~ Benjamin Heet

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Ben Heet
University of Notre
Dame
ALA Midwinter 2011
San Diego

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Q: What does it stand for?
A: Centralized online resources acquisitions and licensing
Q: What is it?
A: It’s a workflow management tool.
Q: Which workflows?
A: Licensing, Usage Statistics, Cancellations, Organizations,
and Resources

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Q: Why did you build your own?
A: We just needed to get the job done.
Q: But you could have just purchased one?
A: Um…Well…Yes…I suppose…

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Q: How did you do it?
A: With an elite team of library special forces.
Q: No, seriously, how was it developed?
A: Workflow analysis, requirements gathering, identify
data elements, mockups, feedback, coding, testing,
polish, production

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Q: Why did you open source it?
A: Because we are the world…we are the children...
Q: Come on already! Why did you share it?
A: At the end of the day people just need something
to help make their job easier, so why not share.

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Q: Can I use it?
A: Yes, find out more at http://erm.library.nd.edu
Q: How do I contact you?
A: heet.2@nd.edu OR 574-631-4329