Preparation is Key: Lessons Learned from an ERM System Implementation

In 2001, the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries developed their own electronic resource management (ERM) system to track their online resources and contracts. Over the past decade, the programming and upkeep for the homegrown system had become too much of a burden, and the decision was made to move to a vendor-supported ERM system. In the summer of 2012, UNT began the implementation of Innovative’s ERM module. This presentation covered the steps involved in that implementation and the lessons learned on how best to prepare for a radical shift in workflows and procedures.     

Keeping Up with the Flow: Electronic Resource Workflow and Analysis

This article describes a project documenting and analyzing the electronic resource workflows for the library at Baruch College, CUNY (City University of New York). The presenter discusses her approach, how background research informed the documentation process, and explains the methodology and framework used to analyze the lifecycle of the electronic resources. Multiple interviews conducted with staff, faculty, and stakeholders involved in these workflows offered clarification of the steps involved and afforded the opportunity to delve into lengthier discussions about the process. This presentation highlights some outcomes of the project, focusing on “gaps” in the lifecycle, indications of where the workflow could be streamlined, and examples of beneficial conversations within library departments.     

Meeting the E-Resources Challenge through Collaboration: An OCLC Perspective on Effective Management,Access, and Delivery of Electronic Collections

The session explored how collaboration among libraries, suppliers, and the OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) cooperative can address some of the problems being faced with the management of electronic resources. Examples of specific challenges that impact budgets and services are: libraries’ reliance on multiple non-interoperable systems; the difficulties in getting and maintaining high quality and timely metadata; and the issues with managing workflows that cross system and staff boundaries. As work continues to introduce and enhance integrated systems for electronic resource management, these cooperative efforts can improve both the quality of the services and the associated data and workflows.     

Facing Our E-Demons: The Challenges of E-Serial Management in a Large Academic Library

As electronic serials have shifted from being the exception to the norm, libraries are becoming increasingly reliant on knowledge base-driven systems to help manage electronic serial holdings. In 2011, the University of Toronto Libraries migrated its electronic resource holdings from a local database to a commercial electronic resource management (ERM) system. With two years of experience using a commercial ERM system, the presenters endeavored to analyze how the library is coping with e-serial management within this new environment. This study reveals many of the benefits and pitfalls of managing electronic journals within a knowledge base–driven system and highlights the need for greater standardization within the data supply chain, better communication with publishers and knowledge base providers, and increased collaboration to improve the e-resource management process.     

Re-Envisioning E-Resource Holdings Management

For e-resource librarians, maintaining e-book and e-journal holdings within electronic resource management systems is a labor intensive and often manual process. In 2014, with the aim of saving library staff valuable time and effort, the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) launched a service to provide automated holdings management within the WorldCat knowledgebase. For a select group of content providers, including some of the largest e-book aggregators, holdings information can be populated and updated automatically within the knowledgebase without intervention from library staff. At the University of Toronto Libraries, we conducted a study to assess the accuracy and efficiency of these automated holdings management services. This presentation outlines the results of the study and provides suggestions for further improvement to the current services offered.     

图书馆电子资源管理系统的产生、发展与选择

电子资源的日益增多对管理工作提出了更高的要求,图书馆急需电子资源管理系统(ERMS)来对其进行有效地管理。本文介绍了电子资源管理系统的发展和主要功能,并提出了图书馆选择电子资源管理系统所需要考虑的各种因素。     

Implementation and Application of CORAL: An Open Source ERM System

With the rapid increase of electronic databases, e-journals, electronic books, and digital collections in libraries, managing electronic resources is also becoming complex and challenging. It is an absolute necessity to have an effective electronic resources management (ERM). This article discusses our experience in choosing and implementing an open source ERM System (CORAL) at The College of New Jersey Library.     

基于生命周期的电子资源管理系统评述

详细论述了基于生命周期的电子资源管理系统的功能,并对现有的四类电子资源管理系统在互操作性、功能和应用状况进行了评述。     

The Florida Geographic Data Library: Lessons Learned and Workflows for Geospatial Data Management

The University of Florida GeoPlan Center has been organizing, standardizing, and distributing geospatial data since 1998 through the Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL), a collection of Florida geospatial data from various agencies, as well as data developed in-house. With funding from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), FGDL serves as a public distribution mechanism for hundreds of Florida geospatial data layers. Since 2004, FGDL layers have formed the data foundation for FDOT's interagency application known as efficient transportation decision making (ETDM), which facilitates the review and permitting process for proposed transportation projects. Data layers are standardized and inspected to ensure that the data are adequate for use in analysis and decision making. To efficiently manage the geospatial data and workflows, a quality assurance/quality control (QAQC) process and relational database schema was developed to track the standardization procedures, lineage, versioning, and archiving of the data layers. This article details the history of the Florida Geographic Data Library, challenges of managing a large geospatial data repository, development of a QAQC process and database schema, and lessons learned.     

