CDL: ALA MW - Resource Sharing of Electronic Resources: Problems, Opportunities, and Alternatives.

Collection Management and Electronic Resources Interest Group at ALA 
Midwinter
From:
"Stachokas, George A" <gstachok_at_purdue.edu>


**Please excuse cross-posting**

We invite you to join us at ALA Midwinter in Chicago for the next 
meeting of the Collection Management and Electronic Resources Interest 
Group (CMERIG).

Title: *Resource Sharing of Electronic Resources: Problems, 
Opportunities, and Alternatives.*

Time: *Sunday, February 1st, 3:00-4:00 pm*

Location: *McCormick Place W176c*

Following a short presentation by our moderators, we will discuss how 
resource sharing of electronic resources differs from interlibrary loan 
services based on physical materials. Changes in technology, license 
terms, business models, and best practices for electronic resources 
management require that libraries reinvestigate how to provide the best 
possible information services to the contemporary user. What are the 
implications of these changes for libraries in terms of administration, 
organizational structure, and professional specialization, as well as 
routine business processes and workflows? Be prepared to actively 
participate in a robust and thoughtful group discussion.

Later, we will invite libraries to share case studies of how they have 
improved resource sharing operations at their own institutions during 
our next meeting at the ALA Annual conference.

Moderators

George Stachokas is Special Assistant to the Dean for Project Management at
Purdue University Libraries. Previously, he has served as Head of Resource
Services at Purdue, Electronic Resources Librarian at Indiana State 
University,
and Chair of the Resource Advisory Committee for the Academic Libraries of
Indiana (ALI) consortium. George holds an MLIS degree from the University of
Illinois, an MA in History from Indiana State University, and a BS in 
Economics
from Purdue University. His research about organizational change in 
libraries,
electronic resource management, and collection development has appeared 
in such
publications as Serials Review, the Journal of Electronic Resources
Librarianship, Collection Management, and Managing Electronic Resources: 
A LITA
Guide. He is sole author of After the Book: Information Services for the 
21st
Century (Elsevier Science, 2014).

Jennifer Bazeley has a BM and an MM in viola performance from the Eastman
School of Music, and an MLIS from Dominican University in Illinois. Since
completing her MLIS, she has worked in technical services at the library 
in the
Field Museum in Chicago, the Mason Public Library in Ohio, and the 
library at
the Cincinnati Art Museum. She began working for Miami University 
Libraries in
Oxford, OH in November 2009, and is currently Interim Head of Technical
Services. Her research interests include the role of libraries in scholarly
communication, improving technical services workflows, and analyzing 
e-resource
usage data.

Thank you,

George Stachokas, Chair
Jennifer Bazeley, Vice-Chair/Chair Elect
Collection Management and Electronic Resources Interest Group