This session examines how publishers and vendors collaborate to make a more seamless knowledgebase experience for librarians. Representatives from Wiley and OCLC will discuss KBART file creation, representation, and more. A representative from OhioLINK will explain how the state of the knowledgebase affects workflows at the consortium and library levels.
When There Is no Magic Bullet: an Interlocking Approach of Managing EbooksNASIG
Presenter:
Xiaoyan Song, Electronic Resource Librarian, NC State University Libraries
As academic ebook business grows rapidly, opportunities and challenges arise out of this change. A wide range of systems and tools spring up aiming to assist librarians to manage ebooks in an efficient and streamlined fashion. Proprietary vendors are acquiring new technologies and products to integrate into their existing product line. Some community developed open source systems and tools become the rising stars due to the economic and budget pressures. Specific local needs result home-grown tools. Nevertheless, Librarians often find themselves get frustrated with the variety of choices presented in front of them, realizing that there is not a single magic bullet that can solve all their problems. Creative and critical thinking has become the norm as libraries seek an optimizing solution to mingle these options. And that is what’s essential to lego play!
This session demonstrates how an interlocking approach is developed that integrates ILS, ERM, open source tools and a locally developed database to manage ebooks. It starts with an examination of the lego building process from a lego workshop that the presenter has recently attended, followed by the analogy between lego building and ebooks management. It provides a quick overview of the mainstream systems that the presenter’s home libraries are using, discussing the pain points within these mainstream systems. It elaborates on how open source tools and local developed tools are brought into the “lego building” process.
Ebooks are dynamic in nature. Entailing with creative thinking and problem-solving skills, the interlocking approach allows us to embrace the changes with innumerable fun which we find in lego play.
NASIG 2021 Don't wait automate! Industry perspectives on KBART automationMatthew Ragucci
When trying to manage their electronic resources, librarians spend a significant amount of time in vendor knowledgebases to make sure that content is integrated properly. This is often a tedious and painful process, which--extrapolated out to each content provider--can be a drain on library resources. Thankfully, there is a way to mitigate this pain point, through the use of KBART automation. By using a NISO Recommended Practice, librarians can now have publishers transfer their institutional holdings information directly into vendor knowledgebases. The result is no more messy and time-consuming manual title management.
In this session, we'll hear from those involved with enabling KBART automation at the publisher and vendor level. This will specifically detail the work required to actually make this happen. The case will also be made for library adoption of this feature and how it will help end library headaches related to electronic resources management once and for all. There will be time for questions at the end to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of KBART automation. This session is co-sponsored by the NASIG Standards Committee.
Embracing Changing Technology and New Technical Services Workflows in Migrati...NASIG
In 2015, Radford University’s McConnell Library migrated to OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services (WMS), relinquishing three legacy systems in the process. As a result, many of the Collection and Technical Services Department’s workflows changed considerably beginning months before the contract was signed. An extensive temporary departmental focus on data clean-up and training was required while maintaining core duties. New opportunities for collaboration and communication emerged. In light of developing new workflows, Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians and Core Competencies for Print Serials Management were consulted in revising positions. This presentation focuses on the process, management, communication and outcomes involved in migrating to a new next-generation library management system.
Kay Johnson, Head of Collection and Technical Services
Jessica Ireland, Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian
Do Serials have a Place in the Institutional Digital Repository?NASIG
Monographic resources such as journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations all have a place in the institutional repository, but what about serials such as newsletters, newspapers, and magazines? This program will look at the challenges of accessioning, describing, and providing meaningful access to serial digital objects in an institutional repository. Participants are encouraged to share their successes or less-than-successes from their own digital repositories.
Kay Teel, Metadata Librarian, Stanford University Libraries
Discussion of some of reasons libraries might collaborate in consortia. Includes data from the forthcoming book, “Library Consortia: Models for Collaboration and Sustainability" (Editors Greg Pronevitz and Valerie Horton). Presentation was on April 29, 2014.
Radicalize Your Library Catalog with Ebooks Your Patrons Can Keep Foreverloriayre
Presentation about how to find and select ebooks from the Internet Archive and create clickable links from within your library catalog so patrons can access them without having to leave your catalog.
During 2014-15 the Technical Services department at Auraria Library lost over 1/3 of its workforce due to resignations/retirements. After an organizational assessment it was determined that Technical Services could be more successful, efficient, and communicative if the Acquisitions and Access & Discovery teams were merged to form Resource Management. A combined team would provide a holistic understanding of the Eresources lifecycle, creating the ability to analyze existing workflows and tools to maximize staff efficiencies. This presentation will discuss the creation of Resource Management, how lost positions were rewritten to create new positions, and how the department is looking at retention.
