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Handouts, resources and display documents
Pre-reading and reference documents
- ERIN Application reference
- Licenses reference
- Usage Statistics in Alma reference
- Vendor information for e-resources processesInformation for eResources Processes reference
- Introduction to the Community Zone pre-reading
Outline and Links to related documentation
| Outline | Links to related documentation |
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| Introduction to the Community Zone (CZ) | Introduction to the Community Zone |
| Ordering and activation of one-time ebooks | Ordering and activation of One-Time eBooks via GOBI |
| Ordering and activating an e-journal subscription | Ordering and Activating an E-Journal eJournal Subscription |
| Ordering electronic collections | Ordering Electronic Collections |
| Creating a local electronic collection or database | Creating a Local Electronic Collection or Database |
| Creating a local electronic portfolio |
Script
Introduction
Welcome to eResources 1. My name is ..... and our facilitator/s in this class is/are... .
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Let's start by introducing ourselves. (Go around the room and ask everyone to share their name, library/unit, and how this class relates to their work.)
High level overview of electronic resources
- Ebooks and electronic journals are ordered just like their print counterparts (See acq training), but don't require any item or shelf prep work, hence there is no location in Alma for eresources. Individual title purchases may start with patron requests or the work of selectors. New requests are tracked in the Eresources group using ERIN, a workflow management tool. Because there are a lot of pieces to the workflow and certain things have to happen in a certain order, it's very helpful to track each piece and have everything documented.
- In most cases, electronic content lives at the vendor/publisher site, and we essentially lease access to that content via licenses, negotiated in the eresources unit.
- Generally speaking we purchase Harvard-wide electronic access - authenticated use is via ip address. Off campus access goes through the proxy server, for which users must use Harvard credentials (e.g., Harvard Key). Alma facilitates linking via the proxy server so that anyone using Hollis from any location can access eresources if they have a Harvard Key (no more urns/ernie). A few resources require users to create an additional user account (e.g., WSJ, Financial Times).
- There are many different purchasing models for eresources: like print materials, we create one-time or continuous orders, depending on how the resource is being sold to us. In the case of ebooks, there are many different purchasing and access models. Some publishers sell individual books (often purchased via Coutts or YBP), others only sell packages of ebooks which are purchased directly from the publisher. Some publishers offer frontlists, lists of books that they expect to publish in a given year. In the Community Zone, these will appear as Collections. Similarly for journals, we can order electronic subscriptions individually via our subscription managers, or in packages, often directly from the publisher.
- Once purchased and available on the publisher site, books and journals must be activated in Alma for users to be able to find them in Hollis. There are multiple ways to activate eresources in Alma, we would like to emphasize using the task list for this process.
- Disclaimer: there are many ways to accomplish the same task in Alma. Workflows for many of these tasks are still being thought out. When in doubt about anything, ask your manager or eresources staff.
Basic Topics
Overview of pre-Alma workflows: Aleph, SFX, Verde, ERNIE, ERIN (screenshots)
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- From the task list, staff can test access and activate resources.
- Analogous to work orders/receiving workflow - click 'Done' or it will stay on the list. (Reference acquisitions & order maintenance classes.)
- Ex Libris is planning to enhance task list functions in a future update based on feedback from library partners.
Introduction to the Community Zone
"The Alma Community Zone (CZ) is a shared repository for all Alma users. It includes authority records, bibliographic metadata, and an electronic materials knowledge base."
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- Electronic Collections - equivalent to a Verde package record or an SFX Target. Collections (with the exception of Database types) contain portfolios.
- Aggregator package: a type of electronic collection that includes all titles (Clinical Key)
- Selective package: includes only some of the collection’s titles (Stat!Ref)
- Database: type of electronic collection whose resources cannot be individually managed. Databases DO NOT contain portfolios. (e.g. World Communism: Pamphlets from McMaster University)
- Services - (e.g., full text or abstracts). Proxy settings for e-resource portfolios are set at the service level. Portfolios inherit linking settings from services.
- Portfolios - individual titles that are part of a collection. They are normally e-books or e-journals.
- Portfolios are grouped/organized into collections. A collection can contain active and inactive portfolios. You can see a list of all the portfolios in a collection.
- When we bring in a record from the Community Zone, it lives in our Institution Zone but is still linked to the version in the CZ. Updates or enhancements to the records will be reflected in our IZ records.
- Example: ClinicalKey, frontlists in the CZ
- Example: Foundations for global health practice
- Note: How to search for a collection or database: Use "Electronic Collection / Electronic Collection Name"
Activating Journals (continuous orders) - task list
- click on task list at top right
- choose 'electronic resources activation'
- search for 'The Laryngoscope'
- from ellipsis, choose 'test access'
- from ellipsis, choose 'activate'
- from ellipsis, choose 'done'
Activating Journals (continuous orders) - alternate workflow - ADVANCED
- Example: search for 'The Laryngoscope'
- in this example, we discover that this title has moved from one platform to another, and we need to activate it on the new platform.
- find electronic version, expand portfolio list - note that Interfaces can have multiple collections (e.g., wiley)
- find inactive portfolio, click on 'view'
- in electronic portfolio editor, click 'active' radio button
- update coverage if necessary on coverage tab
Activating single Ebooks - task list
- click on task list at top right
- choose 'electronic resources activation'
- search for 'Arts Therapies in the Treatment of Depression'
- from ellipsis, choose 'test access'
- from ellipsis, choose 'activate'
- from ellipsis, choose 'done'
Activating single Ebooks - alternate workflow - ADVANCED
- Example: search for 'Arts Therapies in the Treatment of Depression' (1-315-45441-6)
- click on Portfolio List
- note proxy settings: do you need to change? (no)
- further work: Relink to another bibliographic record (advanced topic?)
- are we done?