Library Electronic Resources Research Articles

Book Review: Licensing Electronic Resources in Academic Libraries: A Practical Handbook

Within overall collections budgets in many academic libraries, electronic resources account for 75 percent to 90 percent of the entire budget. Given this financial commitment, there is a clear value to having a robust practitioner-directed literature for electronic resource management. Such a literature exists, and the authors of this volume seek to differentiate themselves by emphasizing the licensing process as a critical component of electronic resource management. The partnership of a librarian (Halaychik) with a legal and procurement expert (Reagan) does afford readers with a holistic institutional overview of the licensing process.

Green Deposit Rates in LIS Taylor & Francis Journals: Are Librarians “Practicing What They Preach?”

A Review of:
 Emery, J. (2017). How green is our valley: Five year study of selected LIS journals from Taylor & Francis for green open access. Insights, 31(23). http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.406
 Abstract
 Objective – To investigate the green deposit rate for articles published in five Taylor & Francis LIS journals.
 Design – Content analysis.
 Setting – The author conducted an analysis of the following journals: Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, Collection Management, College & Undergraduate Libraries, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship and Journal of Library Administration. 
 Subjects – 87 articles/columns in Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 78 in Collection Management, 134 in College & Undergraduate Libraries, 108 in Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, and 264 in Journal of Library Administration. 
 Methods – The author chose five Taylor & Francis LIS journals to analyze over a period of five years for the green open access article deposit rate. The author selected Taylor & Francis journals due to the publisher’s policy of not requiring an embargo period on LIS journals. The specific journal titles were selected based on the author’s perception of their relevance to a broad array of academic libraries. The author determined if green deposit had occurred by first using the “OA Button” on the article’s homepage to locate the full text. If nothing was found, the author then searched each author’s institutional repository using the DOI. If the full text was still not located using this method, then a Google Scholar search for the full text was performed.
 Main Results – The author found that the full text was available for 22% of the 671 total articles included in the study, which was significantly below the author’s proposed success rate of 50%.
 Conclusion – The results of this study indicate that a relatively low number of articles in the LIS field are available via open access, even though there were no restrictions from the publisher on green deposits. Some potential influencing factors for the low deposit rate include lack of encouragement from administration on utilizing repositories, imposter syndrome, and a lack of awareness of Taylor & Francis’s green deposit policies. The author recommends that librarians and their administrators support and encourage one another to make articles available via open access. The author also recommends that Taylor & Francis further publicize this policy to make more authors aware of it.

Core Competencies at Every Stage

ABSTRACTThe Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians (CCERL) defined the role of an electronic resources librarian (ERL) and can serve as a framework for additional applications. The CCERL helps ERLs reorganize departments, create updated job descriptions, and implement Library Services Platforms. Librarians have also used the CCERL to extend skills to digital projects, weeding projects, scholarly communications, and other areas. This article seeks to further connect theory to practical applications by illustrating how the CCERL impacted three librarians at the beginning, middle, and later stages of their ERL careers. An experienced librarian will provide insight on how the development of the CCERL shaped the field of electronic resources librarianship. A recently promoted librarian will demonstrate how the competencies were used to organize a promotion dossier. Finally, a new electronic resources librarian will describe how competencies guided training during the first year as an ERL.

Preserving Open Access

Libraries have an established track record of preserving the scholarly record, but this stewardship role has generally been exercised over materials the library has purchased or otherwise acquired. With open access publishing, the library’s role in preservation is less certain, as libraries may facilitate access to a wide array of freely accessible materials without ever obtaining any copies. Additionally, the open access landscape includes many small noncommercial publishers with limited resources that may not be able to invest in long term preservation and access. In this column, Courtney McAllister, Electronic Resources Librarian at Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale University, discusses preservation concerns and strategies for open access publications and how libraries may be affected by unstable or unpredictable long-term access.

Philanthropy and ERM: The Dance of Innovation

The author details establishing a type of philanthropic enterprise that applies the innovative work processes she employed as an electronic resources librarian at an academic library and within a library consortium. Approaches to this philanthropic work, especially through the strategic application of innovation and business process management are described, as well as a vision to support library organizations and electronic resources management through innovative philanthropy. Her work in establishing a new Philanthropy Advisory Group for the American Library Association provides an example of this philanthropic approach.