Katy DiVittorio, Acquisitions Librarian, Auraria Library
Danielle Williams, Periodicals Librarian, University of Evansville
Richard Guajardo, Head of Resource Discovery Systems, University of Houston
Elena Romaniuk, University of Victoria Libraries
Kathy Varjabedian, Los Alamos National Research Library
When There Is no Magic Bullet: an Interlocking Approach of Managing EbooksNASIG
Presenter:
Xiaoyan Song, Electronic Resource Librarian, NC State University Libraries
As academic ebook business grows rapidly, opportunities and challenges arise out of this change. A wide range of systems and tools spring up aiming to assist librarians to manage ebooks in an efficient and streamlined fashion. Proprietary vendors are acquiring new technologies and products to integrate into their existing product line. Some community developed open source systems and tools become the rising stars due to the economic and budget pressures. Specific local needs result home-grown tools. Nevertheless, Librarians often find themselves get frustrated with the variety of choices presented in front of them, realizing that there is not a single magic bullet that can solve all their problems. Creative and critical thinking has become the norm as libraries seek an optimizing solution to mingle these options. And that is what’s essential to lego play!
This session demonstrates how an interlocking approach is developed that integrates ILS, ERM, open source tools and a locally developed database to manage ebooks. It starts with an examination of the lego building process from a lego workshop that the presenter has recently attended, followed by the analogy between lego building and ebooks management. It provides a quick overview of the mainstream systems that the presenter’s home libraries are using, discussing the pain points within these mainstream systems. It elaborates on how open source tools and local developed tools are brought into the “lego building” process.
Ebooks are dynamic in nature. Entailing with creative thinking and problem-solving skills, the interlocking approach allows us to embrace the changes with innumerable fun which we find in lego play.
NASIG 2021 Don't wait automate! Industry perspectives on KBART automationMatthew Ragucci
When trying to manage their electronic resources, librarians spend a significant amount of time in vendor knowledgebases to make sure that content is integrated properly. This is often a tedious and painful process, which--extrapolated out to each content provider--can be a drain on library resources. Thankfully, there is a way to mitigate this pain point, through the use of KBART automation. By using a NISO Recommended Practice, librarians can now have publishers transfer their institutional holdings information directly into vendor knowledgebases. The result is no more messy and time-consuming manual title management.
In this session, we'll hear from those involved with enabling KBART automation at the publisher and vendor level. This will specifically detail the work required to actually make this happen. The case will also be made for library adoption of this feature and how it will help end library headaches related to electronic resources management once and for all. There will be time for questions at the end to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of KBART automation. This session is co-sponsored by the NASIG Standards Committee.
Embracing Changing Technology and New Technical Services Workflows in Migrati...NASIG
In 2015, Radford University’s McConnell Library migrated to OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services (WMS), relinquishing three legacy systems in the process. As a result, many of the Collection and Technical Services Department’s workflows changed considerably beginning months before the contract was signed. An extensive temporary departmental focus on data clean-up and training was required while maintaining core duties. New opportunities for collaboration and communication emerged. In light of developing new workflows, Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians and Core Competencies for Print Serials Management were consulted in revising positions. This presentation focuses on the process, management, communication and outcomes involved in migrating to a new next-generation library management system.
Kay Johnson, Head of Collection and Technical Services
Jessica Ireland, Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian
Do Serials have a Place in the Institutional Digital Repository?NASIG
Monographic resources such as journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations all have a place in the institutional repository, but what about serials such as newsletters, newspapers, and magazines? This program will look at the challenges of accessioning, describing, and providing meaningful access to serial digital objects in an institutional repository. Participants are encouraged to share their successes or less-than-successes from their own digital repositories.
Kay Teel, Metadata Librarian, Stanford University Libraries
Discussion of some of reasons libraries might collaborate in consortia. Includes data from the forthcoming book, “Library Consortia: Models for Collaboration and Sustainability" (Editors Greg Pronevitz and Valerie Horton). Presentation was on April 29, 2014.
Radicalize Your Library Catalog with Ebooks Your Patrons Can Keep Foreverloriayre
Presentation about how to find and select ebooks from the Internet Archive and create clickable links from within your library catalog so patrons can access them without having to leave your catalog.
During 2014-15 the Technical Services department at Auraria Library lost over 1/3 of its workforce due to resignations/retirements. After an organizational assessment it was determined that Technical Services could be more successful, efficient, and communicative if the Acquisitions and Access & Discovery teams were merged to form Resource Management. A combined team would provide a holistic understanding of the Eresources lifecycle, creating the ability to analyze existing workflows and tools to maximize staff efficiencies. This presentation will discuss the creation of Resource Management, how lost positions were rewritten to create new positions, and how the department is looking at retention.
