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Page 1: Electronic Resources Management, or, Managing Them Before They Manage You

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevenlaw/2278566739

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!

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Software Electronic texts Databases Institutional repositories Web sites E-books, e-journals And so on …

The Current Spectrum of Electronic Resources

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“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???

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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?

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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?

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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QUESTIONS?

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[email protected]

http://www.diigo.com/list/tminchew/electronic-resources

http://www.diigo.com/list/tminchew/erms

Tessa MinchewSystems & Electronic Content

Librarian