The electronic library

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The electronic library how do we manage it? AND
make our patrons use it?

• By Helle Lauridsen
• Technology Manager Europe
• Moscow April 2007

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Common Issues for the electronic library- our
researchers

• Collections invisible in library
• Difficult to find full text
• Too many choices?
• How to keep up ?

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The Basics make your journals visible
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Common Issues for the electronic library- our
researchers

• Collections invisible in library
• Make each journal title visible through an A-Z
  list
• Difficult to find full text
• Too many choices?
• How to keep up ?

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Common Issues for the electronic library- our
researchers

• Collections invisible in library?
• Make each journal title visible through an A-Z
  list
• Difficult to find full text?
• Use an open URL resolver
• Too many choices?
• How to keep up ?

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Then make them easily available .
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Common Issues for the electronic library- our
researchers

• Collections invisible in library?
• Make each journal title visible through an A-Z
  list
• Difficult to find full text?
• Use an open URL resolver
• Too many choices?
• Central Search
• How to keep up ?

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Wouldnt be nice, if
All the various interfaces
Could be searched from one platform, with one
interface?
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Common Issues for the electronic library- our
researchers

• Collections invisible in library?
• Make each journal title visible through an A-Z
  list
• Difficult to find full text?
• Use an open URL resolver
• Too many choices?
• Central search
• How to keep up ?
• RSS feeds

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But how to keep up with the latest?

• RSS is a simple XML-based system that allows
  users to subscribe to their favorite websites.
• Programs known as feed readers or aggregators can
  check a list of feeds on behalf of a user and
  display any updated articles that they find.
• Many journals provide RSS feeds
• RSS feeds can be found at the individual journal
  homepage or in Ulrichs.com

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Common Issues for the electronic library- the
librarians

• It is all becoming virtual how do we manage?
• We need to
• Compare long lists of good offers from vendors
  
• Figure out if we have it already somewhere.
• Organize the usage statistics
• Keep track of journal titles, prices, where to
  get them online
• Evaluate aggregator packages
• Manage licenses and access

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Why Electronic Resource Management?
Vendor Licenses
Logins Passwords
IP Addresses
Admin URL
Costs
Terms of Use
Trial Notes
MARC Records
A-to-Z
Usage Stats
Link Resolver
Access URLs
Acquisition Notes
Coverage Dates
Proxies
Renewal Dates
Outage Reports
Fed Search
Vendor Contacts
Workflow
Helping Your Library Be the Best Partner for
Research
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ERMS Solves Lifecycle and Workflow Issues

• Resource Lifecycle
• Manage all lifecycle stages from a single module
• Discovery
• Pre-acquisition evaluation
• Trial
• Acquire
• Customize
• Access
• Post-acquisition evaluation
• Ongoing issue management

Helping Your Library Be the Best Partner for
Research