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Charge

The Acquisitions and Electronic Resource Management work group evaluates the operation for the Acquisitions and Electronic Resource Management component of the LSP product on behalf of CCC libraries. By soliciting feedback from the system via multiple lines of communication, the work group will make recommendations to the LSP Governance Committee in regards to standards, best practices, solutions to problems, guidelines and policies.

The Electronic Resource Management/Acquisitions work group is responsible for proposing best practices, workflows, and policies, as related to the Acquisitions and Electronic Resource Management component of print and electronic resources, and realia.

2019-2020 Goals

Draft policies, best practices and procedures
Draft Network Zone policies in conjunction with the ERM/Acquisitions Work Group

Office Hour Notes, Slides

March 4th Office Hour Recording

March 4th Office Hour Presentation (How to Successfully Remove Collections in Alma and General ERM Information)

March 4h Office Hour Notes

NOTE: Our April and May office hours recordings and notes will appear in our future Libguides page. Stay tuned!

Policies

Date	Policy	Version	Status
May 2020	Using Provider-Neutral Records for Database-Level Records	v1	DRAFT
May 2020	Using Import Profiles to Load Vendor Brief Bib & Order Records into NZ	v1	DRAFT
May 2020	Alma Brief Record Level Configuration	v1	DRAFT
May 2020	CKB Descriptive Records for Shared Electronic Collections	v1	DRAFT
May 2020	Managing Electronic Resources in the NZ	v1	DRAFT
May 2020	Managing E-Book Collections	v1	DRAFT

Best Practices

Date	Best Practice	Version	Status
May 2021	Receiving a PO line for a One Time Item	v1
May 2020	Minimum Acquisitions in Alma	v1	DRAFT
May 2020	Ordering Using the Network Zone	v1	DRAFT
Dec 2019	Empty Bib Deletion for Electronic Resources from NZ	v1	IN PROCESS

Recommendations

Date	Recommendation	Description
May 2020	CDI Basics	Starting Point documentation for Central Discovery Index (April 2020 / updated May 8 2020)
Feb 2020	NetLibrary Titles	NZ manager currently working on loading into NZ
April 2019	Importing Films on Demand into Alma	Provides steps for importing titles into Films on Demand, as an intermediary until FOD records are fully available in the Primo Central Index
Ongoing	Acquisitions Processes	Best Practices for Acquisitions in Alma; Survey sent out to project leads on 10/21/2019.

Quick Tips

Helpful Searching and Finding Electronic Collections

Helpful Hints for Searching the CZ for e-collections

Helpful Advanced Search queries

How to Override Settings for Gale Ebooks (Gale Cengage Virtual Reference Library) so Links Go to Entry/Chapter Level (Document) VIDEO

Quick Copy/Paste Overrides:

Parser (override): Gale::OpenURL

Parser paramaters (override): url=http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl &loc_id=$$LOC_ID &dbase=GVRL &art=$$ART & url2=http://link.gale.com/apps & type=monograph

ART (won't show up until after you save overrides): yes

Resources

Resource	Description
Outstanding Issues in the CDI Enablement/Switchover	Noticing any issues with CDI (Enablement or post-switchover)? Check to see if your issue is already being investigated and if not, contact us and let us know at our LSP listserv.
Ebsco Link Resolver Plugin	Checks the validity of a full-text URL before passing it to the user. Configure the link resolver plugin for EBSCO per this document: Configuring the Validity of EBSCOhost Full Text URLs.
Webinars with the Workgroup Recording (10/22/19): Q&A with th e Acquisitions/ERM Workgroup	Webinars hosted by the Acquisitions/ERM workgroup.
Gobi Documentation Gobi-Alma Migration Considerations and Key Points Gobi-Alma Workflow Options Gobi API Gobi Alma Setup Worksheet Gobi-Electronic Order Confirmation Records (EOCR) Gobi Export Workflow	Included are documents related to integrating GOBI services into Alma. If your college uses GOBI to acquire materials, you should reach out to Moriah Guy to setup a meeting with her to go over your library's needs to determine the best option. Meetings should be scheduled for September / October to accommodate the ExLibris migration schedule.
GALILEO Interconnected Libraries (GIL) Documentation ERM Acquisitions	From the Georgia Learning Library Online (via a consortium of many educational institutions' libraries in Georgia), these documents provide flowcharts, glossaries, and very handy "how to" steps to perform many functions in Alma and Primo. Come here first to get already written directions or diagrams. Don't know what a terminology from the vendor or related to LSP's are and are to afraid to ask? You may find the term with its very definition here in its rich glossaries.
CSU Alma/Primo Twitter Feed	This twitter feed includes latest news and updates, including any universal technology issues happening in the LSP.
ERM Workgroup's Provided Google Custom Search Engine Custom Search Engine	Cross searches many relevant pages related to Alma/Primo, both from the vendor and various library groups, including the CSU group and our own.

Work Group Members

Betsy Ruszel, Sr. Library Technician, Diablo Valley College
Caroline Hallam, OER & Electronic Resources Librarian, Glendale Community College
Joel Bakker, Library Technician III, Grossmont College
Lucas Sarcona, Library Technician, Senior, Butte College
Megan Kinney, Electronic Resources Librarian, City College of San Francisco
Norman Buchwald (Lead), Information Literacy and Technology Librarian, Chabot College