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Dear Colleagues, I have pleasure in confirming that due to the high level of interest the proposal below is now being extended to include Schools in Wales and Northern Ireland. Your school can register its interest by contacting us on [log in to unmask] or attending one of the events outlined on the website http://ieeeengland.eventbrite.com/ Kind regards Steven Tweedie - on behalf of the IEEE Begin forwarded message: From: Steven Tweedie <[log in to unmask]> Date: 28 February 2011 21:19:46 GMT To: Lis E-Resources <[log in to unmask]> Subject: IEEE / IET Digital Library English Consortium Plans Dear Colleagues, The IEEE and its sales agent, Content Online Ltd, are launching a proposal to form an English consortium for the IEEE's flagship product - IEEE / IET Digital Library The proposal has been developed in conjunction with Prof. Roger D Pollard Emeritus Professor, The University Of Leeds (formerly Dean of Engineering) and 2010 IEEE Vice-President, Technical Activities. Prof. Pollard will be writing to all Universities and Colleges in England on this subject very soon. The IEEE / IET Digital Library contains the following, in many cases back to first issue, over 2.8 million articles: IEEE Conference Papers IET Conference Papers IEEE Journals, Transactions & Magazines IET Journals, Transactions & Magazines IEEE Active Standards As you may be aware, there are already a large number of universities in England subscribing to IEL, however there are many other universities and colleges in England that don't but would like to take an IEL subscription. We are proposing to form an English consortium and would like to invite you to a regional meeting at one of the following 7 locations and dates to find out more: Wednesday, 6th April 2011 - 8am - 9am - Holiday Inn, Harrogate, UKSG Week (this event is only 5 minutes walk from the UKSG Conference) Tuesday, 12th April 2011 - 1pm - 3pm - Durham University Monday, 18th April 2001 - 1pm - 3pm - University of Leicester Tuesday, 19th April 2011 - 10am - 12pm - Imperial College London TBC Wednesday, 20th April 2011 - 1pm - 3pm - The Open University, Milton Keynes Wednesday, 27th April 2011 - 1pm - 3pm - University of Salford Thursday, 28h April 2011 - 10am - 12pm - Aston University, Birmingham Light refreshments will be provided for all the events. The Harrogate event, which is timed to coincide with the UKSG Conference, will be hosted by Jean Jennings, Director Of International Sales IEEE. This event will also include a light breakfast. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? These meetings are for English University and College Staff only, successful consortia already exist in Scotland and Ireland, for details of arrangements in Scotland and Ireland please contact us directly. For details of IEEE Consortia in other regions please contact your IEEE Dealer by visiting this URL http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/subscriptions/info/contactdealer_international.html Subject librarians for engineering, computing and/or technology, or faculty staff from English Universities are welcome to attend, including Electronic Resources Managers Acquisitions Managers Heads of department/school Plus any other interested parties from English Schools AGENDA IEEE / IET Digital Library - Overview English Consortium Plan & Proposal Development Plan for the IEEE / IET Digital Library in 2011/12 Questions & Answers You can read more about our plans and see a copy of Professor Pollards letter at this URL http://contentonline.co.uk/ieee-english-consortium-briefing You can read more about the IEEE / IET Digital Library at this URL http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/subscriptions/prod/iel_overview.html Sign up to attend one of the briefings at this URL http://ieeeengland.eventbrite.com/ Kind regards Steven Tweedie - Content Online Ltd, on behalf of the IEEE Mobile 07967 133 485 Content Online Ltd PO BOX 344 Carlisle Cumbria CA4 0RZ www.contentonline.co.uk lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn