About the Webinar
In Part 1 of this two-part webinar, speakers covered a variety of licensing issues. A key component to the discussion was focused the critical pieces of a license, including privacy, accessibility, preservation, migration, and the negotiation process between a library and a vendor.
For the second half of this two-part series, speakers will focus on staffing issues at different types of libraries and how staff manages integration of e-resources into workflows, as well as a discussion about whether or not to execute a reorganization.
Event Sessions
Introduction
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Lessons Learned by Rethinking E-resource Management in Academic Libraries
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The management of e-resources provides endless challenges for libraries, and technical services staff in particular. So far in their careers, Meg Manahan and Nathan Putnam have worked to review and improve the way we manage e-resources on the back end to provide accurate and seamless access on the front end. At George Mason University (GMU), Manahan lead a massive reorganization of the Technical Services Group whose hallmark was flexibility in managing e-resources. As part of a larger working group, Manahan and Putnam helped create a cross-departmental network of staff devoted to managing the ever-increasing number of e-resources. Since leaving GMU, both have continued to restructure e-resource workflows. At the University of St Thomas, Manahan has begun reviewing workflows in anticipation of a migration to an all-new library services platform. At the University of Maryland, Putnam helped move the management of e-books to the WorldCat Knowledge base and stopped the dependency of loading MARC records into the local ILS. In addition to this he is currently working on designing an e-resource workflow using online task management tools and migrating from one link resolver to another. Largely focusing on their time together at GMU, and then bringing in additional experience in their new positions, Manahan and Putnam will provide lessons learned and reflections on managing e-resources.
Try, Try Again
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The University of Northern Colorado Libraries created an E-Resources Librarian in 2005, and many thought that person would take care of all the e-resources work. When that proved not to be the case, the Technical Services Department was completely reorganized in 2008. Using a process that involved all Libraries personnel, the focus was the organization and management of electronic collections. Many lessons were gleaned from the disruption that followed, and a more focused reorganization was conducted in 2013. The department now includes institutional repository responsibilities as part of the work of e-resources. Constant, incremental change is accepted (but not always liked) as normal.
Additional Information
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Registration closes at 12:00 p.m. (ET) on September 16, 2015. Cancellations made by September 9, 2015 will receive a refund, less a $25 cancellation. After that date, there are no refunds.
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Registrants will receive detailed instructions about accessing the webinar via e-mail the Monday prior to the event. (Anyone registering between Monday and the close of registration will receive the message shortly after the registration is received, within normal business hours.) Due to the widespread use of spam blockers, filters, out of office messages, etc., it is your responsibility to contact the NISO office if you do not receive login instructions before the start of the webinar.
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If you have not received your Login Instruction email by 10 a.m. (ET) on the Tuesday before the webinar, at please contact the NISO office or email Juliana Wood, Educational Programs Manager at jwood@niso.org for immediate assistance.
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Registration is per site (access for one computer) and includes access to the online recorded archive of the webinar. You may have as many people as you like from the registrant's organization view the webinar from that one connection. If you need additional connections, you will need to enter a separate registration for each connection needed.
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If you are registering someone else from your organization, either use that person's e-mail address when registering or contact Juliana Wood to provide alternate contact information.
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Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free webinar connection as part of their membership and DO NOT need to register for the event for this free connection. Your webinar contact will receive the login instructions the Monday before the event. You may have as many people as you like from the member's library view the webinar from that one connection. If you need additional connections beyond the free one, then you will need to enter a paid registration (at the member rate) for each additional connection required.
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Webinar presentation slides and Q&A will be posted to the site following the live webinar.
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Registrants and LSA member webinar contacts will receive an e-mail message containing access information to the archived webinar recording within 48 hours after the event. This recording access is only to be used by the registrant's or member's organization.