Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning The electronic library – how do we manage it? AND make our patrons use it? By Helle Lauridsen Technology Manager – Europe Moscow April 2007

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning Common Issues for the electronic library - our researchers: Collections invisible in library Difficult to find full text Too many choices? How to keep up ?

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning The Basics – make your journals visible

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning Common Issues for the electronic library - our researchers: Collections invisible in library  Make each journal title visible through an A-Z list Difficult to find full text Too many choices? How to keep up ?

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning Common Issues for the electronic library - our researchers: Collections invisible in library?  Make each journal title visible through an A-Z list Difficult to find full text?  Use an open URL resolver Too many choices? How to keep up ?

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning Then make them easily available ….

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning Common Issues for the electronic library - our researchers: Collections invisible in library?  Make each journal title visible through an A-Z list Difficult to find full text?  Use an open URL resolver Too many choices?  Central Search How to keep up ?

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning All the various interfacesCould be searched from one platform, with one interface? Wouldn’t be nice, if :

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning Common Issues for the electronic library - our researchers: Collections invisible in library?  Make each journal title visible through an A-Z list Difficult to find full text?  Use an open URL resolver Too many choices?  Central search How to keep up ?  RSS feeds

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning But how to keep up with the latest? RSS is a simple XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to their favorite websites. Programs known as feed readers or aggregators can check a list of feeds on behalf of a user and display any updated articles that they find. Many journals provide RSS feeds RSS feeds can be found at the individual journal homepage or in Ulrichs.com

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning Common Issues for the electronic library - the librarians It is all becoming virtual – how do we manage? We need to:  Compare long lists of ”good” offers from vendors  Figure out if we have it already – somewhere….  Organize the usage statistics  Keep track of journal titles, prices, where to get them online  Evaluate aggregator packages  Manage licenses and access

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning Why Electronic Resource Management? Helping Your Library Be the Best Partner for Research Vendor License s Term s of Use Access URLs Coverag e Dates Costs Trial Notes Logins & Passwords Usage Stats Acquisition Notes Outage Reports Renewa l Dates Vendor Contact s MARC Record s Proxie s IP Addresses Admin URL A-to- Z Link Resolver Fed Search Workflo w

Proprietary and Confidential ProQuest Information & Learning ERMS – Solves Lifecycle and Workflow Issues Helping Your Library Be the Best Partner for Research Resource Lifecycle Manage all lifecycle stages from a single module: Discovery Pre-acquisition evaluation Trial Acquire Customize Access Post-acquisition evaluation Ongoing issue management