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Guide to Electronic Resource Management

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This primer offers a thorough introduction to electronic resource management for librarians with little or no knowledge of these specialized materials.
Libraries today face rising costs, contract issues, changing formats, and technical complexities when it comes to electronic resources. This instructional guidebook will prepare you for managing every aspect of your virtual "stacks." From evaluating resources, to negotiating and licensing, to staff training and mastering authentication software, you'll learn everything you'll need to know to fund, procure, and organize your digital collection.
The work offers step-by-step guidance for overseeing collection development of electronic resources with a special focus on activities revolving around the life cycle of the materials, such as identifying and evaluating appropriate resources; managing the knowledge base, link resolver, discovery layer, and administrative accounts for each resource; and gathering and analyzing usage statistics and other assessment data. Content includes a chapter on communicating with authors, funding sources, publishers, and libraries regarding digital rights and access to texts. The book concludes with a look at the future directions of electronic resource management.
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    • Library Journal

      Starred review from July 1, 2016

      Ross (library & information science, St. Catherine Univ.) and Sutton (library & information management, Emporia State Univ.) examine both the historical emergence and current management of electronic resources for libraries. Chapters include information on the emergence and entrenchment of electronic resources in libraries, the information environment, information standards, identification and selection, acquisitions and licensing, providing and managing access and discovery, assessment, preservation, scholarly communication, and future directions. Each chapter ends with a bibliography for further reading and an activity or two for students to test their knowledge and abilities. The text is well organized and written with a minimum amount of jargon. Complex issues such as licensing are clearly explained. VERDICT Essential for library school students and beginning librarians who need to understand the basics of electronic resource management.--Margaret Sylvia, St. Mary's Univ. Lib., San Antonio

      Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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