California Library Association Pre-Conference Institute on Electronic
Resource Management, Friday, November 10th, 2006, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J Street, Sacramento CA 95814

Registration fee: $75

Presented by CLA Access, Collections, and Technical Services Section (CLA
ACTSS)

As more resources become available electronically, libraries face an ever
increasing challenge of managing, providing access, and collecting e-metrics
of electronic resources. In order to streamline this activity, libraries are
revisiting and refreshing their organizational structures to properly staff
and manage e-resources. Some have adopted a centralized model and others are
continuing to follow a distributed model where the work is incorporated
throughout the library. This program will cover the four major areas of
ERMS:

Electronic Resources Management Systems: What ERM systems are available?

How to assess what your library needs, getting started with ERMS, evaluating
ERMS.

Organizational Integration: Who is involved in managing e-resources
throughout the library? What are the license issues; what workflow designs
have been developed by libraries?

E-Metrics: Extracting and analyzing electronic resource data - best
practices

Future trends: Where ERMS are going

Objectives of the Pre-Conference Institute:

*Understand the current issues and trends in the management of electronic
resources, including licensing, internal workflow models, and assessment.

Also examine the historical context that led to ERMs and current standards.

*Be able to identify current and prospective ERM systems, understand what
they are offering, and be able to compare and evaluate competing products.

*Understand real-world implementation of ERM systems and the work required
on the part of purchasing libraries.

Serials, collection development, acquisitions, electronic resources and
acquisitions librarians, or anyone else charged with managing electronic
products and subscriptions will be interested in this program.

Speakers: Margaret Hogarth, University of California, Riverside; Paoshan
Yue, University of Nevada, Reno; Navjit Brar, California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo; Theodore Fons, Innovative Interfaces Inc.; Ted
Koppel, Ex-Libris; Brian Schwartz, Endeavor Information Systems

To enroll, or for more information, please visit the following sites:

<www.cla-net.org/included/docs/conf_registration.pdf> registration form,
<www.cla-net.org/events/confexhibition.php> CLA Conference home page

You are not required to register for the main CLA Conference if you attend
only the preconference.

Xiaoli Li
Acting Head, Serials Department
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530.752.6735
Email: xlli@ucdavis.edu