E-Resources Workflow Management

摘要

KEEPING THINGS SIMPLE WHEN MANAGING E-RESOURCES REQUIRES ADDRESSING THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT THESE MATERIALS PRESENT. Why, exactly, are librarians needed for electronic resources? The answer is that e-resources are overwhelming in their number and complicated to organize. But whether these resources are Web sites, e-books, e-documents, e-journals, e-reserves, or something else entirely, one overarching principle is involved: a method is needed to make sense of the madness. At the Houston Cole Library(HCL) at Jacksonville State University, we like to think of our e-resources mission in the simplest of terms: How can we provide the easiest access to these resources so our end users have the best possible experience? This is the single driving precept behind our e-resources management workflow, and it's the yardstick we use to measure our success. But while this concept is simple, the challenges that spring from it are myriad.