<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:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The 2017 Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference starts in just 21 days and we invite you to join us online. The conference is offering about 100 hours of peer-reviewed, community-voted content exploring topics and trends in e-resources management and digital services. <a href="https://www.electroniclibrarian.org/conference-info/2017-registration/">Register Now</a>!</span><br></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:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There are so many relevant <a href="https://erl2017.sched.com/audience/Online">sessions</a> to be excited about… </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:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the Collection Development & Assessment track:</span></p><ul style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S011 - Considering Collections as Service: The Transition from Building Collections to Curating Access</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S013 - DDA/EBA Assessment in the Mega-Sized and the Medium-Sized Library: Going Beyond “They Clicked It → We Bought It → Done'</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S043-03 - How Should We Select E-Book Packages? A comparison of practices in book, e-journal and other consumer content selection</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S091 - Impact Analytics: Measuring and Driving Meaningful Use of Electronic Resources </span></p></li></ul><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:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the External Relations track:</span></p><ul style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S020 - Designing and Sustaining an E-Book Program in a Consortial Environment</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S035 - On the Up and Up: Community Improvement of E-Book and E-Content Metadata and Delivery</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S065 - Family Feud, ER&L Edition</span></p></li></ul><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:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the Organizational Strategies track:</span></p><ul style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S003-02 - The Impact of Discovery Systems on Libraries' Organizational Structure and Staffing</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </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:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the Managing e-Resources and Licensing track:</span></p><ul style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S010 - Techniques for Electronic Resource Management 2.0 Discussion</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S022 - Tracking E-journal Perpetual Rights: A Discussion Among Publishers, Vendors, and Librarians</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S024 - To CKB or not to CKB? Evaluating ebook catalog records versus knowledge base records</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S045 - Securing Your Library's License Legacy: working toward best practices for record retention</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S054 - Seeing the Big Picture: Using Analytics in Acquisitions Workflows</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S083-01 - Moving away from IP authentication</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S085 - Negotiating Walled Gardens and Digital Playgrounds: Libraries and Licensing in the World of Text and Data Mining </span></p></li></ul><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:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the Emerging Technologies track:</span></p><ul style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S004 - Reveal your library's collections: understanding linked data for academic libraries</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">S040 - Are platforms eating the world?</span></p></li></ul><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:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Two channels of live streaming content to choose from every day of ER&L with dozens more hours of content added daily. Watch live and ask presenters questions from your office.</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:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">View the #erl17 schedule</span><a href="http://erl2017.sched.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> http://erl2017.sched.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and see the many session options in the online conference.  </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:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks,</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:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bonnie Tijerina</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:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ER&L Conference Coordinator/ Founder</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="mailto:bonnie.tijerina@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bonnie.tijerina@gmail.com</span></a></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:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">P.S. More than one person interested in registering from your department or institution? Try the group rate for added cost savings.</span></p></div>