Ben Heet, University of Notre Dame

1. Ben Heet
University of Notre
Dame
Contributing an Open Source
Solution to the Library
Community
The Conference for Entrepreneurial
Librarians
Winston-Salem, NC

2. Contributing an Open Source solution to the library
community
 About Hesburgh Libraries
 About CORAL
- centralized online resources acquisitions and licensing
 Present state of ERMS
 Building an ERM
 Open Source
 Supporting the software
 Users Group
- http://erm.library.nd.edu

3.  Hesburgh Libraries
- 11,000 FTE (mostly undergraduate)
- $10,000,000 total materials budget ($6 million
electronic)
- 3 million total volumes held
 ERMS History
- Local database (began as filemaker pro)
- Shared file space (Word docs, spreadsheets)
- Verde (two years)
- Investigated SerialsSolutions, III Millenium, e-Martix

4. Present state of ERMS
 Verde
 SerialsSolutions
 III Millenium
 ERM Essentials
 E-Matrix
 Others…
- CUFTS
- ERMes
- OLLARA
Which one do we choose?
- Functionality
- Complexity
- Flexibility

5. The CORAL Approach to
ERMS
Each Module specialized
Simplified and intuitive
interface
Optional interoperability
Designed by a library for libraries
Focus on workflow
Iterative development

6. Sharing is Caring 
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7. Open Source
http://erm.library.nd.edu
 Four available modules
- Licensing
- Organizations
- Resources
- Usage Statistics
 Documentation
- User guides
- Installation instructions
- Technical documentation

8. We aren’t alone!

9. Open Source Support
 Challenges
 Working with other libraries
 Competing priorities
 Enhancement requests
 Support calls
 Bug fixes
 Training
 Best Practices
We are g iving it o ur be st sho t!
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10. Building a
Community
 First Users Group Meeting – ER&L 2011
 coral-erm@listserv.nd.edu
 New website – DRUPAL
 Wiki?
 Development partners
 How are we going to do this?
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Requisite Cute Picture
The Big Question…
How can CORAL become and remain a
successful ERMS for the library
community?

12. Benjamin Heet
University of Notre Dame
he e t. 2@ nd. e du
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