DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

• In your current positions what role do you play in the active life cycle of eResources?

• What types of resources need to be managed (administratively and technologically)?

• In terms of workflow what does your institution do well? Could improve upon?

• In terms of automation, how close is your institution to best practice and the
implementation of international/national standards?

• Are there addition hurdles to managing eResources in a theological library setting? Any
perks?

ERESOURCE TERMS AND ACRONYMS

• Cost of Resource Exchange (CORE)
• CrossRef
• Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic Resources (COUNTER)
• Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
• International Article Number (EAN – formally the European Article Number)
• Electronic Resource Management Initiatives (ERMI)
o Digital Library Federation (DLF)
• Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS)
• Global Trade Identification Number (GTIN)
• Integrated Library System (ILS)
• International Standard Book Number (ISBN) – 13
• ISSN-L
• International Standard Text Code (ISTC)
• KBART (Knowledge Bases and Related Tools)
• Online Information Exchange (ONIX)
• OpenURL
• Persistent Links
• Serial Online Holdings (SOH)
• Serial Products and Subscriptions (SPS)
• Serial Release Notification (SRN)
• Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI)
• Universal Product Code (UPC)
• WorldCat Registry ID
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