Welcome to the new "Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship" column entitled "ERM Ideas and Innovations," which will appear in each issue of JERL for the next 2 years, and possibly more, beginning with this issue. The overall focus of each column will be to introduce and expand ideas, discuss innovations, and ultimately encourage and foster collaboration in electronic resources management (ERM) today. Some of the ideas we will discuss will focus on a new look on the practical applications and processes for ERM. However, the overall concept is to focus on and explore more about the future of ERM; taking a look at expanding current systems, tools, and practices in ways that will allow you to develop your own ideas and allow all of us involved in ERM work to think outside the box about what might be on the horizon. The fount of these ideas will be librarians at academic institutions, and these ideas can be applied and discussed at libraries of all kinds that manage electronic resources. (Contains 2 figures.)