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Ben HeetUniversity of Notre
Dame
Contributing an Open Source Solution to the
Library Community
The Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians
Winston-Salem, NC
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Contributing an Open Source solution to the library community
About Hesburgh Libraries
About CORAL - centralized online resources acquisitions and licensing
Present state of ERMS
Building an ERM
Open Source
Supporting the software
Users Group- http://erm.library.nd.edu
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Hesburgh Libraries- 11,000 FTE (mostly undergraduate)- $10,000,000 total materials budget ($6 million
electronic) - 3 million total volumes held
ERMS History- Local database (began as filemaker pro)- Shared file space (Word docs, spreadsheets)- Verde (two years)- Investigated SerialsSolutions, III Millenium, e-
Martix
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Present state of ERMS
Verde SerialsSolutions III Millenium ERM Essentials E-Matrix Others…
- CUFTS- ERMes- OLLARA
Which one do we choose?
- Functionality- Complexity- Flexibility
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The CORAL Approach to ERMS
Each Module specialized
Simplified and intuitive interface
Optional interoperability
Designed by a library for libraries
Focus on workflow
Iterative development
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Sharing is Caring
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Open Source
http://erm.library.nd.edu
Four available modules - Licensing - Organizations - Resources - Usage Statistics Documentation - User guides - Installation instructions - Technical documentation
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We aren’t alone!
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Open Source Support
Challenges Working with other libraries Competing priorities Enhancement requests Support calls Bug fixes Training Best Practices
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Building a Communit
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First Users Group Meeting – ER&L 2011 [email protected] New website – DRUPAL Wiki? Development partners How are we going to do this?
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The Big Question…
How can CORAL become and remain a successful ERMS for the library community?