A Survey on electronic resource management systems of university libraries

• Main Authors: He, Tze Chi, 何子頎
• Other Authors: Wang, Mei Ling
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/98464575197210900385

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 圖書資訊與檔案學研究所 === 97 === The electronic resources have many different characteristics with traditional print collections, so it must be managed with new model different from traditional print collections, but the librarian, collection and technical caused the difficulties of electronic resources management. When the librarians tried to resolve these problems, they found that the traditional integrated library system is unable to provide the necessary support, so the electronic resource management systems came into being. The study is explored through literary reviews and in-depth interviews in order to understand the problems and solutions with electronic resources management in eight libraries and three vendors in Taiwan and see if they can support the function required of the electronic resources management. Based on the research findings, the conclusions of this study are: 1.identify the new model of the electronic resources management different from traditional print collections; 2.construction of the university libraries’ electronic resources management function required and standards; 3.the departments are responsible for electronic resources management of university libraries in Taiwan; 4.the difficulties of university libraries’ electronic resources management in Taiwan; 5.university libraries’ electronic resources management systems and their functions in Taiwan; 6.the difficulties of using electronic resources management systems and the expectations of new system; 7.the vendors’ electronic resources management products and their future direction of development; 8.the direction of increasing Taiwan's university libraries use of electronic resources management system usage. Finally, according to the results of the study, several suggestions are provided: For the library: 1.simplified and reorganized the existing electronic resource management workflow; 2.the development of electronic resource usage evaluation; 3. construct the electronic resources collection development policy; 4.the new model of electronic resources management; 5.upgrading the libraries’ dominant of electronic resources management. For the vendors: 1.their systems should support user-centered access; 2.intergrated with the existing systems; 3.intergrated with the other vendors’ systems; 4.appropriated the use of the environment in Chinese; 5.to enhance the promotion and marketing of electronic resources management system.