Bit by Bit: A Series of Trends, Tools, and Initiatives Are Aimed at Improving Electronic Resource Management

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Main Author: Webster, Peter
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2006
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contents Bit by Bit: A Series of Trends, Tools, and Initiatives Are Aimed at Improving Electronic Resource Management Webster, Peter Library Services Information Management Standards Electronic Libraries Information Systems Electronic Journals Electronic resources are more prominent than ever in library collections, yet they resist easy management. A range of tools and cooperative efforts are emerging to improve the management and evaluation of electronic resources. Initiatives are underway to standardize and automate the harvesting of usage statistics and e-journal title and holdings information. In this article, the author states that standards are critical to merging and analyzing e-content data from disparate sources. Thus, he presents the needed standards which the electronic publishers, systems vendors, and librarians have worked.
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spellingShingle Bit by Bit: A Series of Trends, Tools, and Initiatives Are Aimed at Improving Electronic Resource Management
Webster, Peter
Library Services
Information Management
Standards
Electronic Libraries
Information Systems
Electronic Journals
Bit by Bit: A Series of Trends, Tools, and Initiatives Are Aimed at Improving Electronic Resource Management Webster, Peter Library Services Information Management Standards Electronic Libraries Information Systems Electronic Journals Electronic resources are more prominent than ever in library collections, yet they resist easy management. A range of tools and cooperative efforts are emerging to improve the management and evaluation of electronic resources. Initiatives are underway to standardize and automate the harvesting of usage statistics and e-journal title and holdings information. In this article, the author states that standards are critical to merging and analyzing e-content data from disparate sources. Thus, he presents the needed standards which the electronic publishers, systems vendors, and librarians have worked.
title Bit by Bit: A Series of Trends, Tools, and Initiatives Are Aimed at Improving Electronic Resource Management
topic Library Services
Information Management
Standards
Electronic Libraries
Information Systems
Electronic Journals
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ755254