NASIG 2024

Due to unforeseen circumstances this session will not be presented at the conference.

Program Description:
Documenting perpetual or post-cancellation access rights is part of being a good steward of an institution’s resources, but between tracking down historic data, following publisher changes, as well as resolving losses of access, it can feel overwhelming to start an endeavor to systematically track rights. Similarly, adhering to license agreements is a critical part of electronic resources work, but how do you make sure terms are accessible by all those who need to view them? In this session, participants will hear from a librarian who dove into an effort to create a systematic, consistent, and reliable way to store and access license agreements as well as post-cancellation access rights using ExLibris Alma (and how these projects started separately and then merged). This practical session will cover the early research phase to decisions made along the way, the process for gathering many different types of data, obstacles, the scope of the project, and implementation.
Learning Outcomes:
Following this session, participants will be able to identify practical solutions for tracking e-resource licenses and post-cancellation/perpetual access rights in Alma as well as understand strategies for determining, managing, and implementing a process for tracking this data.