The online viewing party continued today, as library employees took part in day 2 of the ER&L 2016 Conference.

The candy bar made another appearance, much to the delight of all in attendance.

The sessions were also noteworthy and included the following:

Dismantle Your Electronic Resources Fund! Applying The Power of Faceted Classification to Materials Budget Management

Maximizing Management: Getting More Out of Your e-Resource Management Strategy

Alternative Avenues of Discovery: Competition or Potential

Is “E” for Everybody? Reorganizing to Fit E-Resources across Blended Departments

E-Data Quality: How Publishers and Libraries are Working Together to Improve Data Quality

Using the Scrum Project Management Methodology to Create a Comprehensive Collection Assessment Framework

The online ER&L 2016 conference sessions continued this afternoon.

Some session highlights:

The Role of Choice in the Future of Discovery Evaluations

Managing Ebook Metadata Quality: Why, When, and How

Of course, the highlight of everyone’s day was the candy bar!

For the next 3 days (April 4-6), an engaged and lively group of library employees (14 at the last session) are hanging out in Murray Room 630.27, as we attend an online conference about Electronic Resources and Libraries: ER&L Conference 2016. Thank you to Ken Ladd and Jaclyn McLean for hosting, and thanks to Jaclyn for her fantastic facilitation.

Some of Monday’s sessions include:
Finding Time: From Industrial Mythology to Chronemic Literacy
Gender and Negotiation
Achieving the Holy Grail of Electronic Resource Management: Automated Holdings Feeds in a Knowledge Base
Assessing the User Experience of E-Books in Academic Libraries: Search, Usage, and Information Finding

Follow ER&L 2016 on Twitter using #erl16

If you have any questions or would like access to the recorded sessions, please contact Jaclyn.McLean@usask.ca.

Stay tuned for further information!