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Managing our E-resources Licenses: License Expression Standards

2006-03-25 , Robertson, Nathan D. M.

DLF's Electronic Resource Management Initiative (ERMI) indicated a need for standardization of e-resource license terms and administrative details. This will facilitate licensing communication among libraries and their partners, but must respect the interests of all participants. Prominent issues include protection of intellectual property, copyright and fair use, and DRM technology.

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The Changing Information World or If We are Truly at the Center It will be Okay if the World Turns Upside Down

2006-03-25 , MacEwan, Bonnie J.

Recording of the closing keynote, as well as followup discussion and comments

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Creating an Organizational Structure and Process to Manage Electronic Serials Collections

2006-03-25 , Yurochko, Carmel , Nolfi, David A. , Ballock, Tracie J.

Faced with nearly a million dollar annual electronic resources budget, the Gumberg Library at Duquesne University formed an Electronic Resources Review Committee (ERRC) in January 2005 which included technical services, reference, and information technology librarians. The committee worked to reevaluate all current electronic resource subscriptions, especially electronic journals, and to include faculty in the decision making process.

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Providing Access to Electronic Resources and Meeting User Expectations

2006-03-24 , Hartle, Diana , Pereira, Monica

Two University of Georgia librarians describe the process used for adding electronic resources to GALILEO, as well as the communication mechanism employed to report changes to and problems with these resources.

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How agents are collaborating in industry partnerships to drive standards, transparency and efficiency in the e-world

2006-03-25 , Ernst, Ezra T.

Library needs are far more complex due to the migration to electronic content. This complexity is compounded by a lack of overall standards and consistency. Our program will look at how agents are using their unique position to form collaborations with libraries, publishers, and ILS vendors on initiatives to drive standards, transparency and efficiency for greater electronic access.

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Managing Digital Assets: Planning the Digital Future of NIST

2006-03-25 , Makar, Susan

The Information Services Division (ISD) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is currently studying its needs for managing all aspects of its existing and future digital content. A team of staff tasked with determining how best to manage NIST’s digital assets will discuss their work and progress.

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Google Print in Academic Libraries: Readiness to Adopt and Potential Impact on Operations and Services

2006-03-25 , Hollingsworth, Jaena

This presentation will discuss Google’s Library Print Project, an effort to digitize the collections of five major libraries. Information will be provided on the basics of Google Print, along with some potential strengths and weaknesses. Also, criteria will be presented for determining individual libraries’ responses to such digitization projects.

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Usage Statistics for Serials Decision-Making

2006-03-25 , Belvadi, Melissa , Schufreider, Bob

This session has two parts. The first part will discuss the trials and tribulations of the current library wrestling with how to collect, consolidate and prepare a thoughtful analysis of their usage data from their vendors and how new systems are in place to help libraries achieve their goals. The second part will explore ways to use such data from vendors and local servers to make new/renewal/cancellation decisions for serials in particular.

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Vendor-supplied Usage Data: Challenges and Opportunities

2006-03-25 , Baker, Gayle

Researchers at the University of Tennessee reviewed vendor-supplied usage data for 2005 from over 70 vendors of electronic resources, including the mechanisms for cquiring the data and analyzing it. Over half of the reports were COUNTER-compliant for electronic journals and databases. The presentation will cover their findings. The research, part of the MaxData project at the University of Tennessee, was funded by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

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Providing Access to Electronic Journals in Academic Libraries

2006-03-25 , O’Hara, Lisa

Practices and procedures for providing access to electronic journals have changed in the relatively short time that they have been handled in libraries. This presentation will discuss some of those changes, examine how libraries are currently providing access to electronic journals and discuss where we think we are going.