ERM on the Cheap

ANALI MAUGHAN PERRY ASSISTANT COLLECTIONS & SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS LIBRARIAN ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ERM on the Cheap

Obligatory Outline
About Me
About Electronic Resources
About ERMs
About Wikis
What I did
More about wikis

Who am I?

Let’s talk about skills, baby Woman Aircraft Worker – Library of Congress on Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179930812/

Issues
“ ERM” Wordle created using http://www.wordle.net/

It works, but… Door paard getrokken taxi – Nationaal Archief on Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/2948560477/

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LICENSE DATA
WORKFLOW DATA
USAGE/MAINTENANCE DATA
What is an ERM?

Technology makes life easier, right? Farrington Automatic Address Reading Machine Smithsonian Museum on Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2550431145/

ONLINE
COLLABORATIVE
SIMPLE
INTERCONNECTED
What is a wiki?

QUICK & EASY
INCREASED COLLABORATION
COMMUNICATION & TRANSPARENCY
Why use a Wiki?

How?
ASU had licensed Media Wiki
ASU authentication: limit who can edit
ASU logos, skins
Loosely modeled on ERM workflow
Suggestion Form for resources
Entered resource into wiki
Designed area for decision making and tracking

Let’s get into it, shall we? Students at Washington High School, Library of Congress on Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179076411/

Organization

Blank Page

Resource

Collaboration

Pros
Cons
Easy to learn
Not as complex as an ERM
Very customizable
Collaborate/Communicate
Cheap!
No integration with OPAC
Storage (may need to pay)
Still requires investment in set-up time
No “push” information
Need staff buy-in
Wiki as ERM

MEDIA WIKI (WIKIPEDIA)
PB WIKI
WETPAINT
ZOHO WIKI
More on Wikis
http://www.mediawiki.org
http://pbwiki.com/
http://www.wetpaint.com
http://wiki.zoho.com

Media Wiki
Free server-based software
Uses “wiki text” format (no HTML or CSS)
Tracks page versions
Customize look and feel with “skins”
Very powerful & sophisticated, but requires set up and knowledge to run.

PB Wiki
Free, web-based wiki platform
Can purchase for more features (mainly extra storage) – range from $99-$999/year
Manage editing and viewing permissions (including by IP address)
Uses WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editing – similar to word processer
Can customize look and feel using CSS
Market to libraries: http://pbwiki.com/academic-library.wiki

Wetpaint
Wiki, but also uses blog and forum features
See Baker’s Dozen: http://bakersdozenarizona.wetpaint.com/
Free, web-based platform
Fees for more sophisticated implementation: Embedded in current website, complete website design
Provide wiki-templates
Manage users (viewers, editors, administrators)
WYSIWYG editing

Zoho Wiki
Still in beta
Free, web-based platform
WYSIWYG editing
Customize appearance, add logos (using click and drag, and CSS)
Varying levels of permissions for users
10 MB of storage for uploaded documents

WIKI MATRIX:
HTTP://WWW.WIKIMATRIX.ORG/
Other Wikis!

Discussion Public Schools Athletic League, Library of Congress on Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163124243/

Bibliography
Electronic Resource Management: Report of the DLF ERM Initiative: http://www.diglib.org/pubs/dlf102/
Media Wiki: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
Meredith Farkas: Wikis – Basics, Tools and Strategies: http://www.slideshare.net/librarianmer/wikis-basics-tools-and-strategies-il2007/v1
PB Wiki: http://pbwiki.com/
Wetpaint: http://www.wetpaint.com/
Wordle: http://www.Wordle.net
Zoho Wiki: http://wiki.zoho.com

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