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New Directions in Consortial ERM
Tom Jacobson
Director of Sales,
Strategic Accounts
Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
What is meant by “Consortium”?
Libraries with a shared
ILS and different
resources
Libraries with different
ILSs and shared
resources
Libraries with different
ILSs and different
resources
Libraries with different systems
New set of challenges …
Libraries may lack history of working
together … how to integrate?
Perception that shared system can be
complex or too complicated
ERM coverage for all participants
Lowest or most economical cost
Shared ILS or shared Stand-alone ERM
but different resources
Innovative ERM module currently provides
technical features that support and
integrate standard consortium features
built-in through Millennium
Consortial ERM must provide for…
Discovery
Privacy
Separate user statistics
Multiple coverage databases
Discovery
Display results by Library …
Discovery
Display results by Library …
Discovery
Display results by Library …
Privacy
Separate staff access for each consortium
member
Resource data that is shared, but
License and financial data that is kept
private for each consortium member
Separate user statistics
Coverage database
Unique coverage database for each member
Shared coverage database for shared
resources
ERM and WebBridge LR tied together
OpenURL request to include library identifier
Resource data from either library coverage database
or consortium coverage database
Thank You!