Think Global, Act Global: Collection Development in STEM Across an International Academic Institution

In an age where more and more universities are expanding their campuses to other countries, libraries must attempt to deliver a consistent experience in their services, policies, and access to information resources. Within New York University’s Division of Libraries, collection development and electronic resources librarians along with subject specialists across the STEM disciplines regularly meet to procure information resources for the benefit of all of their respective scholarly communities. The librarians and specialists liaise with the schools of engineering, mathematics, medicine, nursing, and the arts & sciences across campuses in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai. Although this approach is similar to how state university systems act in consortia to share licenses, the librarians in NYU’s virtual science consortium accomplish this on a global scale—supporting the institution’s growing scholarly communities and spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration. This commentary reflects on the challenges and successes that have accompanied building a global library collection spanning over a dozen global sites and two portal campuses. It will address familiar issues around rising publishing costs, resource sharing/licensing, and the weeding/vetting of electronic resources from a global perspective. Finally, the members of the consortium will share their forecasts for the future of collection development and libraries in globalized higher education.

Cultivating TALint: Using the Core Competencies as a Framework for Training Future E-Resource Professionals

ABSTRACTIn 2014, the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information (iSchool) and the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) partnered in the development of the Toronto Academic Libraries Internship (TALint) program. Focused on workplace-integrated learning, the TALint program provides enhanced educational experiences for Masters of Information students by combining periods of in-class study with actual workplace experiences. With this year’s TALint cohort in UTL’s Metadata Technologies Unit, the NASIG Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians was used as a framework for student training. In this session, we discuss the development of a comprehensive student training plan in electronic resource management, the key benefits of using the NASIG Core Competencies within the TALint program, student perceptions of competency-based training, and we outline future directions for the TALint program within the Metadata Technologies Unit.

Book Review: Licensing Electronic Resources in Academic Libraries: A Practical Handbook

The proliferation of electronic resources (e-resources) arguably brings several benefits to libraries, including instant, from-anywhere access for patrons and automated workflows for technical services that are potentially more efficient. However, it also brings new challenges. One of these challenges is licensing the many e-resources offered through the contemporary library. Halaychik and Reagan address this challenge in Licensing Electronic Resources in Academic Libraries: A Practical Handbook. This resource primarily covers three license-related topics in five chapters. Chapters 1 and 3 discuss the basics of licensing and licensing law. Chapters 2 and 4 address the licensing process through the full life cycle of licenses. The final chapter discusses negotiating licenses.

Global research studies on “Electronic Resources in Libraries”: A scientometric assessment during 1994-2017

Purpose - This paper seeks to provide a quantitative and qualitative description of global research output on “electronic resources in libraries”, with particular reference to electronic books, electronic journals and electronic thesis published during 1994-17.Design/Methodology/Approach - The data for the study (2086 publications) was sourced from Scopus database covering period 1994-2017. The research output in the subject from Scopus database was analyzed on a series of bibliometric measures like average annual growth, citations per paper, international collaborative papers, relative citation index, activity index, top productive countries, organizations, authors, journals, and highly cited papers.Findings - ‘E-resources in libraries’ is fast emerging as a subject of research within the domain of library and information science. The global research in the subject across top 15 most productive countries in the world is highly skewed. The USA, the top ranking country leads with 46.06% global publications share whereas the rest of 14 top productive countries – including India as the second ranking most productive country (8.10% share) – are distant cousins accounting for their publication share in single digits. The top 25 most productive journals with 15 to 126 papers each accounted for 58.42% (867) of total 1484 papers reported in journals. Only 17 paper (0.81% of 2086 output)) received high citations from 62 to 166 citations per paper during 1994-17. These 17 highly cited papers accounted for 1502 citations, with an average of 88.35 citations per paper. Among the electronic resources, the major emphasis was on electronic books, followed by electronic journals, electronic thesis & dissertations, audio & videos resources and electronic reports during 1994-17. The major areas of research focus as identified from keywords are: overall management of electronic resources, electronic resources & its various types, types of libraries, acquisition, development, management and preservation, information storage & retrieval, information processing, information services, user education & user studies, copyright and licensing.Originality/value – This is the first study of its kind that provides a quantitative and qualitative description of research studies on ‘e-resources in libraries’.

