This presentation introduces e-resources and discusses their advantages and disadvantages. The presenter, Kusturie Moodley, is an Acquisitions & Electronic Resources Librarian who has worked with e-resources since 2006. E-resources include e-journals, databases, e-books, and more. They provide up-to-date information conveniently but also have disadvantages like technical barriers and costs. The presentation covers the lifecycle of e-resources, copyright issues, and open access resources.

1. An Introduction to
E-Resources
eThekwini Municipality Libraries
Kusturie Moodley
March 2015

2. About me!
• Acquisition & E-Resources Librarian
• Working with e-resources since 2006
• Involved with Institutional Repository
from
• 2006 - 2012
• Academic Libraries

3. Questions?
Please stop me and ask anytime during the
presentation

4. What are e-resources?
An electronic resource is any information
resource that can be accessed an electronic
format……….
• E-journals
• Scholarly databases
• E-books
• E-zines
• E-theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• E-newspapers

5. Advantages
• Up-to-date information
• Convenient: information is at your
fingertips
• Saves time
• E-resources can be viewed from most
electronic devices
• Numerous Value-added features: search
facilities, audio, video, graphics,
dictionary, links to other databases, etc.
• Easy to use and disseminate

6. More Advantages
• Saves space in library
• Saves human resources/staff time in
some areas
• No more missing books!

7. Disadvantages
• Technical barriers – hardware and
software, network connection, etc.
• Infrastructure snags - bandwidth and
load shedding issues, etc.
• Require skills and training
• Costs to acquire e-resources can be high
- technology and content

8. E-resources life cycle

9. E-resources life cycle

10. Copyright and DRM
• License agreements – copies for class?
• Can print certain number of pages
• Must cite/reference electronic source

11. Open Access Resources
• Growing trend in academic community
that information should be “free” to all
• Open archiving, pre-prints, post-prints,
open access, self archiving, institutional
repositories, OER

12. About me!
• Acquisition & E-Resources Librarian
• Working with e-resources since 2006
• Involved with Institutional Repository
from
• 2006 - 2012
• Academic Libraries
http://www.slideshare.net/amverminski/making-it-your-own-transitioning-into-a-new-electronic-resources-role-blanchat-and-verminski-erl-2015?qid=520e5933-e90a-4df2-
aca1-7a5f953ba4d8&v=default&b=&from_search=1

13. Questions?

14. Kusturie Moodley kmoodley@dut.ac.za
Acquisitions & Electronic Resources Librarian
Durban University of Technology Library
@KusturieM
Thank you

15. References
• Blanchat, K. & Verminski, A. 2015. Making it your own:
transitioning into a new electronic resources role.
Available:
http://www.slideshare.net/amverminski/making-it-
your-own-transitioning-into-a-new-electronic-
resources-role-blanchat-and-verminski-erl-
2015?qid=520e5933-e90a-4df2-aca1-
7a5f953ba4d8&v=default&b=&from_search=1
[Accessed March 16, 2015]
• Weir, R.O. 2012. Managing Electronic Resources: A LITA
Guide