Electronic Resources Management Interest Group ALA 2012June 23, 2012

Why library-initiated electronic resource management systems?

Systems, Catalog & Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse

Access

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Flexibility

Integration

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70%

30%

Electronic Current Serials Print Current Serials

NCES Supplemental Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2010 Tables to NCES 2012-365

In 2010, 70% of expenditures for current serials in 3,689 academic libraries was for e-content.

Electronic Current Serials $ 1,249,726,269.00 Print Current Serials $ 536,356,795.00

NCES Supplemental Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2010 Tables to NCES 2012-365

AND libraries

NCES Supplemental Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) 2010 Tables to NCES 2012-365

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Libraries need flexible tools that are customizable and easily adapt to the quickly changing landscape of resource management.

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The General Problem

Lincoln Logs OR Legos

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Lincoln Logs OR Legos

AND^

AND….

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Thank You!