Західноукраїнська книга міжвоєнної доби у бібліотеках Канади: онлайн-каталоги і друковані джерела

Ukrainians are the eleventh largest ethnic group in Canada. Ukrainian books are important for the development of the Ukrainian diaspora, as well as for preserving and advancing the Ukrainian national culture, traditions, and language in Canada. The article analyzes the research of local and foreign scientists on this topic and provides insights into the presence of the Western Ukrainian books in Canadian libraries and in Canadian public and governmental institutions. The article investigates the details of the creation of the libraries where the researched publications are stored. The author has classified Canadian book collections that hold Ukrainian publications: scientific libraries at universities and other higher education institutions; archival institutions; Ukrainian community organizations; religious institutions; public libraries with Ukrainian collections; private Ukrainian libraries. This paper highlights the role of prominent figures of the Ukrainian diaspora in stocking Canadian libraries with Ukrainian books. We have examined how Western Ukrainian books of 1914–1939 made their way to Canadian libraries. An analysis of the catalogues of the Ukrainian bookstores in Canada has been conducted. Rare copies of these catalogues are in the holdings of the Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv. The article highlights the role of the Internet sources in determining the availability of Western Ukrainian books in Canadian libraries. Most of these libraries have online catalogues. The prospects of using electronic library resources and digital editions to conduct research in the field of Ukrainian book bibliography are outlined. The presence of the Ukrainian books of 1914–1939 in Canadian libraries is recorded in the bibliographic index «Ukrainian book in Galicia, Bukovina, Transcarpathia, Volyn and in emigration, 1914–1939» compiled by the scientific bibliography researchers of the Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv. Some of the Ukrainian books of 1919–1934 held in Canadian libraries and mentioned in the bibliographic index are the only copies of these books available worldwide. Keywords: Ukrainian diaspora, Western Ukrainian book, interwar period (1914–1939), Canadian libraries, electronic database of book publications

Embedding Collective Ownership into a Systems Migration

ABSTRACTArmacost Library at the University of Redlands structured the experience of an integrated library system migration to encourage agency, collaboration, and user-centeredness. Careful deliberation by library leadership and creative team-building activities enabled the library to address technological, cultural, and patron-facing changes wrought by the migration. The presenters related migration leadership to the NASIG Core Competencies for Electronic Resource Librarians and considered attributes needed to support colleagues in developing collective ownership.

The Analysis of Library Collection, Electronic Resources, and Librarian Services Quality on The Student’s Satisfaction

The studies on library user satisfaction have become a topic of recent debate. the aimed of this paper is to analyze the effects of library collection, e-resources, and librarian service quality towards student satisfaction in the sultanah bahiyah library of uum. a sample of 80 were employees based on probability sampling technique adopted. the data were obtained from the respondents using a questionnaire.the study used ibm spss statistics 24 application software foranalysis, descriptive analysis, reliability analysis, regression analysis, and hypothesis testing results using. the results and findings shown that the library collection, e-resources, and librarian service quality are significantly related to the student satisfaction in the sulthanah bahiyah library of uum. therefore, the result of this study found that the best services, physically and technically, provided by the sultanah bahiyah libraryhas been satisfying the customers, which are students of universiti utara malaysia generally, and especially the students who visit the library. hence, this paper recommended that sulthanah bahiyah library uum to improve their performance in order to meet the visitor’s satisfaction, especially in the area of quality of librarian services.the future researchers employ other factors besides of library collection, e-resources, and librarian service quality towards the student satisfaction.

