<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri">As always, we want to ensure you get the most out of your membership with NISO, and stay informed with our educational programs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri">Note: As an LSA member, you are automatically sent sign-on credentials to each of the 14 webinars scheduled for 2019, so there’s no need to register!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Even if your institution is unable to attend the live broadcast of one of those webinars, the archived recording will be sent within 24-48 hours of the event, so you’ll have every chance to listen in!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Coming Up this Month:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2019/04/power-library-consortia-how-publishers-and-libraries-can-successfully-negotiate" style="color:blue"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri">The Power of Library Consortia: How Publishers and Libraries Can Successfully Negotiate</span></b></a><b><u><span style="font-family:Calibri"></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri">NISO/NASIG Joint Webinar, Wednesday, April 17, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri">Confirmed Speakers include:</span></b></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">Emily Farrell</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">, Library Sales Executive, MIT Press</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">Jill Grogg</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">, Licensing Program Strategist, LYRASIS</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">Jill Morris</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">, Executive Director, PALCI</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><br></span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">This session will examine the role and powers of the modern library consortium. Content and systems providers are aware of the need to successfully address consortia demands, but may not be as aware of the importance of collaboration with such groups. Consortia may be set up to satisfy different needs or achieve specific goals in areas such as licensing of content or technological support. Regional or statewide consortia can offer publishers significant insights into what may be expected in a forthcoming fiscal year or the flaws in a proposed business model. The session is intended to foster engagement as well as understanding between supplier and buyer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">Here’s what one of our speakers will be addressing:</span></p><h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">Libraries Redefining Sharing in an Increasingly Complex Consortium Environment</span></u></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)">The PALCI Consortium, 69 academic and research libraries in PA, NY, NJ and WV, has historically focused its efforts on the support of its well-known and highly regarded E-ZBorrow program, an unmediated ILL resource sharing software and network, which facilitates quick regional delivery of returnable monographs. In a modern environment where there has been a decline in the purchase of "sharable" print items and an increase in electronic purchasing, regional consortia like PALCI have a strong role to play in redefining together with publishers what it means to share through its collaborative licensing programs. PALCI Executive Director Jill Morris will describe the consortium's strategy to leverage existing commitments of its "anchor" institutions to increase access for all, and the way in which she is working with libraries and publishers and content providers to address today's challenges for this diverse group of academic libraries.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(66,66,60)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Have questions? Get in touch:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">NISO</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">3600 Clipper Mill Road</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Suite 302</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Baltimore, MD 21211-1948</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Phone: +1.301.654.2512</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Calibri;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Email: <a href="mailto:nisohq@niso.org">nisohq@niso.org</a>  </span></p></div>