E-Resources: Best Practices for Identifying & Acquiring for Today's Academic Libraries
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E-Resources: Best Practices for Identifying &Acquiring for Today's Academic Libraries
Adrian Whatleye-Resources LibrarianAustin Community College
e-resource selection policy
General Objectives• e-Resources considered for acquisition should fall
within current selection guidelines as described in the Core Selection Factors.
e-resource selection policy
General Objectives•All e-materials should be relevant and appropriate to a significant segment of the Libraries’ user community and reflect current academic needs and ACC’s mission.
e-resource selection policy
General Objectives•Special attention should be given to e-resources that provide coverage of underrepresented or high-priority subject areas.
e-resource selection policy• Requests from library staff, faculty or other users
should be directed to the relevant subject librarian.
• The subject librarian must fill out an e-Resource Trial Proposal.
• e-Resource librarian schedules products to trial based on the Procedure for Trialing and Acquiring e-Resources.
• All e-resources must be trialed before acquisition.
homework
•product site•professional journal reviews• institutional history• forums/e-mail lists•contacts at other institutions
e-resource assessment
•Who assesses?• All librarians are invited to give feedback
using the Electronic Resources Selection Criteria as a guide.
• All students, faculty, and staff are invited to give feedback via the e-Resources Trial Review form.
e-resource assessment / content•How does this resource support a
community college learning environment?• Think about ACC's student profile - early
college start, workforce, associate degree, university transfer, continuing education, and adult education.
e-resource assessment / content•How does the information facilitate
collection development on the affected subject area?• Neglected topic?• Newly created department?• Enhances existing holdings?
e-resource assessment / logistics•Response time• Do pages load quickly? Are graphics quickly
downloaded?• Information architecture• What is your first impression of the site? Is it
attractive? Is there information overload? • Would a student know where to begin? Are
appropriate features highlighted?
e-resource assessment / logistics•Content• What format is content available in (HTML, PDF,
JPEG)?• Is it easy to read/view online? • Are images sized appropriately?
e-resource assessment / logistics•Search
• How useful are the options for basic as well as advanced searching?
• Is the search interface intuitive?
• Does the resource offer:
•boolean search
•truncation search
•proximity search
•other helpful search fields/parameters
e-resource assessment / logistics•Browse
• Are you able to browse the contents of the e-resource easily?
•Results
• Do you find the results make sense based upon your parameters?
e-resource assessment
•e-resource librarian collects and tabulates all faculty, staff, student, and librarian reviews and disseminates the results via the wiki.
•e-resource librarian makes recommendation to collection development team (CDT).
•CDT deliberates upon results and selects which e-resources (if any) to acquire.
e-resource acquisition
•The e-resources librarian contacts vendors, negotiates pricing, finalizes the subscription, adds subscription information to the ERM, and links to the new e-resource via the A-Z and subject pages.
negotiation
• relationships•consortia•big FTE = challenging• new customer• valued customer• subscribe by a certain date / pro-rate• deposit accounts
de-selection
•e-resources• low usage stats• patron/librarian dissatisfaction• bad customer service
•consortium• limited offerings• unimpressive discounts• bad customer service
recommendations for tight e-resource budgets?•cooperate with others• seek new partnerships
•prioritize• broad-based content
•be choosy• good vs. great