Katy DiVittorio, Acquisitions Librarian, Auraria Library
Danielle Williams, Periodicals Librarian, University of Evansville
Richard Guajardo, Head of Resource Discovery Systems, University of Houston
Elena Romaniuk, University of Victoria Libraries
Kathy Varjabedian, Los Alamos National Research Library
Providing and Maintaining Access to Electronic Serials: Consortium and Member...NASIG
Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) is a consortium of Ontario’s 21 university libraries in Canada. Scholars Portal (SP) is an OCUL sponsored digital repository of over 40,000,000 full text scholarly articles drawn from 18,000 journals covering every academic discipline. Scholars Portal export its holdings to knowledgebase in SFX, 360 Link, Ebsco, and Keeper’s Registry. Scholars Portal maintains a central SFX instance for member libraries for their content subscribed via OCUL. University of Windsor library is an OCUL member library who uses SFX as OpenURL link resolver for their OCUL and local subscription content. This study will examine the work flow, the problems encountered in maintaining central and local SFX instance, and discuss the advantages and challenges of providing and maintaining access to electronic serials in consortium and member library.
Presenters: Shuzhen Zhao, Bibliographic Services Librarian, Leddy Library, University of Windsor; Wei Zhao, Senior Metadata Librarian, OCUL -- Scholars Portal; Katie-Scarlett MacGillivray
Building a Better Knowledgebase: An Investigation of Current Practical Uses a...NASIG
While knowledgebases have become essential tools for electronic resources management, little research has been done about how practitioners have integrated them into their everyday workflows. Inspired by a partnership with the GOKb project, which aims to build an open source knowledgebase, librarians at North Carolina State University set out to investigate the practical requirements, areas of improvement, and desired enhancements that librarians have for their knowledgebases. During this program, the presenters will describe the results of a survey about knowledgebase use sent to electronic resources managers across the country. The survey results will be supplemented by individual points of view gathered from in-depth interviews with selected respondents.The program will conclude with a look at how the findings of the investigation can be applied to the GOKb project. At the end of the session, the attendee should walk away with an understanding of trends in knowledgebase management, areas where the greatest improvement is needed, and ideas for enhancing knowledgebase functionality in an open source setting.
Maria Collins
Head of Acquisitions and Discovery, North Carolina State University
Maria Collins is the head of Acquisitions and Discovery at North Carolina State University Libraries. The Acquisitions & Discovery department was formed through the merger of acquisitions and cataloging in June 2012. Her other positions held at NCSU since 2005 include serials librarian, associate head of Acquisitions and the head of Content Acquisitions and Licensing. She previously worked as serials librarian and serials coordinator at Mississippi State University Libraries. Maria is editor of Serials Review and was the column editor for SR's Electronic Journal Forum. She also chairs the team developing NCSU's locally developed electronic resource management system, E-Matrix, and participates in the Kuali OLE and Global Open KnowledgeBase (GOKb) projects.
Katherine Hill
North Carolina State University
Katherine Hill is a library fellow in Acquisitions and Discovery, at North Carolina State University Libraries. In that role, she has been involved in planning and designing the open source knowledge base GOKb as well as e-acquisitions workflows for the open source ILS, Kuali OLE.
This webinar is about the Open Source software that is available to supplement your library system, regardless of whether you are using an Open Source Library System like Koha or Evergreen or a proprietary system like Millennium, CARL, or Horizon.
Software that dramatically extends and expands the capabilities of your library system software fall into two main categories: discovery interface and metasearch. While other products (e.g. content management systems) may integrate with your ILS to some degree, we will focus our attention on discovery and metasearch tools, how they work and who is using them.
Using Omeka as a Gateway to Digital Projectslibrarianrafia
Digital Frontiers 2015 https://digital-frontiers.org/ Presentation on Omeka 9/18/2015
Presenters: Jeff Downing, Lynn Johnson, and Derek Reece (Digital Projects Librarians) and Rafia Mirza (Digital Humanities Librarian)
WISPUG - Fun with SharePoint MigrationsBrian Caauwe
Whether you are planning on upgrading to SharePoint 2016 or moving to the cloud, transitioning from one version to another has many moving parts that tend to bring out the worst in your SharePoint environment. This session will give you information on:
• How to prepare yourself BEFORE you spin up your new environment or buy that Office 365 licensing
• Different migration patterns and why you may want to use these different methods
• How to prepare yourself for life after migration, which won't include updating your resume.
Two Technical Services librarians from Sam Houston State University provide an initial explanation of the many iterations of PDA, and then share their experiences, frustrations, and lessons learned as well as contemplate the future of this acquisition model in academic libraries.
Presented at TLA District 8 Fall Conference 2014 at San Jacinto Community College on October 18, 2014.
This presentation was provided by Susan Johns-Smith of Pittsburg State for the NISO webinar, Integrating Library Management Systems, held on June 8, 2016.
Providing and Maintaining Access to Electronic Serials: Consortium and Member...NASIG
Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) is a consortium of Ontario’s 21 university libraries in Canada. Scholars Portal (SP) is an OCUL sponsored digital repository of over 40,000,000 full text scholarly articles drawn from 18,000 journals covering every academic discipline. Scholars Portal export its holdings to knowledgebase in SFX, 360 Link, Ebsco, and Keeper’s Registry. Scholars Portal maintains a central SFX instance for member libraries for their content subscribed via OCUL. University of Windsor library is an OCUL member library who uses SFX as OpenURL link resolver for their OCUL and local subscription content. This study will examine the work flow, the problems encountered in maintaining central and local SFX instance, and discuss the advantages and challenges of providing and maintaining access to electronic serials in consortium and member library.
