Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries

<p>Give your patrons access to the digital content they need<br><br> Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries is an essential guide to the challenges of acquiring licensing and managing the electronic access and use of books and journals. Medical librarians working in a variety of settings including academic health centers hospital libraries and government health associations provide entry-level mid-career and experienced librarians with comprehensive information and advice on dealing with electronic resources. This invaluable resource examines a wide range of issues including collection development pricing open access licensing remote access statistics publisher liability and the Semantic Web.<br><br> As healthcare professionals researchers educators and students rely more and more on digital content medical libraries spend more and more time dealing with the complexities surrounding the use of e-resources. Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries examines the issues they face everyday including the shift from print to electronic materials off-campus and cross-campus access usage statistics journal pricing open-access publishing licensing collection development and much more.<br><br> Topics addressed in Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries include:</p><ul> <li> how to negotiate consortial packages </li> <li> how to use an electronic resource management (ERM) system </li> <li> how to create a portal to share electronic resources </li> <li> how to consolidate costs and provide wide access </li> <li> how open access affects pricing </li> <li> how to establish and maintain access to licensed e-resources </li> <li> how to develop a combined e-journal Web page </li> <li> how off-campus students interact with a full-service document delivery option for electronic journals </li> <li> how to integrate e-resources into an online catalog </li> <li> how to apply emerging Semantic Web technologies to digital libraries </li> <li> and much more </li> </ul><p>Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries is an invaluable professional guide for medical and academic librarians and a helpful classroom resource for faculty and students in library schools.</p>