From: "Gunatilleke, Gita" <Gita.Gunatilleke_at_openpolytechnic.ac.nz>
I am sending the following request to both Colldv-L and Acqnet-L with the
hope of a response from a wider group and regret any inconvenience caused.
For some time we have been purchasing individual electronic resources such
as e-books or electronic files. As these are not purchased through
aggregators we do not have any management or retrieval system in place for
them. Until now we have not purchased much of these materials, but as we
purchase more, the need to manage them is becoming more pressing.
We'd be keen to hear how other libraries manage these kinds of "orphan"
e-resources. We would like to be able to manage access to the files so that
we can:
- get usage stats,
- limit access to bona fide users (and limit the number of simultaneous
users if that is a condition of the licence) if necessary,
- make the full-text of the documents searchable if possible.
We'd like to hear about other libraries' experiences with these kinds of
materials, especially and what the fishhooks are as well.
Thank you
Gita
Gita Gunatilleke
Collection Services Manager
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Ph: (04) 914 5218
Fax: (04) 913 5644
email: gita.gunatilleke_at_openpolytechnic.ac.nz
Received on Sat Feb 18 2006 - 02:43:18 EST