Posted on behalf of UKSG.
**Apologies for cross posting**
The UKSG is keen to alert LIS students, educators and researchers to a
valuable FREE guide to the issues and challenges facing those in the
information community. In a review by the Charleston Advisor, Rick
Anderson (who has since become a co-editor of the ERMH) called The E-
Resources Management Handbook "a welcome addition to the literature on
e-resource acquisitions and management".
The E-Resources Management Handbook incorporates 21 chapters covering
licensing, statistics, archiving, resource discovery, marketing and ERM
systems among many other topics. As a "living" e-book, chapters are
reviewed periodically and updated when necessary - but they are never
removed, even when superseded, so that the book is an evolving record of
the state of the field.
Recently added content includes a new chapter explaining how impact
factors are calculated and what variables need to be considered when
evaluating them, and a set of interviews with thought leaders from all
sections of the information community. Forthcoming updates include
chapters on peer review, repositories, e-learning and the semantic web.
Described as "essential reading for anyone involved in the management
and use of electronic resources" by Professor Charles Oppenheim,
Department of Information Science at Loughborough University, we hope
that this unique resource will be of practical help to students, tutors
and practitioners in the field.
The Handbook is completely free and available at http://serials.uksg.org
- no registration necessary. As it is regularly updated, we'd also
welcome ideas for new chapters and author suggestions - please send your
thoughts to [log in to unmask]
Thank you
Tracy Gardner
UKSG - connecting the information community
Tel: +44 (0) 7884 438007
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.uksg.org
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