Electronic Resources Management in the Academic Library

A Professional Guide

Karin Wikoff

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Year: 2011
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781610690065
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

For academic libraries, this highly readable book provides the practical information needed to get started managing electronic resources throughout their life cycle. This book covers the five points of the e-resources lifecycle in a readable and accessible manner, providing valuable information that is applicable to real-world situations. Each of the working chapters covers one of the five lifecycle points (Acquisitions, Access, Administration, Support, and Evaluation), and supplies suggested readings and thought-provoking questions. Additionally, there are two chapters that guide readers from learning about the work to actually doing it. Electronic Resources Management in the Academic Library: A Professional Guide is full of practical assignments that teachers of e-resources management will appreciate. This guide will also be immensely beneficial to library and information science school students and independent learners who need immediate, practical knowledge from the field to get them started in a position which requires them to manage electronic resources.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Notes for Library School Instructors
• 1. Defining Electronic Resources, or, What Is This Book About, Anyway?
• 2. Acquiring Electronic Resources
• 3. Providing Access to Electronic Resources
• 4. Administering Electronic Resources
• 5. Troubleshooting Electronic Resources
• 6. Evaluating Electronic Resources
• 7. Capstone Project
• 8. A Day in the Life of an Electronic Resources Librarian
• 9. Tips for Job Seekers
• Appendix A: Sample Collection Development Document
• Appendix B: License Template
• Appendix C: ARL Principles for Licensing Electronic Resources
• Appendix D: Sample Problem Scenarios
• Appendix E: Sample Evaluation
• Appendix F: Related Readings
• Appendix G: Sample Problem Scenarios: Strategies and Outcomes
• Appendix H: Sample Estimated Expenses Spreadsheet
• Appendix I: Sample Statistics Spreadsheet
• Appendix J: Sample Cost-Per-Use Spreadsheet
• Appendix K: Sample Syllabus
• Index