ERM

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ERM

• Electronic Resource Management
• It takes a village to manage electronic
  resources. . .

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What Are Our Challenges Now?

• Information is in many places and hard to find in
  printed files
• Mechanisms to anticipate renewals are not always
  effective
• Statistical reporting is cumbersome
• Trials difficult to present and track
• Information on borrowing and lending restrictions
  not accessible
• Very difficult to maintain static Index Page for
  access to our electronic resources

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Who Will Use ERM?

• Acquisitions
• Assistant Director/Public Services
• Branch Libraries
• Electronic Resources Assistant
• ILL
• Periodicals
• Reference Librarians
• Our Patrons

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Reference and Branch Libraries

• Information on journal packages
• Contact information
• Customer support
• Renewal Information

• Trials
• Portals for access
• Subject access
• User Passwords
• Online form for reporting problems

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ERM Records

• Resource Record
• Replaces bibliographic records for electronic
  resources
• Codes for reporting
• Integrates usage statistics
• Contact Record
• Records Customer Service information
• Account representatives
• License Record
• Provides a central repository of license
  information
• Creates OPAC display of rights and restrictions

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Records in the Opac

• What do they look like? (Academic Search Premier)
• What fields display?
• What else is displaying? (Softlinks)
• Whats indexed?
• Additional Plans (RIT Libraries)
• Link beside title
• problems form
• How are records for specific journals affected?
  (ABA Journal)

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Find Databases Page

• Searches ERM Resource Records in the OPAC
• Will replace current indexes page
• What does it look like?
• How does it work?

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Questions

• How do we feel about the terminology?
• Databases/indexes
• Subject structure
• What do we want this resource to provide access
  to?
• Indexes
• Full-text databases
• Non-subscribed material
• Etc.

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Timeline

• When will this replace the index page?
• What meetings need to happen as this moves
  forward?
• OPAC/Web committee
• How will the ERM Gateway be integrated with other
  Library Pages/Portals?
• Reference Librarians
• How do we define which Electronic Resources are
  managed and searched within ERM? Purchased
  resources? Cataloged websites? Other?
• Where do links go for journal providers? Home
  Page? Journal Page?
• How can we coordinate ERM and Federated
  Searching?
• When will we schedule introductory sessions for
  Reference Librarians?