Today's Topics: 1. ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions (Elaine Franco) 2. ALCTS News Updates October 14, 2016 (Elaine Franco)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions Session 5: November 21 - December 16, 2016 This four-week online course provides an overview of acquiring, providing access to, administering, supporting, and monitoring access to electronic resources. Gives a basic background in electronic resource acquisitions including product trials, licensing, purchasing methods, and pricing models and will provide an overview of the sometimes complex relationships between vendors, publishers, platform providers, and libraries. The course was developed by Dalene Hawthorne, Head of Systems and Technical Services, Emporia State University. Who Should Attend: This is a fundamentals course that will appeal to anyone interested in the topic with no previous experience. Instructors: - Jesse Holden, Account Services Manager, EBSCO Information Services - Xan Arch, Director of Collection Services, Reed College - Elizabeth Winter, Head of Collection Acquisitions & Management, Georgia Tech Library - Susan Davis, Acquisitions Librarian for Continuing Resources, SUNY at Buffalo - Lisa Mackinder, Head of Acquisitions and Collection Services, Ohio University Registration Fee: $109 ALCTS Member and $139 Non-member For additional details and access to the registration link, please go to: http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/fera/ol_templ This course is sponsored by Harrassowitz. For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email [email protected]. For all other questions or comments related to the web courses, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or [email protected] *Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.* ------------------------------ Message: 2 Check out ALCTS News<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/> for the latest about ALCTS members and activities: IFLA 2016 Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section Report<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/features/IFLA2016-Serials> (by Paul Hover) IFLA 2016 Classification and Indexing Report<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/features/IFLA2016-class> (by John DeSantis) Focus on Committees and Groups - ALCTS Membership Committee<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/columns/focus-membership> (Column Editor, Anna Neatrour) ALCTS Calls for Proposals for 2017 Virtual Forum: ALCTS Exchange<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/items/alcts-exchange> LRTS October 2016 Issue Now Available<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/items/lrts-oct-2016> ALCTS Calls for Proposals for Digital Scholarship Program at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/items/Call-DigScholProg> (Last) Report from the 2016 ALA Annual Conference: ALCTS Division Liaison Reports: 2016 Annual Conference<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/reports/ac2016-liaisons> Thanks, Rebecca ALCTS News Editor ****************** Rebecca L. Mugridge Dean of University Libraries University Library, LI-123 University at Albany 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12222 Phone: 518-442-3570 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ------------------------------ End of Tsig Digest, Vol 54, Issue 12 ************************************ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