Presenters: Shuzhen Zhao, Bibliographic Services Librarian, Leddy Library, University of Windsor; Wei Zhao, Senior Metadata Librarian, OCUL -- Scholars Portal; Katie-Scarlett MacGillivray
Building a Better Knowledgebase: An Investigation of Current Practical Uses a...NASIG
While knowledgebases have become essential tools for electronic resources management, little research has been done about how practitioners have integrated them into their everyday workflows. Inspired by a partnership with the GOKb project, which aims to build an open source knowledgebase, librarians at North Carolina State University set out to investigate the practical requirements, areas of improvement, and desired enhancements that librarians have for their knowledgebases. During this program, the presenters will describe the results of a survey about knowledgebase use sent to electronic resources managers across the country. The survey results will be supplemented by individual points of view gathered from in-depth interviews with selected respondents.The program will conclude with a look at how the findings of the investigation can be applied to the GOKb project. At the end of the session, the attendee should walk away with an understanding of trends in knowledgebase management, areas where the greatest improvement is needed, and ideas for enhancing knowledgebase functionality in an open source setting.
Maria Collins
Head of Acquisitions and Discovery, North Carolina State University
Maria Collins is the head of Acquisitions and Discovery at North Carolina State University Libraries. The Acquisitions & Discovery department was formed through the merger of acquisitions and cataloging in June 2012. Her other positions held at NCSU since 2005 include serials librarian, associate head of Acquisitions and the head of Content Acquisitions and Licensing. She previously worked as serials librarian and serials coordinator at Mississippi State University Libraries. Maria is editor of Serials Review and was the column editor for SR's Electronic Journal Forum. She also chairs the team developing NCSU's locally developed electronic resource management system, E-Matrix, and participates in the Kuali OLE and Global Open KnowledgeBase (GOKb) projects.
Katherine Hill
North Carolina State University
Katherine Hill is a library fellow in Acquisitions and Discovery, at North Carolina State University Libraries. In that role, she has been involved in planning and designing the open source knowledge base GOKb as well as e-acquisitions workflows for the open source ILS, Kuali OLE.
This webinar is about the Open Source software that is available to supplement your library system, regardless of whether you are using an Open Source Library System like Koha or Evergreen or a proprietary system like Millennium, CARL, or Horizon.
Software that dramatically extends and expands the capabilities of your library system software fall into two main categories: discovery interface and metasearch. While other products (e.g. content management systems) may integrate with your ILS to some degree, we will focus our attention on discovery and metasearch tools, how they work and who is using them.
Using Omeka as a Gateway to Digital Projectslibrarianrafia
Digital Frontiers 2015 https://digital-frontiers.org/ Presentation on Omeka 9/18/2015
Presenters: Jeff Downing, Lynn Johnson, and Derek Reece (Digital Projects Librarians) and Rafia Mirza (Digital Humanities Librarian)
WISPUG - Fun with SharePoint MigrationsBrian Caauwe
Whether you are planning on upgrading to SharePoint 2016 or moving to the cloud, transitioning from one version to another has many moving parts that tend to bring out the worst in your SharePoint environment. This session will give you information on:
• How to prepare yourself BEFORE you spin up your new environment or buy that Office 365 licensing
• Different migration patterns and why you may want to use these different methods
• How to prepare yourself for life after migration, which won't include updating your resume.
Two Technical Services librarians from Sam Houston State University provide an initial explanation of the many iterations of PDA, and then share their experiences, frustrations, and lessons learned as well as contemplate the future of this acquisition model in academic libraries.
Presented at TLA District 8 Fall Conference 2014 at San Jacinto Community College on October 18, 2014.
This presentation was provided by Susan Johns-Smith of Pittsburg State for the NISO webinar, Integrating Library Management Systems, held on June 8, 2016.
This presentation was provided by Renee Register of OCLC, during the NISO at NASIG Pre-conference "Metadata in a Digital Age: New Models of Creation, Discovery, and Use," held on June 4, 2008.
This presentation was provided by Noah Levin, NISO KBART Standing Committee Co-Chair, Dominic Benson of Brunel University London, Ben Johnson of ProQuest/Ex Libris, Robert Heaton of Utah State University Libraries, and Andrée Rathemacher of The University of Rhode Island Libraries, during the NISO Event "KBART 101: An Introduction to Knowledgebases and KB Data Best Practices for the Library Industry," held on March 11, 2019.
