TRLN ERM Seminar SeriesNCSU OverviewMaria CollinsHead of Acquisitions & Discovery

Overview Background Guiding ERM Philosophies and

Strategies Organization Structure Next Steps…

Background In 2005 – TS staff – approx. 50 people In 2015 – TS staff – 24 people Streamlined/Outsourced services

Shelf ready/shelf prep – YBP Auto order and invoice loads Increasing reliance on user driven

acquisition programs like DDA

June 2012 – Merger of Content Acquisitions & Licensing and Metadata & Cataloging

Serials, Monographs and Data Projects and Partnerships

Broad work responsibilities: centralized acquisitions, KB work, cataloging, licensing, authority control, batch record management, ERM, IR, funds and budget

Focus on integrated workflows

Acquisitions & Discovery Merger

Guiding ERM PhilosophyRe-aligning resources and staffing so we can support ERM

Strategies Move away from production

Outsourcing Creating time for e-process design and

support Understanding the work, gaps and all

Package Management for both e-journals and e-books

Workflow mapping and review

Philosophy: Un-silo ERM

Strategies Core processes supported by all staff Managing Scale

Integration of e and p, distribution of knowledge

Ticketing system for support License team concept - supporting

communal work

Philosophy: Support for iterative change

Strategies ERL positions – conduits to bring in

outside initiatives Environmental scans to evolve

system support Intensive unit and department

planning; setting priorities Communication strategies: regular

meetings, scrums, etc.

Philosophy: Life cycle management

Strategies

Defined core work for acq, cat and kb management

Cross training of acq and cat Staff are responsible for a larger

portion of the life cycle Workflow mapping and review also

supports broader understanding

Philosophy: Evolving ERM tools

Strategies Tools that don’t wag the dog Purpose: Manage collections, discovery

and workflows Patchwork of tools that we use to support

ERM Local develop and support from IT and from DPP Representative committees across the library

provide input Commercial systems are often core; local

development used when commercial tools do not meet our needs.

Next steps… Upcoming initiatives

Ebook management support Ebook reconciliation Continued distribution of work across all

staff Developing package management role

Coral development to support workflows Completion of grant for GOKb Investigation of linked data and support

for ERM

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