[Eril-l] [EXTERNAL] Facilitating user access to online resources with expanded/free access during this crisis?

[Jeanne Little]

So many of these publishers/vendors are adding them to their platforms,
that I don't know how anyone can keep track of everything that is being
added, and all for the short-term period.

I have sent an email out to our library staff letting them know that our
patrons will be discovering new content, some of which has been identified
as such on some platforms, but that everyone should know that it is only on
a temporary basis, and that they will probably have to field questions as
to why content disappeared once it has been discovered.

Jeanne Little
  --
Library Assistant IV
Resource Management
Rod Library - Room 240
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA  50614-3675
319-273-2339
Jeanne.Little at uni.edu

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:54 AM Marianne Watson <
marianne.watson at villanova.edu> wrote:

> I am curious as to what others are doing as well. Currently, we are
> updating an internal page with the opened content (some specific to our
> institution) for librarian outreach. If our initial remote work period
> continues, we will consider activating our content in our knowledgebase
> among other things. Looking forward to hearing from others.
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> Thank you,
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> Marianne
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> Marianne Watson
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> *Director of Resource Management and Description *
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> *Falvey Memorial Library*
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> *Villanova University*
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> *800 Lancaster Avenue*
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> *Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085*
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> *marianne.watson at villanova.edu <marianne.watson at villanova.edu>*
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> *610-519-7966*
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> *From:* Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> *On Behalf Of *Harvey,
> Mariah L.
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2020 12:43 PM
> *To:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [Eril-l] Facilitating user access to online
> resources with expanded/free access during this crisis?
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> Hi all,
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> I was curious to know what other libraries are doing to facilitate access
> to expanded/free access to online resources provided by vendors (which we
> very much appreciate!) during this crisis. Our OER librarian is putting a
> list together in a LibGuide and we are working to make that more prominent
> on our website. But this falls outside the ER ecosystem that our users
> access to get their online materials.
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> Is anyone activating or updating holdings in their knowledge base, databse
> listing, discovery tool or library catalog? We want to take advantage of
> the opportunities the vendors are providing to connect our users to these
> resources but a lot of our capacity at the moment is being focused on
> managing impacts to the physical library and workplaces as our university
> and library transitions to online-only.
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> Any examples, suggestions, etc., would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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> Mariah L. Harvey, MLS
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> Electronic Resources & Acquisitions Librarian
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> Miller Nichols Library
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> University of Missouri-Kansas City
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> 800 East 51st St
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> Kansas City, MO 64110
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> 816-235-6461
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