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Emma Waecker

EBSCO Information Services
Senior Product Manager for eBooks
Ipswich, MA

Emma has been at EBSCO Information Services for 9 years, and is currently Senior Product Manager for EBSCO eBooks. She is passionate about all things user experience, and has recently been focused on advancing the accessibility and mobile responsiveness of the EBSCO eBooks experience, and is excited about increasing the interoperability of EBSCO eBooks with other key library systems.

9:00am EST

All About the User Experience: Researcher Perspectives on Access, Privacy, and Security in Scholarly Communications Ashley Room, Courtyard MarriottHeather Staines • Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe • Les Lenert • Harish Maringanti • Briana McGinnis • David Preston • Suparna Qanungo • Jean P. Shipman • Rich Wenger Managing Vendor Relationships Salon II, Gaillard CenterJason Chabak • Lindsay Cronk • Allen Jones • Michael Rodriguez • Christine Stamison • Kimberly Steinle

1:00pm EST

Negotiating with Vendors Calhoun Room, Francis Marion HotelBuzzy Basch • Rick Burke • Adam Chesler • Michael Gruenberg • Marjorie M. K. Hlava • Ward Shaw • Katarzyna Stasik • Bruce Strauch

10:30am EST

Metadata 2020: A holistic approach to metadata improvements for scholarly communications Grand Ballroom 1, Gaillard CenterAnthony Watkinson • Chris Erdmann • T. Scott Plutchak • Howard Ratner

11:30am EST

Accessibility & Publishing: Practices for equitable access and maximum impact Cypress Ballroom North, Courtyard MarriottSusan Doerr • Stephanie Rosen • Peter Alan Smith • Emma Waecker

1:00pm EST

Authentication, Identity Management, Privacy and Personalisation: How can libraries strike the right balance and avoid the growing dystopian dangers? Gold Ballroom, Francis Marion HotelSteven Harris • Josh Howlett • Kari Paulson • Molly Rainard • Heather Shipman Good Partners? Can Open Access publishers and librarians find meaningful ways to collaborate? Citadel Green Room South, Embassy SuitesSarah Wipperman • Tina Baich • Alistair Freeland • Regina Gong • Brian Hole “The Everything Store” by Brad Stone: The Impact of Amazon on Library Services Carolina Ballroom B, Francis Marion HotelJoyce Dixon-Fyle

2:30pm EST

From the Winter of Messy Data into the Spring of Standardization: eBook Vendor Data Re-envisioned Calhoun Room, Francis Marion HotelBrian Falato • Bonita Pollock Institutional Access, Individual Actions – Understanding user behaviors in accessing full-text on the open web Colonial Ballroom, Embassy SuitesGail Clement • Jan Reichelt • Clarivate Analytics

3:40pm EST

Automatic institution-specific holdings feeds are a win for everybody! Cypress Ballroom North, Courtyard MarriottDaniel Fitzroy • Ron Lewis • Nina Servizzi • Jody Stroh

9:30am EST

A Spring of Collaboration: A NISO Update of Strategy, Trends, & Industry Collaboration on Discovery & Interchange Grand Ballroom 2, Gaillard CenterBobby Hollandsworth • Gaelle Bequet • Jason Price • Christine Stohn • Julie Zhu

10:30am EST

The Library's Opportunity in Affordable Textbooks Grand Ballroom 3, Gaillard CenterJoseph Esposito • Mark Cummings • Gwen Evans • Mark McBride

11:30am EST

Getting E-Books into Courses: How Libraries can Partner with Faculty to Ease the Textbook Affordability Crisis Grand Ballroom 3, Gaillard CenterDave Comeaux • Kara Kroes Li • Jeanne Pavy It’s that critical: choosing and creating a discovery experience that users crave Citadel Green Room North, Embassy SuitesJeanette Norris • Adam Shire Much Ado about eBooks: Making Sense of Access Models Colonial Ballroom, Francis Marion HotelMelissa Belvadi • Stew MacLehose • Joe Marciniak

1:00pm EST

The eBook Story: the key to a happy ending Cypress Ballroom North, Courtyard MarriottKaty Aronoff • Denise Branch • Evelyn Elias • Emma Waecker

2:30pm EST

Access for All: How Libraries, Publishers, and Vendors Can Collaborate on Accessible Products Colonial Ballroom, Francis Marion HotelKatherine Purple • Emma DiPasquale • Bill Kasdorf The Charlotte Initiative: a Review Carolina Ballroom B, Francis Marion HotelAlison Bradley • Elizabeth Siler

3:40pm EST

(Un)Structuring for the Next Generation: New Possibilities for Library Data with NoSQL Cypress Ballroom North, Courtyard MarriottDennis Christman • Matthew Harrington Textbooks are expensive but adopting OER can be challenging: two models for libraries to provide e-textbook access Grand Ballroom 1, Gaillard CenterBrian Boling • Karen Kohn • Russell Michalak • Monica Rysavy Walking the Critical Line between User Privacy and Leveraging Knowledge for Greater Library Impact: A Panel Discussion Cooper Room, Courtyard MarriottMichael Levine-Clark • Scott MacDonald • John McDonald

9:45am EST

Going it Alone: Why University Presses are Creating Their Own EBook Collections Carolina Ballroom, Francis Marion HotelHeather Staines • Terry Ehling • Sharla Lair • Charles Watkinson

10:45am EST

Understanding Open Access Ebook Usage: Toward a Common Framework Carolina Ballroom, Francis Marion HotelKevin Hawkins • Brian O'Leary • Katherine Skinner • Charles Watkinson