The Future is Flexible, Extensible, and Community-Based: Stories of Successful Electronic Resources Management

Managing the Electronic Resources Lifecycle with Kanban

“…The time required to implement an ERMS is significant, and many libraries that have ERMS systems do not consider them fully implemented (Bross & Magagnosc, 2016;Collins & Grogg, 2011;Dowdy & Raeford, 2014;Minchew & Slutskaya, 2016;Wilson, 2011). Another challenge is that the workflows associated with e-resources change regularly, thus requiring a flexible system that allows changes without significant re-programming or configuration (Dowdy & Raeford, 2014;Imre et al, 2016). Some libraries have developed their own solutions and shared them with others, most notably CORAL (Centralized Online Resources Acquisitions and Licensing) developed by University of Notre Dame's Hesburgh Libraries in 2010 (Imre et al, 2016;CORAL, 2017).…”

“…Another challenge is that the workflows associated with e-resources change regularly, thus requiring a flexible system that allows changes without significant re-programming or configuration (Dowdy & Raeford, 2014;Imre et al, 2016). Some libraries have developed their own solutions and shared them with others, most notably CORAL (Centralized Online Resources Acquisitions and Licensing) developed by University of Notre Dame's Hesburgh Libraries in 2010 (Imre et al, 2016;CORAL, 2017). However, due to the general limitations of ERMS with pushing information out and managing the workflow without significant human intervention (Dowdy & Raeford, 2014), supplementary systems for managing this work are common.…”

“…As the volume of electronic resources (e-resources) subscriptions has increased in academic libraries over the past ten years and the complexity of managing them became clear, discussions about workflows and tools to manage the e-resources lifecycle have proliferated in the published literature (Collins & Grogg, 2011;Dowdy & Raeford, 2014;Imre, Oberg, Vieira, & Duggan, 2016;Minchew & Slutskaya, 2016;Ostergaard, 2016;Pesch, 2008;Wilson, 2011). Unlike a print management model where a physical item is acquired, catalogued, and put on a shelf, completing the technical services workflows for that item, e-resources have ongoing needs (e.g., managing perpetual access entitlements, updating KBART files, processing annual renewals) (Pesch, 2008).…”

Database Discovery: From a Migration Project to a Content Strategy

“…9 A published conference report from the 2015 NASIG annual conference described how Oberg, at Wheaton College, used CORAL, an open source ERM, and its public interface generator add-on, to create a public-facing database list and to streamline workflows. 10 Evelhoch studied whether the adoption of a web-scale discovery service impacted the webpage views of Central Washington University's database lists by title and by subject. He monitored webpage views before and after the implementation of the Primo web-scale discovery service and found that webpage views of database lists by title and by subject declined after Primo adoption.…”