E-Resources & Serials Access Team

I. Mission statement

The E-resources & Serials Access Team (ERSA) supports the Cataloging and Metadata Services Department’s mission by facilitating access to electronic resources and serials. The work of this Team begins with the acquisition of resources and carries through until these materials are available to our users. The Team’s duties include acquisitions, cataloging, managing bibliographic and holdings records, building and maintaining knowledgebases, maintaining an electronic resource management system and maintaining WebBridge, the Libraries’ link resolver.

Functional responsibilities:

• Set up database trials
• Investigate order possibilities and license terms when applicable
• Work with CU system contract administrators for approval of license terms
• Order and Register; Establish access & contacts
• Pay invoices and Manage financials
• Manage Serials Solutions KnowledgeBase
• Create and edit Resource, License and Contact records in ERM
• Catalog serial titles and/or load MARC records
• Perform Coverage load & holdings management
• Manage changes in KnowledgeBase and ERM
• Troubleshoot and Track problems
• Manage renewals for print and online resources, including investigation of format options
• Contribute to WebBridge maintenance
• Manage changes to bibliographic and associated records in Chinook
• Contribute records and holdings information to local and international databases

Last updated July 8, 2008