Sharing the Load: Distribution of Electronic Resources Management Responsibilities Among U.S. Academic Librarians

abstractWhile electronic resources now constitute a major component of most academic library collections, and the Electronic Resources Librarian (ERL) position has become commonplace, the field of Electronic Resources librarianship is still not entirely standardized. Responsibility for the various tasks associated with electronic resources management (ERM) may fall on a single specialized professional or be divided up among positions in the organization; responsibility for a given task may or may not be shared by multiple personnel. This article presents the results of a survey of academic librarians in the United States who work with electronic resource collections, asking them about the range of tasks for which they are responsible, whether these responsibilities are shared, and how this work may be combined with other areas of responsibility. The results indicate that librarians who work in the field of ERM are responsible for a roughly similar workload whether or not they hold the title of ERL, though certain tasks are more likely to be the responsibility of ERLs. ERM responsibilities in general are frequently shared by multiple personnel within academic libraries. At institutions that spend more on electronic resources, certain specialized responsibilities associated with ERLs are much more frequently shared with paraprofessionals.

Access to electronic and print information resources by people with visual impairments in university libraries

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the implication of copyright on access to electronic and print information resources by people with visual impairments in university libraries. The paper examines the extent to which electronic and print information resources in university libraries are accessible to people with visual impairments; the extent to which existing national/international copyright laws facilitate or hamper access to electronic and print information resources by people with visual impairments; examine challenges facing people with visual impairments in accessing electronic and print information resources; and how these challenges can be ameliorated.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on review of empirical and theoretical literature and is underpinned by Oliver’s (1990) social model of disability.FindingsThe findings reveal that many university libraries the world over lack the capacity to offer an effective information service to people with visual impairments. Furthermore, the stringent copyright laws and licensing regimes for purchasing or transcribing content from one format to another make provision of information services to people with visual impairments difficult. In-university libraries are faced with various challenges in accessing electronic and print information that include among others copyright and licensing restrictions, and system design issues. Assistive technologies (ATs), enabling policies, skilled staff and facilitative copyright regimes can help ameliorate some of these barriers.Practical implicationsATs, enabling policies, skilled staff and facilitative copyright regimes are key to unlocking the barriers that hinder people with visual impairments from effectively accessing print and electronic resources in university libraries. Protection of the basic rights of persons with disabilities including visual impairments, the elimination of social discrimination and bridging the accessibility gap are integral to social inclusion. This paper provides the basic information to university libraries for addressing challenges associated with access to electronic and print resources by people with visual impairments.Social implicationsAccess to information to all including people with visual impairments in society is a basic human and moral right that every human being must enjoy. The Sustainable Development Goals’ 2030 agenda for sustainable development envisages a world of universal respect for human rights and human dignity […] equality and non-discrimination, an equitable, tolerant, open and socially inclusive world in which the needs of the most vulnerable are met (United Nations, 2015), and inclusive rights such as education, access to services (including information) and employment for people with disabilities.Originality/valueThis paper builds on existing literature and contributes to the growing body of knowledge on access by people with disabilities predicating on World Summit on Information Society principle and agenda 2030 on sustainable development goals.

Use of Electronic Information Resources for Postgraduates Students of Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat: A Survey

This research study aims to investigate the usage of electronic information resources by postgraduates‟ students of Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Using the research is survey method approach, the simple random sampling was used to selected responded from among the postgraduate students from 200 to 500 all types of users that came to use the library within the study period. The research tool used for data collection was a questionnaire tagged ‟Usage of Electronic information resources”. A total of 240 questionnaires were distributed of which 172 were duly filled giving a response rate of 71.66%. The finding revealed that 89.54% of the respondents had use of electronic information resources; with 10.46% respondents are not use of electronic information resources. The main access points were home/hostels; only 19.76% of respondents had used the library to access electronic information resources and 80.24% of them were satisfied with the library electronic information resources. The major electronic information resources are used by postgraduate students were internet search engines, e-lecture notes and e-books and they use it for completing class assignments, to obtain course related materials. Training of postgraduate students in electronic information resources searching skill by the library; the provision of internet and networked computers in department and lecturers giving assignment that require use of electronic information resources would increase the use of electronic information resources among the postgraduate students.

