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Open Source Electronic Resource
        Management Systems:
           CORAL and ERMes




Benjamin J. Heet                                                                            Galadriel Chilton
Senior Technical Consultant/Analyst   ALA Annual Conference                  Electronic Resources Librarian
Robin Malott                               June 26, 2011                                     William Doering
Sr. Software Developer                 10:30 am to 12:00 pm   Systems, Catalog, & Digital Initiatives Librarian
Electronic Resource Management
System Overview
             Benefits           Challenges




  Photo by Jerry Wong
                        Photo by Tom Blackwell
Electronic Resource Management
System Overview
Every library has different work flows, different purchasing
models, and different needs based on how they operate.




                         Photo by rosipaw

                                                         One size does not fit all!
Electronic Resource Management
System Overview
Libraries need flexible tools that are customizable and easily adapt to
the quickly changing landscape of resource management.




                       Photo by Joe Shlabotnik
Building an ERM Yourself
Reasons why we pursued local development.




                   Photo by guercio             Photo by Noel Hankamer
Photo by Tracy O




                   Photo by Terence Faircloth
Building an ERM Yourself
What are the dangers and challenges of local
development?




                                                      Photo by David Reece
                             Photo by Tom Blackwell
Photo by Terence Faircloth
Releasing as Open Source
 The benefits of sharing the code and building a user
 community.




                                             息 2011 Open Magazine
  Better solutions through shared work.
Supporting the Software
     Sustainability of open source software and costs/benefits
     of using open source software.




                               Juggling with our other job
                                      responsibilities



  Build a better system through the contributions of a
 community of users
  Benefits of utilizing commonly used technologies
ERMes
ERMes History: How and Why an MS Access ERMS
ERMes
The ERMes Community
ERMes
Supporting ERMes Users




   http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/erm/
ERMes: Supporting Users
ERMes




        Demo!
ERMes
Into the Future and Beyond




    Photo by Jim Crotty
CORAL

          Centralized Online Resources Acquisitions and Licensing

 Our Development Approach
       - Needs based
       - Keep it simple
       - Ease of use

 Why CORAL?
      -   Open Source
      -   Built by a library
      -   Modular
      -   Customization
acq workflow management
product details, local data
routing, task based alerts
administration, customization
licensing management
document details, relationships
license expressions, terms
organizations management
org details, local account data
journal stats management
platform, publisher details
reporting front-end
CORAL

        Centralized Online Resources Acquisitions and Licensing


GET CORAL @
   http://erm.library.nd.edu

Robin Malott, rmalott@nd.edu
Benjamin Heet, bheet1@nd.edu

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