Electronic Resource Management. Practical Perspectives in a New Technical Services Model

✍ Scribed by Anne Elguindi and Kari Schmidt (Auth.)

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 215
• Series: Chandos Information Professional Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A significant shift is taking place in libraries, with the purchase of e-resources accounting for the bulk of materials spending. Electronic Resource Management makes the case that technical services workflows need to make a corresponding shift toward e-centric models and highlights the increasing variety of e-formats that are forcing new developments in the field.

Six chapters cover key topics, including: technical services models, both past and emerging; staffing and workflow in electronic resource management; implementation and transformation of electronic resource management systems; the role of the electronic resource librarian in discovery systems, layers and tools; and academic library consortia and the evolving role of electronic resources and technology. The leading chapters include case studies from around the world, and a concluding chapter focuses on the disruptive nature of e-books and how broad adoption of this format is emerging as the tipping point towards holistic 'resource management', where separate technical services processes for print and electronic resources are finally merged.

• An emphasis on 'access' within the new technical services model
• Focuses on the unique attributes of electronic resource management that are distinct from traditional print serials workflows
• Covers consortia and how membership affects electronic resource management workflows, priorities, and technical processes

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front mattar, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page 5
List of abbreviations, Pages xi-xiii
Acknowledgements, Page xv
Preface, Pages xvii-xxi
About the authors, Pages xxiii-xxiv
1 - Emerging technical services models in the context of the past, Pages 1-38
2 - Electronic resource management: staffing and workflow, Pages 39-68
3 - Electronic resource management systems: implementation and transformation, Pages 69-107
4 - Discovery systems, layers and tools, and the role of the electronic resources librarian, Pages 109-139
5 - Academic library consortia and the evolving role of electronic resources and technology, Pages 141-167
6 - Conclusion: e-books and the future of technical services, Pages 169-191
Index, Pages 193-203