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Users, Use, and Usage Statistics
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Grogg, Jill E. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2010
For the August/September 2010 issue of "Library Technology Reports" (LTR) published by the American Library Association Techsource division, the author and her colleague, Rachel A. Fleming-May, focused on use and usage, both of electronic resources and use of libraries in general. In this article, the author discusses a few of the findings from an…
Descriptors: Library Services, Academic Libraries, Statistics, Librarians
Using a Subscription Agent for E-Journal Management
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Grogg, Jill E. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2010
Subscription agents have had to reinvent themselves over the past 15 years as the numbers of print subscriptions have dramatically dwindled. Many libraries have chosen to bypass the subscription agent and its extra fees in favor of dealing directly with the publisher for e-journal and e-journal package procurement and management. Especially in…
Descriptors: Libraries, Electronic Journals, Higher Education, Library Administration
Educating for Electronic Resources
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Grogg, Jill E. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
While mission statements for various libraries and information centers necessarily vary, all librarians face "two very pressing charges: make voluminous numbers of electronic resources as visible as possible in a landscape of multiple access points and simultaneously manage all the technology, tasks, and data necessary to facilitate such…
Descriptors: Librarians, Libraries, Information Centers, Institutional Mission
Electronic Resource Management Systems in Practice
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Grogg, Jill E. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
Electronic resource management (ERM) systems have inundated the library marketplace. Both integrated library systems (ILS) vendors and subscription agents are now offering products and service enhancements that claim to help libraries efficiently manage their electronic resources. Additionally, some homegrown and open-source solutions have emerged…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Resource Materials, Management Systems, Access to Information
Back to the Scriptorium: Database Marketplace 2009
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Tenopir, Carol; Baker, Gayle; Grogg, Jill E. – Library Journal, 2009
The 2009 database marketplace is bounded by two extremes: massive digitization projects to increase access, and retrenchment owing to budget worries. Picture medieval monks hunched over their desks in the scriptorium as they labor to copy manuscripts. A 21st-century version of this activity is being repeated daily in the world's libraries and…
Descriptors: Printing, Preservation, Publishing Industry, Primary Sources
Investing in Digital
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Grogg, Jill E. – Library Journal, 2007
Librarians face two very pressing charges: make voluminous numbers of electronic resources as visible as possible in a landscape with multiple access points, and simultaneously manage all the technology, tasks, and data necessary to facilitate such ubiquitous access. In the past ten years, solutions have emerged and become commonplace in many…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Electronic Equipment, Librarians, Library Services