As electronic serials have shifted from being the exception to the norm, libraries are becoming increasingly reliant on knowledge base driven systems to help manage their electronic resource holdings. In 2011, after over a decade of managing e-serials within a local database, the University of Toronto Libraries migrated its electronic serial holdings to a fully integrated commercial e-resource management system. Now, with two years of experience under our belts, we endeavored to take stock and analyze how our library is coping with e-serial management within this new environment. How accurate are our e-journal holding statements within the ERM? How effective are we at managing e-serial title changes? How well are we tracking journal purchases that fall outside of the big package deals? Throughout this study, we have encountered many of the benefits and pitfalls of managing electronic journals within a knowledge base-driven system. While using a commercial ERM and companion MARC record service has allowed the library to present better data to users and expose previously hidden collections, there are several new challenges that we must contend with in a knowledge base environment. A common issue hindering access to our e-journals is the supply of incorrect, outdated or incomplete metadata within the data supply chain. These metadata problems have a detrimental effect on libraries, and consequently on our users, as it affects the accuracy of our e-journal holdings within our e-resource inventories. Although the study began as an internal investigation of our e-serials management practices and workflows, the results highlight the need for greater standardization within the data supply chain, better communication with publishers and knowledge base providers, and increased collaboration to improve the e-resource management process.
Presenters:
Marlene van Ballegooie
Metadata Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries
Juliya Borie
Cataloguing Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries
Facing our e-demons: challenges of e-serial management in a large academic li...NASIG
As electronic serials have shifted from being the exception to the norm, libraries are becoming increasingly reliant on knowledge base driven systems to help manage their electronic resource holdings. In 2011, after over a decade of managing e-serials within a local database, the University of Toronto Libraries migrated its electronic serial holdings to a fully integrated commercial e-resource management system. Now, with two years of experience under our belts, we endeavored to take stock and analyze how our library is coping with e-serial management within this new environment. How accurate are our e-journal holding statements within the ERM? How effective are we at managing e-serial title changes? How well are we tracking journal purchases that fall outside of the big package deals? Throughout this study, we have encountered many of the benefits and pitfalls of managing electronic journals within a knowledge base-driven system. While using a commercial ERM and companion MARC record service has allowed the library to present better data to users and expose previously hidden collections, there are several new challenges that we must contend with in a knowledge base environment. A common issue hindering access to our e-journals is the supply of incorrect, outdated or incomplete metadata within the data supply chain. These metadata problems have a detrimental effect on libraries, and consequently on our users, as it affects the accuracy of our e-journal holdings within our e-resource inventories. Although the study began as an internal investigation of our e-serials management practices and workflows, the results highlight the need for greater standardization within the data supply chain, better communication with publishers and knowledge base providers, and increased collaboration to improve the e-resource management process.
Presenters:
Marlene van Ballegooie
Metadata Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries
Juliya Borie
Cataloguing Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries
Cooperative methods to improve the oclc knowledge base oct 16 2018Jeff Siemon
This session will demonstrate and discuss simple ways of fixing broken links. Also, it will outline ways to improve the global KB such as correcting OCLC numbers in Knowledge Base collections and creating a new collections using the Collection Manager.
You may own it, but can they find it, collection level cooperative cataloging...Jeff Siemon
From Charleston Library Conference 2017, a presentation for library directors and eResource Team leaders about improving collection metadata, and sharing metadata with other libraries
Collection level cooperative cataloging --a plea for catalogers to add k bart...Jeff Siemon
Charleston Conference 2017 Library Directors need to consider retasking some catalogers to become Knowledge Base, Electronic Data specialists. Some catalogers need to consider reinventing themselves as Electronic MetaData Specialists. Library Patrons, Students, Faculty, researchers need better discovery and delivery experiences for e-Resources.
Presenters: Joe Frawley, Technical Services/Systems Librarian, Connecticut College, Todd Falkowski, Catalog Librarian, Trinity College,, and Aaron Sandoval, Monographic Acquisitions Librarian/Coordinator of Collection Development, Wesleyan University
Program description: This session will focus on the shared DDA (Demand Drive Acquisitions) program of the CTW Library Consortium (Connecticut College-Trinity College-Wesleyan University), and the various ways it is managed at each library. We will present background information on how the program was created with EBL as our DDA provider, along with a discussion of technical services workflows using the Voyager ILS. Presentation will include overviews of the MARC record management routines and acquisitions procedures which have evolved to manage the program.
ER&L 2023 - Invisible Threat, Cybercrime and the Library.pptxMatthew Ragucci
Recent research suggests that cyberattacks in higher education are on the rise while libraries' competency in addressing cybersecurity is mixed. Join our panel of one publisher, one vendor, and one librarian as we discuss practical strategies and best practices for libraries to better protect themselves from increasing threats of cybercrime.
Charleston 2022 - Cybersecurity 101 - What Every Librarian Needs to Know abou...Matthew Ragucci
In today's world, it’s not a question of if your institution will be hit by a cyberattack, but when. Who's responsible for protecting your institution? Everyone, including the library. With higher education experiencing digital transformation and universities increasingly vulnerable to cyberthreats, it is imperative that institutions take proactive measures to mitigate the risks – and as stewards of access to campus networks, libraries are in a position to make that mitigation more effective. In this session, we will get advice on library-based network security strategies from a former university CISO, a cybersecurity expert, a university librarian, and a library technology communication expert. They will answer your questions about vulnerability, communication, and aligning strategies with your IT department. The panel will also share measures that every library can take to protect sensitive campus and student data, stay compliant with license agreements, and discourage copyright piracy.
