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E-Resources in Your Library

This session focuses on the evolving landscape of electronic resources in libraries, discussing various formats such as e-journals, e-books, databases, and multimedia. It tackles crucial questions about circulation, interlibrary loans, and patron access. Participants shared best practices for managing e-resources, tracking licenses, and navigating the challenges they present. The conversation also highlighted the role of libraries in facilitating access to these resources and the implications for resource sharing. Key policies from MnPALS, including circulation and interlibrary loan, were discussed.

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E-Resources in Your Library

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  1. E-Resources in Your Library MnPALS User Group Meeting October 23, 2012

  2. Session today • Informal discussion

  3. What electronic resources are in your library? • Journal databases • Books • Video • Music

  4. Is there a difference between e-journals and e-books in what is possible? • Circulation • ILL

  5. What areas of the library deal with e-resources?

  6. How do patrons find e-resources? • Catalog • Open URL linker

  7. How do other libraries know what you own?

  8. How do you manage your e-resources? • How do you track e-journal licenses?

  9. What challenges do e-resources pose for your library? • Acquisitions • Cataloging • Circulation • Collection Development • Interlibrary Loan • Reference

  10. Who has access to your electronic resources? • My library patrons • ILL requests

  11. Should or do libraries consider ILL when they purchase electronic resources?

  12. What impact for your patrons and for resource sharing in general do you see?

  13. Minitex MnLink ILL Committee report on e-journals • “Using E-Journals for Interlibrary Loan” http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Sharing/Ejournals.aspx

  14. Purchase on Demand e-resources • E-books • E-journal requests

  15. How do e-resources fit into MnPALS Circulation policy and ILL Policy • Circulation Policy http://mirage.mnpals.net/content/circulation-policy • ILL Policy • http://mirage.mnpals.net/content/ill-policies

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