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

Thu Sep 3 08:13:34 PDT 2015

I used this document when making decisions on my ERM fields, "Electronic
Resource Management Report of the DLF ERM Initiative
<http://old.diglib.org/pubs/dlf102/>," particularly the appendix charts.

Bob

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On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Beth Johns <bmjohns at svsu.edu> wrote:

> Following.
>
> I'm not a new librarian, but new to ERM management. We use Sierra. Same
> boat, ERM was installed around 2012 and very little done since then. Our
> periodicals assistant handles coverage loads. It's all a bit confusing
> since I have a reference background, not a tech services background!
>
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> *From: *"Annie Erdmann" <erdmann at simmons.edu>
> *To: *"Katherine Holvoet" <Kate.Holvoet at zu.ac.ae>
> *Cc: *eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Sent: *Thursday, September 3, 2015 8:49:47 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [Eril-l] Millennium ERM fixed-length record field variables
>
> 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
>
>
> *---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*
>
> *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
>> Library and Learning Commons
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