Big picture in statistical frame – a statistical analysis and data visualization project of price change for electronic resources in academic libraries

PurposeThe purposes of this paper are as follows: first analyze and visualize the price-changing pattern of common electronic resources; second, provide predictions for future price changes at the vendor level; third, discover any potential cause of such price changes; and fourth assess the practice of skills and techniques used for statistical analysis and data visualization.Design/methodology/approachStatistical analysis and data visualization of library’s expenditure data were conducted using business intelligence tools, in this case, Microsoft Excel and IBM SPSS.FindingsThis study reports the price changes of electronic resources over the past few years, as well as future prediction until 2018.Originality/valueOverall, this research combines statistics analysis and data visualization to unveil current price-changing trends of E-resources, provides price prediction of near future and offers unique, while valuable, reference for future evidence-based acquisition decisions.

Marketing Your Library's Electronic Resources

Marketing Your Library's Electronic Resources

Use of annual surveying to identify technology trends and improve service provision

ObjectiveAt an academic health sciences library serving a wide variety of disciplines, studying library users’ technology use provides necessary information on intersection points for library services. Administering a similar survey annually for five years generated a holistic view of users’ technology needs and preferences over time.MethodsFrom 2012 to 2016, the University of Florida Health Science Center Library (HSCL) annually administered a sixteen-to-twenty question survey addressing health sciences users’ technology awareness and use and their interest in using technology to engage with the library and its services. The survey was distributed throughout the HSC via email invitation from liaison librarians to their colleges and departments and advertisement on the HSCL home page.ResultsSmartphone ownership among survey respondents was nearly universal, and a majority of respondents also owned a tablet. While respondents were likely to check library hours, use medical apps, and use library electronic resources from their mobile devices, they were unlikely to friend or follow the library on Facebook or Twitter or send a call number from the catalog. Respondents were more likely to have used EndNote than any other citation management tool, but over 50% of respondents had never used each tool or never heard of it.ConclusionsAnnual review of survey results has allowed librarians to identify users’ needs and interests, leading to incremental changes in services offered. Reviewing the aggregate data allowed strategic consideration of how technology impacts library interactions with users, with implications toward library marketing, training, and service development.

НАУКОВО-ОСВІТНІ ЕЛЕКТРОННІ БІБЛІОТЕКИ У ФАХОВІЙ ПІДГОТОВЦІ МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ-СЛОВЕСНИКІВ

The article deals with the problem of using electronic library resources in higher educational establishments, discloses the main directions of application of the relevant digital resources and provides methodological recommendations. The actuality of using electronic libraries with the purpose of raising the qualitative level of professional education of students of philology and their scientific activity is substantiated. The essence of the concept "electronic library" is specified. On the basis of analysis of scientific works, synthesis of educational and methodological ideas, generalization of own experience of pedagogical work, the state of use of electronic libraries in the professionally oriented preparation of future language teachers is clarified, conditions of effective use of resources of electronic libraries in the professional training of future language teachers are determined. The analysis of the use of resources of electronic libraries for support of studies and researches of students of philology has been analyzed. In this context the results of the survey and questioning of students of philology about the activity and efficiency of using the resources of electronic libraries in the educational process are described. It is empirically confirmed that the integration of digital resources of electronic libraries into the traditional system of education of philologists contributes to the increase of internal motivation for learning, activation of independent informative and cognitive activity of students, formation of key and professional competencies. It is emphasized that the efficiency of working out of the resources of electronic libraries in the professional training of future language teachers depends on the level of ICT competence of students and teachers. The prospects for studying the problem of using the resources of electronic libraries as a necessary tool for updating the content and technologies of professional training of students of philology have been determined.

Strategic Marketing of Electronic Resources in Academic Libraries in Kenya

Universities in Kenya have subscribed to a range of electronic books and electronic journals through the Kenya Libraries and Information Services Consortium (KLISC). The lack of an effective marketing strategy has been identified as one of the major barriers to their utilization. This paper presents the results of a survey study on the application of a strategic approach in the marketing of electronic resources, or e-resources. The study also sought insights into academic librarians' understanding of marketing principles and the challenges they face in carrying out marketing activities. A questionnaire created using Google Forms was used to gather data. Respondents were recruited by email from institutions that belong to KLISC, and a total of twenty-nine members responded. The responses gathered reveal that although academic librarians are carrying out some marketing activities, the majority of them are not applying a strategic marketing approach.