ALCTS E-Resources Interest Group (ERIG) - Call for ALA Presentation Proposals

["Aaron, Amira" <A.Aaron@neu.edu>]

The ALCTS CRS E-Resources Interest Group (ER IG) requests 
presentation proposals for our Annual Meeting in Washington, DC 
on Saturday, June 26, 2010 from 10:30am-12:00pm.

The topic is:  Down for the Count:  Making the Case for 
E-Resource Usage Statistics

We are looking for speakers to help us kick off discussion about 
the collection and usage of e-resource statistics, covering some 
of the following areas:

*Innovative ways of collecting or using e-resource statistics

*Using e-resource statistics to inform renewals and cancellations

*Using e-resource statistics for cost per use analysis

*SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) 
standard for e-resource statistics

*Use of ScholarlyStats and other services to gather e-resource 
statistics

*Use of statistics from proxy service or link resolver What are 
the vendor services we still need in this area?

*Each presentation should be approximately 10-15 minutes and the 
panel will be followed by questions and answers, with ample 
discussion.

Please e-mail proposals by May 20, 2010 to Amira Aaron 
(a.aaron@neu.edu)

Include in your proposal:

- Title of presentation
- Brief summary of proposed presentation
- Name(s) and position(s) of presenter(s)
- E-mail address(es) of presenter(s)

Thank you for your participation!

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Amira Aaron
Associate Dean, Scholarly Resources
Northeastern University Libraries
320 Snell Library
Boston MA 02115
a.aaron@neu.edu