Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Carolyn DeLuca Electronic Resources Librarian University of St. Thomas Libraries (MN) Dani Roach Head of Serials & Electronic Resource Acquisitions University of St. Thomas Libraries (MN) 2013 ER&L Conference
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) O Largest private, liberal arts higher ed institution in Minnesota O Approximately 9,000 FTE (70.3% undergrad) O Two campuses (Minneapolis and Saint Paul) O 4 libraries (Law Library is separate) O $1.96 million annual materials budget Who we are
Agenda O Background O Break down break ups O Players O Types O Tools O Aftermath O Tips and takeaways O Q & A
Why this topic?
What’s missing
Courtship styles O Friends first O Arranged marriage O Long engagement
Breaking down the break up O Who O What O Why O Where O When
Trouble in paradise
Who broke it off? O Internal players: O Liaison O ERMS staff O External players: O Publisher O Provider O Broker O Consortium O Vendor
What happened here? O Cancelled, ceased, or migrated O Affected in the fallout: O Status O Holdings O Platform O Product O Provider
Why? Why? Why? O In our control: O User preferences O Budget decisions O Outside our control: O Company merger O Publisher changes O Platform migration O Available through free web
Cancelled Examples in our control: O Low use/high cost O Redundant O No longer supports curriculum O Management decisions Annulled
Cancelled Examples outside our control: O State/consortial contracts change O Terms of access change O Non-library money source dries up O ERMS/KB change Divorced
Ceased O How it dies may matter O Needs immediate attention O Advanced planning O E-journal titles change, cease, and publishers fold Happy Widows
Migrated O Examples in our control: O CSA to APA O Examples outside our control: O CSA to ProQuest O Wilson to EBSCO O NetLibrary to EBSCO eBooks
Migrated O E-Journal Publisher changes: O Association to publisher O Publisher to publisher O E-Journal platform changes: O Hosted to publisher O Publisher to hosted O Out of (and sometimes back to) aggregators
Where? O From where does the resource need to be removed? O Where do you communicate that?
Where? O Catalog O ERM O Course management O Files
O Subject Guides O Website O Refworks Where?
O Proxy config O Local tools O Customized holdings O Archives
Tracking tools
Vendor’s role
Break up tips From the vendor’s perspective: O Know who signed the license O Confirm post-cancellation rights O Do not count on a refund O Plan cancellations and migrations well in advance of renewal O Know what you want; if replacing a product do your research
Publisher/Content providers
Break up considerations From the publisher/content provider’s perspective: O Ownership transfers O Licensing O Grace periods O Overlap periods O Personal relationships
When? O After warning in advance O Immediately O End of semester O After probation O Bitter end (at expiration or death)
What’s left? O If cancelled O If deleting or weeding O If migrating
The ending
Thanks to… O Emery, Jill, and Graham Stone. "TERMS: Techniques for electronic resource management.“ Web. O Jewell, T. D., et al. "Electronic Resource Management. The Report of the DLF Initiative." Web. O Holloway, Trina. “Cancellation workflow.” E-Resources Management Handbook. Ed. By Graham Stone. Oxon: UKSG, Web. aa85037cbb24e108042c716fc5a6a27&pi=4 aa85037cbb24e108042c716fc5a6a27&pi=4 O Crosetto, Alice. “Weeding E-books.” No Shelf Required 2. Ed. By Sue Polanka. Chicago: American Library Association, Print. O Weir, Ryan O. Managing Electronic Resources: A LITA Guide. Chicago: ALA TECHSOURCE, Print. Special thanks to our colleague, Kari Petryszyn!
Links to our tools: O Copy of this presentation O All purpose checklist for a journal O Cancellation checklist for a database O ERM roles at UST Carolyn DeLuca Dani Roach Parting shots