Industry standards and recommended practices have done much to streamline efficiency for all stakeholders in the e-resource life cycle. For instance, MARC is a universal standard for bibliographic records which can be ingested by most library systems. KBART is a format for transmitting package information and target URLs for link resolvers and OpenURL functionality. COUNTER helps libraries keep track of usage statistics in a standardized way, across content providers. Organizations like NISO have also helped steward new standards and best practices to help address specific pain points in the e-resource librarianship. Come hear from the Standards Committee member experts about a few of these standards, where they sit in the e-resource cycle, why they are so important, and the potential consequences of when proprietary practices prevail. Specific standards covered in this session will include KBART, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), and COUNTER, from the library and publisher perspectives.
AMIGOS 2021 - Oh the Places You'll Go: Improving the Content Platform Migrati...Matthew Ragucci
Online content has become the norm in modern libraries, with a large percentage of our collection hosted on vendor-controlled web-based content platforms. Content platforms provide tools for searching, viewing and interacting with content, and may provide a variety of additional functionality. Vendors continuously strive to improve their platforms and periodically transition from one platform to another. While new platforms can improve user experience, expand and hone functionality, and increase security, the migrations involve a lot of work and can be disruptive, affecting end-users, librarians, publishers and service vendors.
CIL 2020 - Bringing Collections to the ScreenMatthew Ragucci
Our NGA library speakers discuss their procedures and challenges in providing digitized content from their collections via the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), an initiative led by the world's leading research libraries. It is an open source, community-driven technology that aims to provide application programming interfaces (APIs) that support viewing, comparing, manipulating, and annotating images from a variety of repositories. The NGA Library made the decision to implement IIIF alongside its new library system, Ex Libris. Alma and Primo VE products, and our speakers discuss the technical procedures required to integrate the IIIF APIs with the Primo VE discovery client and Alma, the cloudbased library services platform. Members of the NISO Content Platform Migration workgroup discuss their recommended practices document to guide publishers, platform vendors, and librarians through content migrations. Hear about the problems encountered in migrations and the recommendations to make them progress smoothly.
Despite tedious preparation by librarians, publishers, and vendors, content platform migrations are rarely seamless. The NISO Content Platform Migration Working Group was formed to address these stakeholder challenges. This session will feature librarian and publisher migration perspectives and close with the Working Group’s plans for improving this experience.
Despite the tedious preparation by publishers, vendors, and librarians, content platform migrations are rarely seamless. Due to the complexities involved, a problem-free migration is the exception rather than the norm. The NISO Content Platform Migration Working Group was formed to address these challenges and aims to establish recommended practices and checklists to standardize and improve platform migration processes for all stakeholders involved with online content platforms.
In this session, a librarian and a publisher will share their perspectives on content platform migrations, and the Working Group Co-chairs will describe the group’s efforts to-date and expected outcomes. Our publisher-side speaker will describe issues they must consider when their content migrates, such as providing continuous access, persistent linking, communicating with stakeholders, and working with vendors. Our librarian speaker will describe their experience and steps they take during migrations, such as receiving notifications about migrations, identifying affected e-resources, updating local systems to ensure continuous access, and communicating with their front-line staff and patrons.
CONRICYT 2020 - Charla para bibliotecarios: Referenica virtual como servicio ...Matthew Ragucci
El objetivo especifico de la charla es actualizar al personal bibliotecario en el servicio de referencia digital empleando tecnologías en Internet para comunicarse con sus usuarios sin estar físicamente presentes.
Seldom do aspiring librarians predict that they will be the ones managing the intricacies of electronic resources. Yet, many are charged with complicated and unique tasks, like having to align resources in vendor knowledgebases. This can often be a confusing and frustrating process for librarians. This session will provide a brief overview of the KBART standard, its place in the electronic resource workflows, trends, and how librarians can avoid some common knowledgebase issues
SANLIC 2019 - Dressing your library for success: the Importance of electronic...Matthew Ragucci
Resource discovery and access are key drivers for content usage. Aligning electronic resources has become an increasingly complex and labor-intensive activity. Librarians and staff need to be competent in making content discoverable and accessible. This session will cover key concepts in e-resource cataloging, discoverability and using knowledgebases to create access points. Participants will leave understanding how to apply those concepts at their own institutions.
PSP 2018 - The Changing discovery landscape: Tools and services from wileyMatthew Ragucci
This presentation covers the various methods in which Wiley is committed to enhancing discoverability of its content. This will cover the operational aspects of Wiley’s data sharing workflows and the perceived impact on libraries and their users. A special emphasis will be placed on the strategic partnerships with library solutions providers Wiley has developed and maintains in order to ensure robust product-level metadata is effectively distributed to optimize content discovery.
