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Electronic Resources

Marshalling the Troops - Tools that Facilitate the Management of Electronic Resources Yvonne Desmond , Faculty Librarian Brian Widdis , Assistant Librarian. Electronic Resources. Management Issues How do we keep track? How to handle front end delivery? Challenges

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Electronic Resources

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  1. Marshalling the Troops - Tools that Facilitate the Management of Electronic ResourcesYvonne Desmond, Faculty LibrarianBrian Widdis, Assistant Librarian

  2. Electronic Resources Management Issues How do we keep track? How to handle front end delivery? Challenges Exponential growth LMS geared towards print Extra tasks

  3. On Shelf Order Catalogue Checkin Print Journal Details

  4. License terms Electronic Journal Order handling Offer trial Pricing Marketing/ Sales Hosting site Invoices Fulfillment reports Registration Acquire IP Addresses Title lists Evaluate Monitor Campus authentication Provide Access Usage stats Metasearch/ Z39.50 Durable URL Support Provide Support Subscription problems Administer User IDs Hardware problems IP Changes Software problems Title Lists for packages Customer Service Subscription upgrades Enforce License terms Technical Support Title Changes Claiming Peter Rushworth, Ebsco

  5. So no wonder we feel like

  6. Help is at hand Electronic Problems Electronic Solutions • bring in the troops

  7. Troops • Url Checker • Electronic resources management • Serials Solutions • Metasearching • Link Resolving

  8. Url Checker • Utility in LMS to report on URLS • Can schedule it to run at different times • Maintain link stability • You know before user tells you • Still in early stages

  9. ERM • Tracks • Cost, licensing,purchasing, access, holdings data, negotiation details, authentications etc • Gives all the information you could need • Brings together data • Alerts • Integrated into LMS

  10. Serials Solutions • system to track and report full text journals in the packages • can import individual electronic journals if library provides the information • Electronic journals portal • MARC records • Reports • Analyse holdings • Usage Statistics

  11. Metafind • Imposes own search interface • Single search interface • Broadcast search • Simultaneously searches categories • Results are integrated and linked directly to the resource

  12. What can be searched? • Anything that is web based and has a search mechanism • Search engines • Websites • Databases • Z39.50 servers • Indexing/Abstracting databases

  13. Advantages • Very powerful tool • Fast/Stable • Easy to use • Easy to profile • Displays branding • Positive feedback

  14. WebBridge • link resolver • links one resource to one or more related resources • Source + link resolver +Target = link • Has to have a predictable OpenuRL • Seamless and fast linking • Exploits existing resources

  15. Demonstration • Demo

  16. To conclude • Battle is lost • Need to buy in assistance • Be resigned to spending % of budget • One can help, all is better • Integrated is best of all • So that……..

  17. In control!

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