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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Join us! The Electronic Resources Interest Group (ERIG) will host two presentations on Wednesday, March 6 and 11am CST during Core Interest Group Week. The presentations are on the topic of strategically managing
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<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Collaboration- The Name of the Game</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Outreach is not typically considered necessary for ER&L librarians as most of our work is technical. However, this presentation argues that collaboration is the name of the game! This presentation will discuss the
importance of open, focused collaboration for electronic resource librarians to bolster the library's presence within their organization through inter and intra-departmental communication. This librarian is uniquely situated to reignite outreach and connectivity
between fellow librarians, faculty/staff, students, and organizational stakeholders as users navigate the ever-changing world of electronic resources and encounter technical issues. Following this session, participants will be able to understand the importance
of outreach as an electronic resource librarian as communication between library departments, faculty/staff, students, and unexpected stakeholders of library resources all result in more library buy-in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Assessing E-journals Helps Maximize Efficiencies</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">“Maximize efficiencies” is a key strategy in PSU’s Lamson Learning Commons Strategic Plan. This strategy has a range of interpretations, but for electronic resources, Librarian Alice Pearman is focused on maximizing
dollars spent while also meeting users’ needs. After several years of cuts, there was concern that Lamson’s electronic journal collections were not meeting the needs of all patrons. Collection assessment is a critical first step to understanding how best to
maximize the current budget. Alice will discuss how assessing electronic journal subscriptions is helping the library understand where there may be gaps. With limited tools available, the work is challenging, but rudimentary data visualization is already demonstrating
which subject areas need more attention. It was quickly clear which subject areas were lacking library support. Expect a candid discussion detailing the work involved with assessment planning, creating an inventory, surveying faculty, and conducting an environmental
scan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkceutrjgjEtBCHrSwB5-W8OFr5UzV35Ha#/registration">Session Registration</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.ala.org/core/member-center/interest-groups/electronic-resources">Join our Interest Group!</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.ala.org/core/continuing-education/interest-group-week">Core Interest Group Week</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cochocib Script Latin Pro"">Kerry</span></b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cochocib Script Latin Pro""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kerry Walton | she/her</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Associate Dean for Academic Services (Interim)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Associate Professor, Electronic Resources Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">University Libraries | West Chester University | West Chester, PA 19383<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">610-436-3453 | <a href="mailto:kwalton2@wcupa.edu">
<span style="color:#0563C1">kwalton2@wcupa.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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