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ER&L 2010 - Can We Build It? Yes We Can!
1. Can We Build It? Yes, We Can!
Building an ERM solution at the University of Notre Dame
Robin Malott, Benjamin Heet
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University of Notre Dame
2. What’s on tap for today?
• Background
» Our situation
• Do It Yourself
» Our approach
• ERM Components
» Modules
• Next Steps
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3. About Us
• What we’ve got
» CEP (checklist for electronic products) database
• What we want
» What everybody wants
• Where we’ve looked
» Here, there, everywhere
» What we found…
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4. If you build it…
• Why build it?
» No one size fits all solution
• Not our first choice
» Meeting priorities
• Flexibility, workflows, selector initiation, and more
» Modular units, modular system
• Just show me the information I need to do my job
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5. ERM System Development
Modular System Development
• One component at a time
• Each component specialized for it’s
own task
• Inter-connected, not inter-
dependent
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12. The winding road
• Datamart
» Met reporting needs
• Usage Statistics
» Collection dev. priority
• Licensing
» Last hope for vended solution
• Acquisitions
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13. Usage Statistics Module
• Need a better way to manage
» Pay someone else
» Build our own
• What is important to us?
» Less time gathering stats
» Find out what the numbers mean
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17. Other items of interest
• Avoiding junk in, junk out
» HTML vs PDF
• Springer vs ScienceDirect
» Outliers
• Use spikes, fair or personal archiving
» General bad data
• Missing/incorrect issn
• Duplicate data on same report
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18. Licensing Module
• Datamart, Statistics – Done
• Still looking for vendor ERM
» Licensing as last straw
• Opportunity knocks
» Law student with programming skills
• OK, let’s build this one too
» Final commitment to local development made
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22. Licensing Highlights
• Keyword search
• Expression comparison
• Delivery of terms to users
» ILL, Coursepacks, eReserves
• Flexibility
» Customize fields
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» Track expressions of your choice
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23. Cancellation Module
• Datamart, Usage, Licensing – Done
• The Nitty-Gritty
» Needs assessment
» Focus Groups
• Wow, that’s a big project!
» Start small
» Redesign cancellation system as proof of concept
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33. Organizations Module
• Organizations Module??
» Organizations exist in each module
• Publishers, providers, platforms, vendors, etc
• A logical link between systems
» Parent / Child Organizations
» Contact names for each organization
• How do we organize that data?
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34. Next Steps
• Organizations - #1
• Acquisitions - #2
• CORAL Completion
» End of summer (fingers crossed)
• Why should you care?
» Sharing
» Development partner?
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