Update on the 2011 Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference

["Westfall, Micheline" <mwestfal@utk.edu>]

AIP Student Travel Grants - Accepting Applications

The American Institute of Physics is providing 2 generous travel 
grants for two students traveling to ER&L in Austin. The travel 
grant includes

(1) Full conference registration, (2) air travel costs, and (3) 
Hotel accommodations totaling up to $1500 per winner. 2011 
Student Travel Grant Applications are being accepted now and will 
be adjudicated by an ER&L volunteer committee.

Application Requirements: This grant is open to currently 
enrolled students wishing to attend ER&L 2011. Student applicants 
will be required to supply contact information as well as to 
answer a questions related to how access to ER&L can assist the 
applicant in achieving professional and academic goals.

Deadline: Applications are being accepted through Wednesday, 
February 2, 2011. Winning applicant names will be posted to the 
website no later than Monday, February 7, 2011.

Regular Registration Rates Still Available

Regular registration rates are still available  for the ER&L 2011
conference through 10 February 2011. Please hurry and register as the
conference hotel is already fully booked!

http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/registration

Sign-Up for a Pre-Conference

There are four wonderful pre-conferences being offered as part of 
this year's conference and you cannot beat the cost of $150 for 
these sessions. Here are the brief descriptions of these 
offerings:

Ready for Research?: A Practical Guide for Designing Your 
Assessment Project
Rachel Fleming-May , School of Information Sciences, The 
University of Tennessee Pre-Conference Workshop Sunday, February 
27, 8am-12pm

This pre-conference will provide participants with the foundation 
necessary for developing effective assessment projects, including 
guidance related to determining assessment priorities, 
identifying appropriate data types and sources, and analyzing and 
summing up findings. The pre-conference will be highly 
participatory; participants should come with specific research 
ideas and can expect to leave with the outline of a solid plan 
for designing and conducting a research project.

Preparing for Electronic Resources Management (ERM) Software
Joe Holtermann, Minnesota State University - Mankato 
Pre-Conference Workshop Sunday, February 27, 8am-12pm

Is your library planning to implement electronic resources 
management software soon? Are you "getting organized" and 
reviewing your electronic resources processes? This workshop will 
focus on planning and preparing for ERM software, with emphasis 
on small to medium sized libraries who have not yet implemented 
an ERM product.

The session will emphasize the importance of planning and 
preparation in several important areas: a) workflows, b) 
licensing, c) access details, and d) usage statistics. We will 
also consider the inter-relationship between ERM software and 
other common library tools, such as an integrated library system 
and a link resolver.

Data Clean-Up Workshop
Margaret Hogarth, University of California, Riverside Libraries 
Pre-Conference Workshop Sunday, February 27, 1-5pm

Moving data about library resources among systems often engenders 
data clean-up processes. What's the best way to clean up data? 
Which tools and skills can non-programmers use? Learn and 
practice techniques to clean up data problems common to libraries 
in this hands-on workshop. Discuss data normalization, strategies 
for coping with missing data, and the use of macros.

Effective E-Resource Management with CORAL
Robin Malott, Ben Heet, Tanya Prokrym & Andy Langhurst, 
University of Notre Dame
Pre-Conference Workshop Sunday, February 27, 1-5pm

Participate in a half day preconference for an in-depth overview 
and discussion of the University of Notre Dame's open source ERM 
system, CORAL. This session is designed for libraries that are 
currently seeking an ERM solution as well as those who have 
already implemented CORAL. It will include in-depth overview and 
analysis of each of the four released modules of CORAL. Agenda 
will include live demonstrations of each of the modules including 
Resources, Licensing, Organizations and Usage Statistics. We will 
discuss best practices for each module as well as implementation 
options. Participants will learn about the future plans for CORAL 
and our desire to build a community of adopters around the 
product. During the session participants will be encouraged to 
ask any questions of the CORAL developers and members of the core 
implementation team at Notre Dame.

Look forward to seeing everyone soon in Austin, Texas!

The ER&L Planning Teams