Collaborative Electronic Resource Management: From Acquisitions...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 268 pages
• Published by: Libraries Unlimited November 30, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1591581141
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1591581147
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 13.6 ounces

From Booklist
Electronic resources are essential to a modern library's operation. But how do librarians manage them? The audience for this book is library professionals, defined here as librarians, library staff, and vendor representatives. These audiences will benefit from the well-researched and clearly written chapters, which discuss all aspects of electronic resources, including management, assessment, budgeting and planning, collection development and acquisitions, licensing, cataloging and access, technology infrastructure, and customer services. Included with the text are bibliographies, a glossary, and an index. The author focuses on the principles of organization development to present the information. This book will aid anyone scrutinizing a license agreement to understand the economics of electronic publishing. Suitable as a textbook or for librarians or vendors working in an increasingly technical environment. Jack O'Gorman
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Product Review
Collaborative Electronic Resource Management is structured to deliver analysis for the spectrum of library professionals engaged in successful organizational decision-making; management of decision-making processes through assessments; and planning and financial administration of library capital to better acquire electronic resources for customers.In facing turbulent changes, Conger calls for library professionals to integrate the metamorphosis of electronic resources into a seamless experience for library users to be able to get on with the business of learning and creating knowledge. An answer to this call would save the profession of librarianship from irrelevance.Collection Management

Well-researched and clearly written chapters, which discuss all aspects of electronic resourcesThis book will aid anyone scrutinizing a license agreement to understand the economics of electronic publishing. Suitable as a textbook or for librarians or vendors working in an increasingly technical environment.Booklist/Professional Reading