Electronic Resource Management

Preface

Electronic resources are changing the face of libraries for their users, but they are also changing the nature of what it means to do the work of a librarian. In most libraries, responsibilities for electronic resources were first added to the work of existing personnel. More recently, new units dedicated entirely to electronic resources have emerged, but the shift to electronic purchases has been so rapid that the proportion of staff supporting the electronic collection remains disproportionately small relative to that supporting the physical collection. The future of libraries, however, is more electronic resources, not less, and the skills, systems and approaches of electronic resources librarians will likely become standard components ...