2019 Electronic Resources & Libraries Annual Conference

Open Access content is a growing part of the overall scholarly literature. In many places, this work has been separated out from technical services into digital scholarship teams. This session is designed to show how to incorporate open access management into the framework most research libraries use for subscription and one-time purchase electronic resource management. In particular, the focus will be mapping workflow for open access management alongside those aspects of electronic resource management most are familiar with: selection, acquisition, implementation, evaluation, troubleshooting, and preservation. Small groups will be convened to tackle a single aspect of the workflow chain and develop a preferred approach for the integration. This will then be discussed in the session at large for feedback and input. At the end of the hour and a half, participants should gain a sense of how the work of open access management can be combined with electronic resource management.