SESSION OUTLINES
ROBERT BLEY & ALAN OLIVER
E-Content: How Systems Can Help
Robert’s paper will present some of the exciting developments in e-resource management, including the theoretical work undertaken by the Digital Library Federation which resulted in the concrete data models and workflow maps for e-resource management which now underpin some of the ERM systems on the market.
Robert will cover the integration of ERM systems with other staff and user-facing systems, and the interesting industry-wide initiatives that are underway to further facilitate e-resource management:
- ONIX for Licensing Terms (http://www.editeur.org/onix_licensing.html) and
- SUSHI (http://www.niso.org/committees/SUSHI/SUSHI_comm.html) - the initiative to enable the automatic harvesting of COUNTER usage statistics.
Although the paper will concentrate largely on the internal issues facing library staff, Robert will also touch on the benefits for end-users in terms of enhanced levels of service and access.
Alan Oliver will look at the issues from the point of view of the “traditional” library management system.
JACY CLARK
“…and the problem is?”
Jacy’s paper will present some of the issues around budget planning for e resources in an academic library. Outlining how budget planning may be addressed and the possible problems that may arise from the various models. We are all required to trying and ensure some transparency in our financial dealings to satisfy our clients.
MARK HOWARD
A Modern Approach to Buying Academic eBooks
Today’s presentation will focus on the features of EBook Library (EBL): a model which attempts to answer customers’ expectations to supplement the procurement of printed books with an effective solution for the acquisition of ebooks (Dawson sells and supports the EBL platform throughout Europe). EBL is designed to give academic libraries access to a growing catalogue of ebooks – currently totalling 32,100 titles. The emphasis is on building a tailored collection of permanently owned ebooks rather than taking out an annual subscription to a pre-defined bundle. Each individual ebook can be lent to many library patrons simultaneously for online and offline reading. Other cost benefits such as temporary book rental and demand-driven autopurchase are also explored.
CHRIS JONES
The package option – friend or foe?
Packages of titles are not often how libraries would choose to buy their eresources - books or journals. However, they can subsequently prove popular with users! This presentation will explore some of the advantages of this option to libraries, using experience of the content and features of the Ebrary product amongst others.
JANE KAYE
Books, e-books, journals, e-journals, databases, DVDs - getting the balance right
There are now many different types of information to be covered by our budgets. How do we decide how much of each is the best for our institution. Students who are now paying fees will want to see a good book collection with multiple copies on the shelves. Researchers will want access to a variety of e-journals. Is it possible to produce collection development policies to help with this, or is it all changing too quickly, and with too many differences between subject areas? The session will also look at JISC Collections work, and web developments which may have an impact on our decisions.
PETER SHEPHERD
The COUNTER Code of Practice for Books and Reference Works
Release 1 of the first COUNTER Code of Practice, covering journals and databases, was published in January 2003. Release 2 was published in April 2005; since then it has been widely implemented by publishers and widely used by librarians. COUNTER’s coverage was significantly expanded by the publication of Release 1 of the Code of Practice for books and reference works in March 2006. This represents the first attempt to set global standards for the recording and reporting of online usage of these categories of content.
This paper begins with a summary of the background to COUNTER and the strategy underpinning the project, before moving on to describe in detail the new Code of Practice for books and reference works.
