Exploring trends, technologies, eresource management, and digital services in libraries for more than 20 years.

Mission

ER&L facilitates communication and collaboration for information professionals around issues related to managing electronic resources in the digital world.

Purpose

The goal of the ER&L Conference is to bring together information professionals from libraries and related industries to improve the way we collect, manage, maintain, and make accessible electronic resources in an ever-changing online environment. Sessions are recorded and made available online. ER&L allows for cross-pollination of ideas across fields of librarianship not often brought together in traditional public services or technical services conferences.

An orientation to ER&L for new visitors is available here.

Code of Conduct

ER&L seeks a variety of opinions, voices and perspectives at our conference. We encourage participation from people of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, abilities, religions, and sexual orientation. We strive to create an inclusive and respectful conference experience, inviting diverse perspectives and opinions. If you feel you have encountered harassment or had a negative conference experience, please contact Bonnie Tijerina [bonnie.tijerina [@] gmail [.] com], the Conference Coordinator.

CoC Procedure:

ER&L takes harassment of any kind seriously. In the event of a harassment complaint, we will take the following steps:

After initial contact from the victim or bystander, we will strive to get full details from this individual within 3 days.
We will offer an opportunity for the accused to provide their description of the incident(s) within one week.
If we cannot make a final decision on a resolution, we will bring in a neutral third party to investigate further and assist us with a final decision on a resolution.

Proper Attribution and Citation

All presenters are required to include proper citations and attributions on all images, graphics, and research that are not original. This maintains integrity in the presentation and enables attendees to reference primary sources.

Commitment to Accessibility and Inclusivity

ER&L is committed to creating an inclusive and comfortable conference experience for all attendees. Here are the features we have in place to ensure that the ER&L Conference is safe and accessible to all:

ER&L makes a commitment to an online conference and has since the beginning of ER&L so that geography will not be a barrier to access to the conference. As such, the ER&L program is available to be accessed via the an online conference platform.
Any member of our community who wishes to have access to the ER&L conference may contact our team for access. Whether it be from a financial hardship, lack of budgetary funds, opportunities to attend in person and online are established annually through our Hardship and Volunteer pathways.
Presenters are encouraged to produce accessible slides. Instructions are provided for presenters on how to make their slides accessible to all attendees.
ER&L will caption all of the live sessions available in the Online Conference.
Pre-recorded sessions are captioned. Presenters are provided access to edit captions.
Presenters may present in Austin or via a pre-recorded session. Geography and budget will not be a barrier to share work in the ER&L community.
ER&L will have accessible sleeping rooms in our hotel block.
Wheelchairs will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for attendees that require mobility assistance.
ER&L is the first conference at UT Austin’s AT&T Center to provide Gender Neutral restrooms on the property designated with sign age.
A private, locked Nursing Room will be available on the property.
The ER&L Conference is a weapon-free conference environment.
Health and Safety procedures have been established for the safety and comfort of all attendees.

We acknowledge that this list of ways to make ER&L more accessible is never done. If you have a question, comment or idea for our conference to include you, please do not hesitate to reach out to the conference organizers or committee members.

Commitment to Sustainability

ER&L is committed to sustainability in the community and environment. Here are the features we have in place:

Austin, Texas is recognized as a sustainable, green city. Read more here, here and here.
The AT&T Hotel and Conference Center was designed, built, and now run with a keen environmental conscience. Read more here.
Whenever possible, materials are provided digitally rather than printed. If printed materials are required, they are abbreviated versions with expanded information available digitally.
As many items as possible are curated and printed locally and/ or with small local businesses.
All disposable printed materials, including program books and poster boards, are recycled.
Large printed items are created with annual reuse in mind.
We encourage our exhibitors and sponsors to reduce printed materials and giveaways to eliminate unnecessary paper waste.
Attendees are encouraged to turn in their badge holders and lanyards post-conference so they can be reused or recycled.
Supplementary hotel rooms are contracted within walking distance whenever possible.
We encourage the use of rideshare services and pedicab services as posted on our website.
We encourage attendees to bring water bottles and coffee mugs for beverages.

Please contact us directly with any questions at hello@electroniclibrarian.org.