A Theoretical Approach to the Adoption of Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS) in Nigerian University Libraries

2021 ◽  
pp. 530-548
Author(s):  
Adebayo Muritala Adegbore ◽  
Monsuru Omotayo Quadri ◽  
Oyekanmi Rasaq Oyewo
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
Nigerian University

This chapter discusses a theoretical approach to the adoption of electronic resource management systems in Nigeria university libraries. The nature of electronic resources calls for a special way of managing it thereby the invention and adoption of electronic resource management systems (ERMS). However, observation revealed that Nigerian libraries have yet to largely adopt it. It is therefore necessary to theoretically outline the factors promoting adoption of new technologies, in order for Nigerian libraries to take a cue. This chapter proposes a theoretical approach to the adoption of ERMS in Nigerian libraries.

A Theoretical Approach to the Adoption of Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS) in Nigerian University Libraries

2018 ◽  
pp. 292-311
Author(s):  
Adebayo Muritala Adegbore ◽  
Monsuru Omotayo Quadri ◽  
Oyekanmi Rasaq Oyewo
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
Nigerian University

This chapter discusses a theoretical approach to the adoption of electronic resource management systems in Nigeria university libraries. The nature of electronic resources calls for a special way of managing it thereby the invention and adoption of electronic resource management systems (ERMS). However, observation revealed that Nigerian libraries have yet to largely adopt it. It is therefore necessary to theoretically outline the factors promoting adoption of new technologies, in order for Nigerian libraries to take a cue. This chapter proposes a theoretical approach to the adoption of ERMS in Nigerian libraries.

scholarly journals Electronic Resources and Web Sites: Replacing a Back-end Database with Innovative's Electronic Resource Management

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Tull
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Ohio State University ◽  
State University ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
Washington State University ◽  
The Ohio State University ◽  
The University

<span>In the fall of 2002, Ohio State University along with the University of Washington, the University of Western Australia, Washington State University, and Glasgow University entered into a development partnership with Innovative Interfaces. The goal was to develop a module to manage electronic resources, integrated into Innovative’s Millennium library system. The product, Electronic Resource Management (ERM), became available in 2004 and is based on the work of the Digital Library Federation Electronic Resources Management Initiative. This article focuses on one aspect of ERM, the integration of the module with the Web OPAC, and describes how the Ohio State University Libraries replaced a back-end database with ERM to support lists of electronic resources on their Web site.</span>

The Impact of Locally Developed Electronic Resource Management Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 350-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie R. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Online Journals ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

As libraries dramatically increased their numbers of licensed electronic resources in the 1990s, such as online journals and databases, they realized the need for a record-keeping system that would help manage the details of acquiring and maintaining them. Since no off-the-shelf product existed, some libraries developed their own tools to manage electronic resources. This chapter discusses the development of locally designed electronic resource management systems; the process of developing the tools at several academic institutions is traced, with a focus on the aspects of the systems unique to each university. Locally developed electronic resource management systems have lead academic institutions to engage with other institutions and vendors building similar tools. As a result, community-wide efforts in identifying key elements for managing electronic resources have begun to emerge. These efforts lay the foundation for the future successful development of tools and standards to assist in electronic resource management.

Panorama of Electronic Resource Management Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 322-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Hogarth ◽  
Vicki Bloom
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
Data Movement ◽  
Bibliographic Data

Management of electronic resources requires more features and fields than legacy integrated library systems (ILS) can provide. Relationships between title, package, platform and publisher, incident and breach records, changeable holdings, license, and access restrictions cannot easily be captured. Usage combined with cost is needed for collection development and public services decisions. This chapter demonstrates how the Electronic Resource Management Initiative reports, library-developed systems, and existing and in-process standards help the continuing development of compensating electronic resource management systems and their integration into ILS. Much more work and discussion is needed in order to maximize the use of these resources and their data. Modular, extensible, standards-based tools will supplement legacy ILS and their valuable business and bibliographic data. Vendor-provided bridging tools, also based on these standards, will enable and maximize data movement between systems.

The Future of Electronic Resource Management Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 363-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Fons
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
End User ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
Administrative Tasks

The core functional requirements for electronic resource management systems have been identified and implemented in varying depths by commercial and library system developers. As use of these systems increases, novel needs have been revealed. These new needs reside on both sides of the end-user spectrum. Library staff have a need to analyze their electronic collections for comprehensiveness, title overlap, cost-per-use, usage distribution within journal packages and other collection analysis functions. They also have the need to automate administrative tasks like IP registration, incident reporting, activation, renewal, sample license review, and license exchange. Library patrons and public services staff have a need to understand the full range of permissions and restrictions for electronic resource use at the local and consortial levels. They also have the need to be alerted when electronic resources have been upgraded, enhanced or when system outages are planned or are on going. Those needs are manifest at all levels of access: the discovery services platform, online public access catalog, the link resolver, the metasearch environment, A-Z list, and so forth. Since the electronic resource management system already stores permitted and restricted uses, it is the ideal source for that data at all levels of patron access. As electronic resource management systems evolve, the functional requirements should evolve to describe the library’s needs for a system that acts as a collection development and analysis tool and as the source for critical access and license data for patrons wherever they access the library’s electronic resources and to support the requirements of libraries in a consortial arrangement.

Choosing and Implementing an Open Source ERMS

2014 ◽  
pp. 164-180
Author(s):  
Daniel Stafford ◽  
Robert Flatley
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Management System ◽  
Unified Approach ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
Google Docs ◽  
Resource Management System ◽  
The Way

The Rohrbach Library of Kutztown University manages its electronic resources using a disconnected array of resources including spreadsheets, paper files, email files, and a Google Docs account. Clearly, a more streamlined and unified approach would be beneficial. In this case, the authors investigate various Electronic Resource Management System (ERMS) options and whether they are a fit for the library. They then examine the decision to implement an open source option. Finally, the case describes the process of implementing and populating the open source ERMS, in addition to challenges experienced along the way.

Process Mapping for Electronic Resources

2010 ◽  
pp. 1760-1772
Author(s):  
Marianne Afifi
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Process Mapping ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
Complex Processes

The number of electronic resources is continually growing and the processes associated with managing them are ever more complex. Consequently, completely new ways of managing these resources efficiently and effectively must be invented or borrowed from industries that also must manage complex processes. This chapter describes how a method generally employed in business and industry can be applied in managing electronic resource-related processes in libraries. Specifically, a technique called process mapping and its potential application to electronic resource management in libraries is described. Existing electronic resource management guidelines are conceptually linked to actual management situations. A case study is presented which is intended to illustrate the process.

In the Eye of the Storm

2011 ◽  
pp. 374-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Koppel
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Research Library ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Electronic Resource ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Significant Volume ◽  
Large Research ◽  
The Web

Electronic resource management (ERM), as a tool for library management, grows in importance every day. The ERM industry has matured greatly over the past decade. Just ten years ago, the first journals began to be published on the Web in significant volume; by 2007, many smaller colleges and some large research libraries have moved to complete or nearly complete electronic-only access (Ives, 2006). The Association of Research Libraries reports that the average ARL research library now spends over 31% of its materials budget on electronic resources, with a large proportion of these libraries spending more than 50% of their materials budget on electronic resources (Kyrillidou & Young, 2006).

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