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The article discusses the highlights of the Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference 2016. Speakers include University of Texas at Austin associate professor Dawna Ballard, Ashley Zmau and Holly Talbott of the University of Texas at Arlington, and Angela Sidman and Sara Tudesco of Yale University Library.

The article discusses the highlights of the EBSCO Discovery Service User Group meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts from May 10 to 11, 2016. The event focused on information on libraries that have implemented EBSCO Discovery Service and future enhancements and customizations. Speakers include Drew Parker, a web services librarian at the University of Alabama, and Courtney McDonald, head of the Discovery and User Experience department at the Indiana University Libraries.

The article discusses the highlights of the second Institutional Repository Day held at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Speakers include Rick Anderson, associate dean for Scholarly Resources and Collections in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah, and Christy Shorey, manager of the University of Florida's Institutional Repository and Theses & Dissertations Program.

Information on the fifth annual Library 2.015 Worldwide Virtual Conference that was held on October 20, 2015 on the future of libraries in the digital age, is presented. Topics discussed include information services, emerging technologies, innovation, and libraries, and the evolution of information and technology. The conference featured several speakers including professors Sandra Hirsh, Michael Stephens, and Tina Jagerson.

Looks at the highlights of the Elsevier Science Digital Libraries Symposium held on January 10, 1998 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Functionality and mission of the emerging digital library; Metadata and access tools; Archiving; Impact on end users; Measurement of efficiencies and end-results.

Presents highlights of several conferences on the digitization of libraries. Description of current projects in digitization; Need for more emphasis on group projects and group learning; Impact of digital communication on libraries and publishers; Development of new methods of delivering the journal products; Examination of preparations for the implementation of electronic data interchange.

The article covers Beyond Libraries--Subject Metadata in the Digital Environment and Semantic Web, a conference organized by the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Classification and Indexing Section and the National Library of Estonia held August 17-18, 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia. Noted speakers included Edward T. O'Neill, Kevin Clair, and Joan S. Mitchell and topic covered included subject access methods, digital libraries, and institutional repositories.

Information about the 2012 National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) held in Kansas City, Missouri from September 19-23, 2012 is presented. The event was attended by five ethnic librarians associations affiliated with the American Library Association. Moreover, during the conference, speakers talked about digital communities.