Why struggle with the electronic resources hydra alone?

Any library staff involved in selecting and/or managing electronic resources of any sort are invited to join a new Special Interest group at SCRLC: Electronic Resources Special Interest Group (ERSIG). The purpose is to bring together regional library staff to discuss issues of interest, share solutions to problems, and coordinate any actions which might benefit regional libraries.

The first meeting will be held on Thursday, September 23 at 10am in the SCRLC Annex. The agenda for this first meeting will be:

1. Introductions and what is happening with electronic resources in your

library.

2 What are the key concerns for which you need advice or help.

3. Logistics for this group: meeting times and places, topics you would

like addressed etc.

In the future, possible topics for discussion, presentations or

activities might include:

* Selection decisions

* Licensing issues

* Vendor/agent/producer issues

* Keeping track of licenses and contracts

* Cataloging issues

* Training issues

* Budgeting

* Aggregations, overlaps

* Implementation tips and pitfalls

* Training needed for the SIG members

* Vendor visits

Meetings would be held about every 6 weeks, at a time and location chosen by the group. Once the group is established, a discussion/distribution list will be developed as well.

We hope you can come to this initial meeting of the Electronic Resources SIG

Please contact Jean Currie (jcurrie@lakenet.or) or Kathleen Jackson (kjackson@lakenet.org) to indicate interest. (JC)