CONRICYT 2018 - Formacion de formadores (para bibliotecarios y referencista d...Matthew Ragucci
El objectivo de esta formacion es: actualizar al personal bibliotecario en el servicio de referencia digital, basados en los recursos del CONRICYT, donde los usuarios emplean computadoras u otra tecnología de Internet para comunicarse con los bibliotecarios, sin estar físicamente presentes, como en los acervos digitales que demandan los usuarios. La formacion tiene cuatros partes: 1.) Referencia virtual 2.) Caracterización del Referencista digital 3.) La formación de usuarios de recursos electrónicos y 4.) la biblioteca virtual proactiva.
ER&L 2017 - Evidence based acquisition: a real life account of managing the p...Matthew Ragucci
We hope you enjoyed the 2017 ER&L Conference as much as we did! We were especially excited by the attendance of the Orbis Cascade Alliance’s session “Evidence-Based Acquisition: A Real Life Account of Managing the Program” and the great discussion that followed. In case you missed it, the Orbis Cascade Alliance has embarked on a new evidence-based approach piloting Wiley’s Usage Based Collection Management (UBCM) Model. As a follow up to their Charleston session, the Orbis Cascade Alliance shares their experience evaluating usage, managing titles and records, controlling duplication, predicting costs, and compare it to DDA. Wiley’s technical services librarian also provides an overview of the inclusion of MARC records to enhance discoverability. Co-presented with Hilary Robbeloth, Systems & Discovery Librarian at the University of Puget Sound
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
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3. Definitions
Local Knowledgebase
A database that shows the
library is entitled access to
or also in print. Also known
“holdings.”
Global Knowledgebase
A database made up of
collections that are available
to libraries to build and align
local knowledgebases. Also
known as “vendor KBs.” KBART files
Stemming from
NISO/UKSG
guidelines, these
files include high
-level metadata
(title, ISSN, DOI,
URL) about
specific
publications.
Content Provider
Better known as publishers,
these are producers of
scholarly content for
purchases by libraries.
Vendor
Library solutions vendor.
These entities provide
products that help libraries
with workflow solutions
(i.e. OCLC or EBSCO).
4. KBART in context of the information supply chain
From “KBART: Knowledge Bases and RelatedTools” (p. 6), by NISO/UKSG KBARTWorking Group.
2010 (https://www.uksg.org/sites/uksg.org/files/KBART_Phase_I_Recommended_Practice.pdf ).
Copyright 2010 by the National Information StandardsOrganization and the UKSG.
5. Knowledgebase impacts
• Essential to OpenURL linking products
• Authority on content targets (they know where it is)
• Assist in the identification of institution-level access
• They are the only true path to version of record
• Help with the integration of discovery and ERM
tools
• Non-existent or incorrect data make this impossible
OpenURL and
Link resolvers
MARC Records
Discovery Layers
Usage Statistics
A-Z Journal Lists
8. Wiley KBART creation
• System-generated files based on sales
packages
• Follow KBART Phase II recommendations
• Include OCNs for monograph collections
• Manually review of data elements and
population
• Collections updated monthly
9. Wiley KBART delivery
• 13 different knowledgebase partners
• Files now posted to a SharePoint site
• Vendors harvest data and updates
• Monthly communication with vendor partners
• Updated KBART page on Wiley Online
Library
10. Wiley KBART collaboration
• Communication with vendors to add
collections
• Check-ins on global KB use
• Work with libraries on data integrity issues
• Providing bespoke KBART files, as needed
• NISO KBART-Automation Working group
11. Wiley KBART challenges
• Internal systems and change in process
• Hundreds of collections to maintain
• KB transparency variance
• Erratic update schedules
• Institution-specific holdings
14. OCLC KBART Practices
Consistency of formatting allows for more efficient data
processing
• Faster turn around times (reaches end user system
faster)
• Few errors caused in the data processing due to
consistent formatting
• Fewer data customizations needed if following KBART
practices
15. OCLC KBART Benefits
• Allows publishers to supply same data to all knowledge
bases which reduces the question of knowledge base X has these titles
why doesn’t OCLC
• Easier to identify when new collections are offered
• Allows for provider specific fields at the end of KBART standard fields
(OCLC number can be added)
16. OCLC KBART challenges
• Consistent naming conventions (part of KBART recommendation) but issue in
practice
• Title history (historical titles) – title id practices can make this hard to handle
consistently from provider to provider
• OCLC does not yet support KBART Phase II but is working towards it (date to be
determined
• The customized KBART fields can be changed at will and can cause automation
to break
18. OhioLINK
OhioLINK serves diverse libraries & users
118 member libraries
• Public universities
• Community and technical colleges
• Private colleges & universities
• State Library of Ohio
Services for 500,000+ student FTE
• Shared electronic resources
• Link resolver, discovery layer
• Central Catalog and print lending
• ElectronicTheses & Dissertations
• Affordable Learning & eTutoring
19. OhioLINK
Electronic resources at OhioLINK
• Over 7,000 active e-journal subscriptions
• Publisher content platforms AND
• Electronic Journal Center (EJC) platform
• Over 145,000 owned e-books
• Publisher content platforms AND
• Electronic BookCenter (EBC)
• We provide to members:
• Catalog records
• Knowledgebase setup info
• Troubleshooting help
20.
