electronic resources management, or, managing them before they manage you
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Guest lecture for VSU MLIS 7440 (07/15/2011)TRANSCRIPT
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Electronic Resources
Management
Or, Managing Them Before They
Manage You
Guest lecture for MLIS 7440
Valdosta State University
07/15/2011
Tessa Minchew
Systems & Electronic Content Librarian
Georgia Perimeter College
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Ted was totally excited about his paperless office!
Software Electronic texts Databases Institutional repositories Web sites E-books, e-journals And so on …
The Current Spectrum of Electronic Resources
“Electronic resources management”
Principles and practices libraries use to manage information electronic resources
Also the software systems that do the managing
ERM or ERMS or ERMs???
Product names & descriptions Vendor contact data Licensing data Payment history Access/admin URLs and login info Renewal data Usage data, or assistance with collecting it And so on …
What Is in an ERM?
2010 Survey (Collins & Grogg)◦ Workflow management◦ License management◦ Statistics management◦ Administrative information storage◦ Acquisitions functionality◦ Interoperability (The Holy Grail of ERMs)
What Do We Want Out of an ERM?
Innovative Interfaces: Electronic Resource Management (ERM)
Ex Libris: Verde OCLC: Web-scale Management Services EBSCONET: ERM Essentials CO Alliance of Research Libraries: Gold Rush Serials Solutions: 360 Resource Manager
Fuller List @◦ http://www.diigo.com/list/tminchew/erms
A Few of the Players (Proprietary ERMs)
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse: ERMes University of Notre Dame: CORAL North Carolina State University: E-Matrix Simon Fraser University: CUFTS
Fuller List @◦ http://www.diigo.com/list/tminchew/erms
A Few of the Players (Open Source ERMs)
Not so solitary pursuit. You have to be able to work well with:◦ IT Dept. (Their support is invaluable.)
◦ Vendors (Sales reps, after sales customer service, technical support)
◦ Other librarians (Your internal patron base)
◦ Patrons (Faculty, students, FoL, community members, etc.)
You’re Not In It Alone
5 campuses involved, so major e-resources purchases (like databases) are committee-based & annual only.
Trial selection in Jan./Feb. Trials in March. Decisions in mid-April. Adds/drops take place on July 1. Piloting e-book purchases throughout the
year at individual campus level.
E-Resources Workflow @ GPC
Statistics compiled monthly & manually using vendor reports & Excel.
LibGuides used to relay statistical data, trial information, etc. to the selection committee.
ERMes used to manage: ◦ Database information◦ Vendor data◦ Admin/stats URLs and logins◦ Payment history & renewal dates
E-Resources Workflow @ GPC
Collins, M. & Grogg, J. (2011). Building a better ERM. Library Journal, 136(4), 22-28. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/qqS5fI
Hamaker, C. (2011). What’s New in Licensing Electronic Resources for Libraries? Searcher, 19(5), 32-36. Retrieved from Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (GALILEO).
References
QUESTIONS?
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Tessa MinchewSystems & Electronic Content
Librarian