News Release (February 2010)                           

HARRASSOWITZ at ER&LConference in Austin, Texas (February 1 – 3, 2010):

HARRASSOWITZ is a proud sponsor of the upcoming ER&L 2010 Conference in Austin, Texas. Please stop by our table at the Sponsors' Reception on Monday, February 1, 2010 (5:30 – 7:30 pm) at the AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center in the Tejas Dining Room.

Attending the ER&L 2010 Conference from HARRASSOWITZ will be:
Tina Feick, Director of Sales and Marketing, North America
Justin Clarke, Regional Sales Manager
Kasia Stasik, Regional Sales Manager

The fifth annual ER&L Conference provides useful sessions on managing, promoting, and assessing electronic resources. Please make time to attend the following sessions featuring HARRASSOWITZ colleagues Justin Clarke and Tina Feick.

Monday, February 1, 2010 l Amphitheater 204 l 9:55 am – 10:40 am
Usage Statistics for E-resources – Is all that data meaningful?

Usage statistics with cost per use have become an important factor in evaluating an electronic resource. This session will consider the ways to gather usage statistics and also look at the other points of consideration in e-resource evaluation. Discussion will also cover the value of usage statistics and whether we are just being overwhelmed by numbers.

Justin Clarke, Regional Sales Manager, HARRASSOWITZ
Sally Krash, Library Group Manager, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Benjamin Heet, Systems Consultant, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana

Monday, February 1, 2010 l Room 203 l 3:15 pm – 4:35 pm
Institutional Identifier Standard – Yes, we need it!

As the metadata required to define the identifier nears completion, NISO's I2 Working Group is now ready to consider options for other identifier standards, ensure legacy systems are addressed, and explore possible registries and maintenance agencies. Learn about the group's important next steps for the identifier standard as we discuss the need for support for testing and plans for implementation within the e-resource supply chain, institutional repository sector, and library resource management (ILL).

Tina Feick, Director of Sales and Marketing, North America, HARRASSOWITZ

Check out the ER&L Thought Cloud today and see how registrants answered the following question:"What are you thinking about this year at ER&L?" On January 28, 2010, Usage Statistics was the number one answer, followed closely by Ebooks and Workflow. If you are like other librarians attending ER&L next week, then you won't want to miss the session on Usage Statistics for E-resources.

For information about HARRASSOWITZ E-Stats Service, please contact service@harrassowitz.de or your Regional Sales Manager.