Dear Colleagues With apologies for any cross posting, please see details of our next event listed below. Places are filling up fast so if you would like to attend please fill out the form as quickly as possible. Closing date is the 21st February (not January). The committee and myself looks forward to seeing you there. Events and meetings *Save the date: next sherif event and AGM: Tuesday 27th February 2018*: *‘What does your eResources data really tell you?’* Venue: CILIP Headquarters, 7 Ridgemount Street, London <https://maps.google.com/?q=7+Ridgemount+Street,+London&entry=gmail&source=g> *Draft schedule, subject to change* 9.45-10.15 Registration and refreshments 10.15-10.20 Welcome 10.20-11.05 James Clay (JISC) discussing 'the Intelligent Library' 11.05-11.20 Comfort break 11.20-11.50 Jeff Woods (University of Liverpool) discussing 'Electronic resource use: dispatches from the University of Liverpool' 11.50-12.05 Lightning talk - Tif Dickinson (University of Plymouth) discussing 'University of Plymouth eTextbooks service: Using learning analytics as a tool for creative budgeting and challenging conversations' 12.05-12.20 Lightning talk - Richard Nurse (Open University) discussing 'Understanding the link between eResource accesses and student success at a distance-learning digital university' 12.20-1.10 Lunch 1.10-1.30 AGM 1.30-1.45 sherif student prize presentation 1.45-2.15 GDPR talk – John Gilchrist (University of Middlesex) discussing GDPR 2.15-2.30 Lightning talk - John Taylor (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) discussing the research perspective 2.30-2.55 Tea 2.55-3.25 Q&A 3.25-3.40 Closing remarks Please book via the booking form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuTU483c3gIE86OJQOALr99gQejshLQy8gRkG9JW_PcgRYUg/viewform>. Booking closes on the 21st February. Attendance at our events is free for one person from each member institution <http://www.sherif.ac.uk/Membership1.pdf> Additional member institution places: £52 per person Non-member places: £160 per person Please note we reserve the right to charge any non-attendee the full non-member rate. Any cancellations must be received by 21st January. Booked places not cancelled by this date may be invoiced at the relevant rate. sherif annual membership costs £105 p.a. with a 3 year offer of £290 for HE institutions and £52 p.a. for FE institutions. So, signing up for annual membership allows the institution to send one member free of charge to each of the 2 events held per year. Any queries, please contact [log in to unmask] Feedback from our June 2017 event: - "Liked balance between practitioners and official organisation presentations" - "Useful day on a very topical subject" - "Thank you organisers for an excellent and interesting event" For previous events, please go to our Past Events <http://www.sherif.ac.uk/pastevents.html> page Elizabeth McHugh Chair – sherif (shared e-resources information forum) University of the Highlands and Islands Tel: Office: 01349 780 217 Mob: 07748146418 Fax: 01349 780 217 Web: http://www.sherif.ac.uk/ [image: http://www.sherif.ac.uk/images/sherif-logo.png]