managing e-content in an academic library
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Presentation for UKSG webinar, April 2013TRANSCRIPT
Louise ColeKingston University
Shift from print to e (both journals and books)
E-resources – currency, convenience, reliability
Journals important because of primary research outputs and REF results
Types of journal◦ Print only / Print and e / E-only / Born digital /
Freely available / Open access or hybrid
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‘Electronic Superhighway’
Pricing models of e are changing:◦ Historical print spend◦ Pay per view◦ Patron-driven (or demand-driven)◦ Usage-based◦ FTE based◦ Open access/hybrid open access◦ Chapter or article delivery◦ Rolling archives◦ ‘Seat-based’ pricing
Resource Discovery Systems◦ Goodbye to the A-Z …?
Removing the distinction between the ‘type’ of content – to just ‘content’◦ ‘Published’ – what does this mean?
How to reach the customer who is not physically in front of you
Mobile devices and apps◦ What, where, when, how, who, why
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Budgets often separated into ‘print’ and ‘e’◦ Books and journals?◦ E-books and e-journals?◦ Databases (full-text, A&I)?
Budgets shrinking or not keeping pace with journal inflation and continued full VAT on e-only products
Cost per use: value for money A resource, in whatever format, has to earn
its place
Authentication – proxy, Shibboleth, Athens Browser compatibility Digital Rights Management (DRM)
(Payment models …)
Licence agreements – contract law, complex Ts & Cs, interpretations, systems
Licensee responsibilities
PORTICO, CLOCKSS, etc.◦ “Digital preservation” & “electronic archiving”
Post-cancellation access (PCA) Definition of e-journal – ‘scholarly journal’ or
‘intellectual magazine’ only? Definition of digital content – music, images
and information to be downloaded or distributed electronically◦ Who is preserving all this? Do we have a role?
Usage should not represent the be all and end all, but data must be accessible◦ Think about how customers use the resource and
what that represents in terms of value Consider how best to manage this area
◦ Time, staffing, storage, usability COUNTER project The role of the subscription agent?
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Consortia are there to help – use them!◦ Discounted pricing◦ Central point for management of information◦ Strength in numbers, whether local or national◦ Products and services
Are the consortia negotiators now in competition with the subscription agents?
The Electronic Resource Management system, or ERM◦ Effective management of the e-resources life
cycle◦ One place to assemble all relevant data relating
to e-content (subscribed or not)◦ A home for links out to content, delivered through
RDS or OPAC◦ A commercial alternative to intranets and
spreadsheets to manage e-resources But ‘can they fix it’?
Acquisition (pricing, trials, licensing) Providing access (link resolvers, A-Z lists) Administration (URL maintenance, admin) Evaluation and monitoring (usage, user
feedback, software needs, incident log)
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