图书馆电子期刊利用探讨

分析电子期刊的发展与用户服务中的存在问题，探讨建立电子期刊集成系统、充分利用免费电子资源和加强宣传培训工作等措施。     

The Unbearable Insecurity of the Electronic Resources Librarian

The article will outline the Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians (NASIG Core Competencies Task Force [July 2013]) and intersect them with the practical everyday working experiences of an e-resources and periodicals librarian. The aim of the article is to convey an understanding of working in a practical library office environment, while being aware of the complexity of the theoretical competencies that are desirable and recommended. While it is aimed mainly at librarians, it should also be of interest to publishers and other vendors as they gain an understanding of what it is that librarians (their customers) do all day.     

基于.NET的动态免费专业电子资源网站软件的构建

根据动态免费专业电子资源网站建设和使用需要,利用Visual Studio2008和微软SQL Server数据库系统构成一个完整的软件开发环境,介绍免费专业电子资源网站的系统结构设计,开发了一套网站内容综合管理系统对图书馆免费专业电子资源网站进行系统管理,通过Web方式实现网站动态内容的发布。为免费电子资源网站建设提供完整的网站系统平台,系统管理员只需利用该管理平台就可方便快捷地完成各免费电子资源和网站的建设。     

图书馆纸质资源与电子资源经费比例研究

随着信息化时代的来临,高校图书馆已打破了由纸质文献一统天下的格局,形成了以纸质文献和电子文献并存的新局面。由于我国高校类型的不同,在文献资料购置经费上对各类文献投入的比例也必然会存在着差异。如何正确把握两者的相互关系,是图书馆界需要不断探索和解决的新问题。文章在对国内50余所高校经费使用情况进行统计分析的基础上,对此问题作了初步探讨和研究。     

试论公共图书馆人力资源管理

图书馆事业的发展最根本的决定性因素在于图书馆员,加强公共图书馆人力资源管理,利用好人力资源,提高工作效率,是促进公共图书馆事业发展最直接有效的方法。分析了公共图书馆人力资源管理存在的问题,提出了解决问题的对策。     

公共图书馆人力资源管理的再造

首先阐述了公共图书馆人力资源管理再造的必要性，其后以中山市中山图书馆为例就再造方案提出了设想。[编者按]     

美国犹他州大学图书馆电子期刊管理剖析

解析了美国犹他州大学图书馆开发数据库管理电子期刊的历史、经验及教训,揭示了开发数据库管理电子期刊的目的、意义及其工作中的注意事项,以期为国内高校图书馆工作人员管理电子期刊提供参考与借鉴。     

复合图书馆信息资源管理研究

复合图书馆是传统图书馆和数字图书馆有机结合的产物。本文针对目前复合图书馆信息资源管理研究滞后于实际发展的情况，从信息资源管理的概念出发，探讨了复合图书馆信息资源管理的主要内容、目标及对策，旨在建立一个完善的复合图书馆的信息资源管理理论体系。     

浅谈高校图书馆电子阅览室管理和维护

论述了高校图书馆电子阅览室常见问题及应对措施,对电子阅览室管理和维护进行了探讨并提出了一些建议。     

高校图书馆电子阅览室的管理与服务探究

分析了高校图书馆电子阅览室管理和服务存在的问题,提出电子阅览室管理和服务的对策,以发挥高校图书馆电子阅览室的作用,为师生提供全方位的、多功能的、高层次的信息服务。     

“985工程”院校图书馆电子资源揭示和组织的现状调查

对39所"985工程"院校图书馆网站进行调查,从是否有OPAC编目揭示、电子资源揭示的方式和种数、图书馆首页资源揭示的方式和种数、是否有使用指南及指南方式、是否提供统一检索以及统一检索平台的类型等五方面获取了图书馆电子资源组织和揭示的情况,并提出了相关建议,为国内其他图书馆科学合理地组织和揭示电子信息资源提供参考。