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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. 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. Topics addressed in
Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries include: how to negotiate
consortial packages how to use an electronic resource management
(ERM) system how to create a portal to share electronic resources
how to consolidate costs and provide wide access how open access
affects pricing how to establish and maintain access to licensed
e-resources how to develop a combined e-journal Web page how
off-campus students interact with a full-service document delivery
option for electronic journals how to integrate e-resources into an
online catalog how to apply emerging Semantic Web technologies to
digital libraries and much more 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.
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