Education and Electronic Resources (ER) Librarianship

Bradford, Mike; Dehmlow, Mark; Guimaraes, Anastasia; Ladd, Marcus; Loghry, Pat; Simons, Marcy

doi:10.1300/j105v32n01_05

Cited by 6 publications

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“…Bradford et al [3] conducted a study to determine how well library schools prepare students to be electronic resource librarians. The study included the analysis of 100 selected ER librarian position advertisements posted in American Libraries, on the ACRL website, and the LISJobs website between the years 2000 and 2005.…”

Section: Skills Requirementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relevance of electronic resource management systems to hiring practices for electronic resources personnel

Murdock

2010

Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services

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Requirements for electronic resource positions in libraries advertised between the years 2000 and 2008 are reviewed and analyzed according to how they relate to developments in electronic resource management tools and standards taking place during the associated time periods. The research reveals that the job requirements for electronic resource personnel have not changed significantly over these years, despite overwhelming changes in quantity of material and quality of system resources and despite the recommendations of the Digital Library Federation's Electronic Resource Management Initiative documentation, which is used as a focal point for this study.

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Section: Skills Requirementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relevance of electronic resource management systems to hiring practices for electronic resources personnel

Murdock

2010

Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services

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“…By examining several studies conducted evaluating ERL position descriptions, it is interesting to see the development of the ERL from a rare, inconsistent position, to a regular position required at most institutions with consistent job responsibilities. 2,3 Until 2001, license negotiation skills were rarely a requirement in an ERL job posting. It steadily became more prevalent, and by 2007 license negotiation skills were in the top ten of essential requirements in ERL job postings.…”

Section: Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Knowledge of license negotiation recorded the largest gap between how frequently it is required in job descriptions and how often it is taught in library school course offerings. 5 How, then, do prospective ERLs, new ERLs, and librarians taking on new ERL roles build their license negotiation competency? The answer to this question is often that these individuals must learn these skills on the job.…”

Section: Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

Lassoing the Licensing Beast: How Electronic Resources Librarians Can Build Competency and Advocate for Wrangling Electronic Content Licensing

Regan

2015

The Serials Librarian

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The role electronic resources librarians (ERLs) have in licensing electronic content is the most relevant in the breadth of an ERLs core responsibilities. While ERLs are rarely lawyers in addition to being librarians, the role they play in educating stakeholders, negotiating with publishers and vendors, and crafting understanding of licensing terms is integral for the success of a rapidly growing and changing electronic collections environment. Often, new ERLs have to learn these skills on the job. Discussed are tools and resources for new ERLs to build their electronic content licensing competency and insight on how to educate to advocate for the ERLs role in licensing.

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“…She explained that the impetus for her to give this presentation was that her experience showed a discrepancy between day-to-day responsibilities of an electronic resources librarian with licensing and what was being taught in library and information science (LIS) graduate programs. Citing Bradford et al (2007), Regan explained it was not only her experience, but statistical studies that showed the largest incongruity between the occurrences of licensing in position descriptions and in LIS courses.…”

Section: Techniques For Tracking Perpetual Accessmentioning

confidence: 99%