[Eril-l] Staff Hours per E-Resource Title

Brandon Holst holsbran at isu.edu
Mon Sep 24 09:07:45 PDT 2018


Hello,

I would also love to have this information being the only electronic
resource librarian at Idaho State University.

On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 8:51 AM Spindler, Holly <Holly.Spindler at cchmc.org>
wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>
>
> I’ve been asked by my organization to “quantify my work” as a solo
> electronic resources librarian.
>
> While I understand that the world of managing e-resources is complicated
> and varies based on institution, I was hoping to find an article, study,
> etc. that might list the average hours spent by staff, per e-resource
> title, on managing (the entire lifecycle) an e-resource.  Perhaps something
> like, in a library with 10,000 e-resource titles X amount of staff hours
> are used to manage those titles each week.  Or, on average, one e-resource
> title takes X amount of staff hours to manage during its time as part of
> the library collection- beginning to end.  Or even a breakdown of how much
> average time is spent on the various aspects of  e-resources management
> e.g. hours spent on selection, acquiring, providing access/maintenance,
> troubleshooting, usage statistics, etc.
>
> I’ve spent quite some time searching for this information myself- but have
> come up empty in the resources available to me.
>
> If anyone knows of any articles that might include some of this type of
> information, or even a standard that your library has for these numbers-
> I’d VERY much appreciate learning about them!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Holly
>
>
>
> *Holly Spindler, MLIS*
> *Resource Management Librarian*
> *Pratt Research Library*
>
> *Cincinnati Children's*
> 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229
>
>
>
>
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-- 
*Brandon Holst*
Electronic Resources Librarian

Eli M. Oboler Library
Idaho State University
850 S. 9th Ave., Stop 8089
Pocatello, ID  83209

h <hardtani at isu.edu>olsbran at isu.edu
208-282-4325
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