Research and Tools
Librarians and publishers face a variety of unique challenges related to the constant evolution of today’s digital environment. This resource area will identify and share valuable tools and research being used by members of the collaborative.
To contribute to our collection of useful resources and to help expand the Collaborative, please contact Jillian Tweet, Assistant Director of Marketing for Electronic Resources at IGI Global, at eresources@igi-global.com
TOOLS
SERU—The Shared E-Resource Understanding (SERU) is designed to be an alternative to a license agreement with both parties agreeing to follow copyright law. The main impetus behind using SERU is to allow e-resources to be fully utilized without great delay for negotiating a license through lawyers. For a list of SERU members visit: http://www.niso.org/workrooms/seru/registry/
NISO—The National Information Standards Organization is a non-profit organization that develops and maintains technical standards for the digital environment. For information on COUNTER compliance (SUSHI), ONIX, CORE and many other educational resources please visit: http://www.niso.org/about/
Liblicense—This site assists university and research libraries with all questions and needs related to the licensing of digital information. They also have a very useful discussion list that can be found at: http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/
LOCKSS—Digital preservation is a large part of most publishers and libraries e-resources concerns. Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (LOCKSS) is an international community initiative that provides libraries with digital preservation tools and support so that they can easily and inexpensively collect and preserve their own copies of authorized e-content. There are many other popular preservation methods including Portico, but to find out more about the LOCKSS open-source software visit: http://www.lockss.org/lockss/Home
ONLINE RESEARCH
The E-only Tipping Point for Journals: What’s Ahead in the Print-to-Electronic Transition Zone, ARL white paper, Richard and Luther-- http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/Electronic_Transition.pdf
Cornell’s guidelines for e-only, Ochs and Kara-- http://www.library.cornell.edu/insidecul/200611/eonly.html
Walking the Usage Tightrope: Publishers and Librarians Explore the Delicate Balancing Act between E-Content Usability and Intellectual Property Protection, Charleston Conference, November 7, 2008 -- http://www.igi-global.com/marketingdept/UsageTightrope.ppt
Migraine-Free Migration: Librarian and Publisher Perspectives on Facilitating the Transition from Print to Electronic Formats for Academic Content, Charleston Conference, November 6, 2008 -- http://www.igi-global.com/marketingdept/Migration.ppt
Pricing Perplexities: Why Do STM Publishers Love Full-Text Online Journal Collections? And Can Libraries Also Benefit from this Affair?, Charleston Conference, November 6, 2008 -- http://www.igi-global.com/marketingdept/PricingPerplexities.ppt
Selling a New Technology: Tips for Securing Buy-In at Your Library, American Libraries, January/February 2009 -- http://www.igi-global.com/marketingdept/AmericanLibraries.pdf
PRINT RESEARCH
Library Science Reference Resources -- www.igi-global.com/marketingdept/LibrarySciBrochure.pdf
Coping with Copyright and Beyond: New Challenges as the Library Goes Digital, Hersey, ARL, 1995
Getting from Here to There, Safely: Library Strategic Planning for the Transition Away from Print Journals, Schonfeld, The Serials Librarian, 52, 2007
What’s a Serial When You’re Running on Internet Time?, Plutchak, North American Serials Interest Group, 2007
ATG Special Report--10 Steps to Implementing an eBook Collection, Cleto, Against the Grain, February 2008
Every Library’s Nightmare? Digital Rights Management, Use Restrictions, and Licensed Scholarly Digital Resources, Eschenfelder, College & Research Libraries, May 2008
The Impact of Copyright Law on Distance Education Programs, Thornburg, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Winter 2003
License to Deny? Publisher restrictions on document delivery from e-licensed journals, Wiley, Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 32, 2004
Why sell what you can license? Contracting around statutory protection of intellectual property, Winston, George Mason Law Review, 2006