Author: Bley, Robert

Source: Learned Publishing, Volume 21, Number 3, July 2008 , pp. 176-186(11)

Publisher: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

Abstract:

The 'traditional' academic library system model - i.e.a central system constructed around a common catalogue record that also dictated the end-users' view - is breaking down. Systems that were constructed to handle the processing and lending of printed items are no longer capable, on their own, of dealing with the variety of different information resources handled by modern academic libraries. A great deal has been written about how end-users expect more 'Web 2.0' features than library catalogues currently provide. New front-end services have been designed by libraries and library system providers to cater for this need. However, not much has been written about the needs of internal library staff who struggle with processing, handling, and supporting the huge volume of electronic resources subscribed to by libraries. Electronic resource management systems have been developed to cater for these needs, and new standards for data interchange with such systems have been developed. Just as standards were important in encouraging electronic data interchange (orders, invoices, claims, etc.) between libraries, publishers, and agents in the last century, so new standards are evolving for such transactions in the electronic era.

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Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315108X323910

Publication date: 2008-07-01

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