2017</span></span>. Housing and Early Registration are currently open. Visit </span><a href="https://www.electroniclibrarian.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">electroniclibrarian.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">.</span><br></div>