21. End User Journey
From “KBART: Knowledge Bases and RelatedTools” (p. 3), by NISO/UKSG KBARTWorking Group.
2010 (https://www.uksg.org/sites/uksg.org/files/KBART_Phase_I_Recommended_Practice.pdf ).
Copyright 2010 by the National Information StandardsOrganization and the UKSG.
22. OhioLINK
Libraries’ workflows
Holdings management is hard work
• Did we buy this? If yes:
• Do we have access to this?
• If yes:
• Which collection and link do I select?
• Does it need custom holdings ranges?
Backfiles?
• If no:
• Troubleshoot with OhioLINK / publisher
• Return to select access in the knowledgebase
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licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
23. OhioLINK
Libraries’ workflows
Workflows vary by user needs and library
resources
• Some community colleges have most
e-resources via OhioLINK & don’t
dedicate much staff or time
• Some research libraries have units
dedicated to e-resources & need to
ensure accurate access to content
purchased on the same platform
through multiple vendors or consortia
Everything on
publisher platform
Backfiles
OhioLINK
Package
Locally
Acquired
Content
Open Access
Content
24. OhioLINK
Questions from librarians
Troubleshooting:
• I have access, why isn’t there a MARC record for this?
• I found a link in my knowledgebase, why don’t I have access?
• A user reported a broken link, what’s going on?
Needs:
• Do we have this through OhioLINK? Or do we need to buy it ourselves?
• How can we make sure our users can use it?
• And how to make that happen as quickly as possible?
25. OhioLINK
How KBART files work for us
OhioLINK aims to reduce duplicated work by member libraries:
• Working with publishers to find or create a stock product
knowledgebase collection that matches to our purchase
• If our package matches a frontlist or certain subject areas, this makes
sense – these products also sold to other libraries
Philosophically, we need to acknowledge the product nature of e-
resources
• KBART for a whole platform only means manual holdings workflows
• A solution is needed to handle KBART metadata at scale
26. OhioLINK
E-Journal packages
Product ≈ publication
Many of OhioLINK’s journal packages are custom, and don’t exactly
match to any set collection in a knowledgebase
Complications:
• Bundled titles, title changes, transfers, splits/merges…
• Backfiles
• Shallow backfile access with current subscription
27. OhioLINK
E-Book packages
Product (collection) > publication
What we know about an e-book package is usually:
• General product description (such as subject and pub year)
• May include expected title count
Exceptions & complications:
• Print or e publication year?
• MARC records can lag behind availability on publisher website
• Retracted rights, postponed publication, change of subject collection…
28. OhioLINK
Current workflow at OhioLINK
For “custom” packages, OhioLINK sends updates to knowledgebase
providers every 6 months:
1. Get list of what’s accessible at publisher sites
2. Check that it matches our purchase
3. If not KBART, transform
4. Send custom package lists to KB providers
5. Tell members that the custom packages are updated
29. OhioLINK
Current workflow at OhioLINK
For “custom” packages, OhioLINK sends updates to knowledgebase
providers every 6 months
• Pros:
• Libraries don’t have to manage these collections themselves
• Cons:
• Timeliness: New/transferred journals, new e-books not captured
immediately
• OhioLINK staff time:
• Test & troubleshoot publisher site access
• Time to get, check, transform access lists
• Time to send to KB providers, wait for upload, message to members…
30. Solutions
Step by step solutions
• Where we’ve been
• Full platform KBART metadata in knowledgebases
• Manual holdings management
• Where we are now
• KBART package lists specific to products
• Some automatic updating
• The dream: customized KBART
• Standards-based automation means more publisher and KB participation
• Unmediated and fast access to content through library systems
• Troubleshoot access & handle exceptions directly with publisher
• Fewer links to maintain, less staff time, fewer errors
31. KBART Resources
NISO/UKSG KBART Working Group. (2010). “KBART: Knowledge Bases
and Related Tools.” Retrieved from
https://www.uksg.org/sites/uksg.org/files/KBART_Phase_I_Recommended_
Practice.pdf
KBART Phase II Working Group. (2014). “KBART: Knowledge Bases and
Related Tools Recommended Practice.” Retrieved from
https://www.niso.org/publications/rp-9-2014-kbart
NISO KBART Automation RP-26-201x Draft for Public Comment Retrieved
from
https://groups.niso.org/apps/group_public/document.php?document_id=204
02
Title ID is provided instead of found
Conversion of ISBN 10 to 13
Constant data delivery process in place
Date formatting is consistent with YYYY-MM-DD this eliminates the need for date conversions and interrupting European dates when provided
