[Eril-l] Millennium ERM fixed-length record field variables

[Annie Erdmann]

Hi Kate,

I was in the same place you are right now three years ago.  I inherited the
Millennium ERM module and after examining it's functionality, we switched
to Coral, an open source ERM that is built on a SQL database.

Here is more information on Coral.

http://coral-erm.org/

annie

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*Annie Erdmann*
Digital Assets/ eResources Librarian
Simmons College Library
Boston MA 02115
617-521-2723
erdmann at simmons.edu

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Katherine Holvoet <Kate.Holvoet at zu.ac.ae>
wrote:

> I am a new e resources librarian and I have inherited a Millennium ERM
> that was set up I n 2009 by an unpaid intern, and pretty much not touched
> since then.  I am going through the system and making some changes to have
> it better suit our needs, particularly in terms of Millennium statistics
> (not resource use stats, but the stats on the resource records
> themselves).  To do this I want to make some changes to our fixed fields,
> and I am looking for examples of what other libraries have done.  If your
> library has added any options to the fixed fields, I’d love to see what
> those choices are for following fixed fields:
>
>
>
> 172 Rights Type
>
> The default variables are Not Evaluated, Licensed, Public Domain,
> Copyright, Deed – Yes, Deed – No, Archival Terms, and Unknown.  I’m
> thinking of adding Site License, Limited Users, and No License Required to
> meet mandatory reporting requirements on those three categories.
>
> 179 Package Type
>
> The default options are all about the full-textness of the database (full,
> none,  partial, digital object).  We don’t have to report on that
> information, and the intern choose a bunch of descriptive terms that seem
> to be resource types, like database, single title, aggregator, ejournal
> pkg, etc. I actually kind of lean in that direction, but I’m not sure when
> I would be called upon to provide that kind of data.  My other thought is
> that Package Type could list attributes like one-time purchase,
> subscription, free resource, free vendor add-on because I do have to track
> that and report on how many subscriptions we have, and when we receive a
> database for free from the vendor as an add on to another package.  But!
> These options could go down to the ECODE lines (unless I find something
> better to put there).  It seems a waste to not use Package Type for
> something useful.
>
> 174 ECODE1
>
> Currently labeled Content Sensitive.  I have no idea what that mean, and
> only 8 resources were flagged with an option (accepted, rejected, under
> consideration, and special collections) other than the default, and I could
> not see anything in common about those 8.  I’m definitely looking to use
> this field for something more interesting.
>
> 175 ECODE2
>
>                 Currently labeled Statistics.  I think it was an attempt
> to track which resources provide usage statistics.  Only seven were flagged
> as yes, and 1 flagged as no, the rest were set to the default, which is no
> information.
>
> 176 ECODE3
>
>                 Currently labeled Purchase Review. No resources had
> anything other than the default.
>
> 177 ECODE4
>
>                 Currently labeled Library Review.  Options seem to be
> complete, liaison review, partial, and unevaluated, only 7 records had an
> option other than the default.
>
>
>
> Thank you all for your help and time!
>
>
>
> Kate Holvoet
>
> Zayed University
>
> <http://www.zu.ac.ae> Katherine Holvoet
> Electronic Resources Librarian
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