[Eril-l] Freely accessible/OA resources policies

[Eric Elmore]

Ah, that's always the question isn't it:)  How to get the most bang for the buck!!

It depends on

1)      whether or not the resource is actually included in the proquest knowledgebase (pqkb) or not,

2)      what level of metadata indexing proquest has done.  Does it have minimal metadata based solely on the package and hosting platform(no title list, no item level metadata, etc.), or does it have much fuller metadata profile?

If it's minimal, we usually turn the resource-level entry on and add it to our "open access" collection so it shows up on our annual stats for Ipeds, ACRL, etc.  Then we look in OCLC to see if they have a richer metadata package.  If they do, we grab those records and add them to our opac and they get added to our nightly opac-to-summon marc record load.

It's really a metadata question as to how much effort we have to put in to make the thing discoverable.


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Eric Elmore                                                             |
Electronic Resources Coordinator                     |
The University of Texas at San Antonio            |
One UTSA Circle                                                     |
San Antonio, TX.  78249-0671                             |
(O)210-458-4916/(F)210-458-4577                    |
Eric.elmore at utsa.edu<mailto:Eric.elmore at utsa.edu>                                         |
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From: Bethany Greene [mailto:bethany.d.greene at duke.edu]
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 7:27 AM
To: Eric Elmore <Eric.Elmore at utsa.edu>
Subject: RE: Freely accessible/OA resources policies

Hi Eric,

Thank you for your response. I suppose I should have framed my question a bit differently, as we are more interested in how other institutions manage their freely accessible resources. Do you track these resources in your knowledgebase or otherwise display them in your catalog? We are trying to determine how we can still make these resources discoverable without putting in too much effort.

Best,
Bethany

From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Eric Elmore
Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 2:10 PM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Freely accessible/OA resources policies

I apologize for this sounding dim, but how are OA resources not the same as any other resource, except that you don't have to order and pay for them like a traditional resource?  I mean they follow all the normal rules of deciding on the "appropriateness of the content to your collection", and then go straight to the "making them available" part by adding marc records to your opac and/or activation in your erm system.

When we first started talking about adding oa resources to our profile, we just amended our "collections policy" to include them and moved on.  Do you really need an entirely separate policy?

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Eric Elmore                                                             |
Electronic Resources Coordinator                     |
The University of Texas at San Antonio            |
One UTSA Circle                                                     |
San Antonio, TX.  78249-0671                             |
(O)210-458-4916/(F)210-458-4577                    |
Eric.elmore at utsa.edu<mailto:Eric.elmore at utsa.edu>                                         |
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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Bethany Greene
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 12:42 PM
To: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: [Eril-l] Freely accessible/OA resources policies

Hello all,

If applicable, would anyone mind sharing their policy for acquiring, managing, and making accessible freely accessible/open access resources? Or could you point me in the direction of resources that may come in handy for developing this type of policy? I've not had much luck finding these resources through the course of my own research. Please feel free to reply on or off list.

Thanks,
Bethany

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Bethany Greene
Electronic Resources Management Librarian
Duke University Libraries
Durham, NC
(919) 660-3178
bethany.d.greene at duke.edu<mailto:bethany.d.greene at duke.edu>

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