Collaborative Electronic Resource Management: From Acquisitions to Assessment

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    Collaborative electronic resource management: from acquisitions to work, and links it to the concepts of collaborative management and the assessment cycle. Author: Conger, Joan E., Length: xii, p.: Identifier: Collaborative electronic resource management: from acquisitions to assessment / Joan E. Conger.

    The final chapter on customer service brings into focus the reason for having e-resources or any resources, for that matter —to meet the information needs of our customers through a well-defined array of resources and services. Conger emphasizes that collection development decisions should be customer-centered. The best way to make truly customer-centered decisions is collaboratively, involving all the different players whose contributions will enhance service to the customer.

    One aspect of e-resource management that Conger singles out for special mention is marketing; a key mission of a library must be to promote its resources and services to its community of actual and potential customers. The intervening chapters are also quite important since they provide the overall context for e-resources in the information center. In chapter 3 on "Assessment," Conger makes the case that the decision-making process for e-resources should be based on real data and customer experience rather than merely using professional judgment and assumptions.

    Assessment should be part of a cycle of improvement and further assessment. In chapter 4 on "Budgeting and Planning," Conger focuses on the competing demands a wide variety of different e-resources place on a library budget.

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    In an environment in which choices have to be made, the institution must try to provide the highest value in relation to the investment from its funding agency— [End Page ] this being the link between assessment and budgeting and planning. Chapters 5 through 8 on "Collection Development and Acquisitions," "Licensing," "Cataloging and Access," and "Technology Infrastructure" are all interesting and admirably comprehensive recaps of the role of those functions in e-resource management, specifically, and overall library management, generally.

    They could each serve as good introductory chapters in any library management course. For example, the "Cataloging and Access" chapter covers very well the basics of topics such as cataloging rules, databases, metadata, XML, MARC, standards, and cooperative cataloging.

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    The references and additional reading for each chapter provide a wealth of further exploration. There are a few small complaints, however.

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    Without cookies your experience may not be seamless. To learn more about Copies Direct watch this short online video. The author demonstrates how collection development, acquisitions, licensing, budgeting, and cataloging techniques; technological infrastructure; and user services for electronic resources fit into the new collaborative management that relies on learning more than control to respond to change. Authentication and access management Challenges and opportunities Database vendors E-journal vendors Electronic copyrights Electronic Resource Management Electronic usage statistics Future of electronic resources management History of electronic resources Implications of local development Information Sharing License content Negotiating electronic resource licenses Process mapping Strategic Planning Reviews and Testimonials This book provides comprehensive coverage of the theories, methods, and challenges, research and practices connected with the provision and management of electronic resources in libraries. A pronounced move from print subscriptions to electronic resources in all types of libraries has fundamentally impacted the library and its users. Although electronic resources e-resources have been around for quite a while in the library world, it is only relatively recently that they have started to take up such a large portion of library budgets. Members of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Maori communities are advised that this catalogue contains names and images of deceased people.

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