Working around the ERM: Automating Accurate Electronic Serials Holdings Data in Bibliographic Records |
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| Authors: | Caitlin Harrington Rachel Scott |
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| Institution: | 1. Electronic Resources, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA;2. Integrated Library Systems, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
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| Abstract: | Accurate holdings information for electronic serials is essential to librarians and users. Collection management staff spent copious amounts of time creating and updating links and public notes in electronic serials bibliographic records. This effort not only duplicated the work of our e-resource access and management software, but the updated information also quickly became outdated and inaccurate. This article describes our project to replace platform-specific Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) with an International Standard Serial Number–specific, static URL that points to the e-resource access and management software resource page and details the. process, from generating the URL and batch-editing machine-readable cataloging records, to garnering support from stakeholders and teaching users to navigate new steps. |
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| Keywords: | Electronic journals electronic serials management integrated library systems e-resource access and management software knowledgebase |
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