Volunteers Needed ∙ WestPac ∙ Ebooks Webinar ∙ Reminders ∙ Member Spotlight

The ALLStAR Redevelopment Task Force is seeking volunteers to test questions from the newly redesigned survey.

You can select from one or more of the areas that we've broken the questions into. Testing of each area will be done throughout the fall as the questions are written. Testing a section will require less than an hour of time.

For each section you volunteer to test there will be about 10 questions on the topic. You will be asked to see if you can answer the question, provide feedback on the questions, and your reactions to the questions.

Questions? Contact allstar@nellco.org.

Topical sections include:

• Access Services
• Acquisitions
• Administration / Personnel
• Budgets
• Cataloging
• Collection Development
• Facilities

• Faculty Support / Scholarly Communication
• Institutional Information
• Institutional Repositories / Digital Collections
• Instruction
• Reference / Student Support
• Resource Sharing
• Systems

Are you attending the WestPac Annual Meeting in San Diego?

Stop by the NELLCO table and Theresa will be happy to share the most recent NELLCO programs and services with you.

We're looking forward to seeing our West Coast members in person!

Falling into Ebooks: Workflows, Lifecycles, and Best Practices

This presentation will cover workflows, best practices and address challenges that exist in the e-resource lifecycle for Ebooks. The speaker will provide insight on how to manage perpetual vs. licensed Ebooks, the differences in EBA and DDA, inconsistent vendor nomenclature surrounding EBooks, DRM and DRM-free acquisitions. Participants will discuss acquisition format preferences (electronic vs. print) and wins and challenges in managing Ebooks in their own libraries.

Kaci Resau is the Electronic Resources Manager at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Kaci has experience in crafting workflows and creating best management practices for the lifecycle of electronic resources. Her research interests include succession/workforce planning, policy and workflow creation, electronic resource management, and discovery. Kaci received her MLIS from the University of Alabama, MA in International Relations & Conflict Resolution at American Public University System, and her B.A. in Government & Politics at St. John's University. Kaci is a Doctoral Candidate in the Public Administration program at West Chester University, and her dissertation focuses on succession and workforce planning in libraries.

THIRD THURSDAYS

Join your colleagues on the 3rd Thursday of every month for topical virtual discussions. Our September 21st discussion will focus on Instruction in Academic and Court Libraries. Register today or submit a topic for for a future discussion.

CHALLENGES TO OPPORTUNITIES

Struggling with the loss of staff, changes in technology, hybrid work schedules, or other challenges? The Building Toward the Future Task Force put together a collaborative document that will help you reframe the opportunities these changes create.

2023 YEAR END REPORT

Our annual NELLCO by the Numbers report is now available as an infographic. Highlights include the resources we provide, programs completed, new initiatives in FY23, staffing, and more. Check it out or download the PDF.