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Cornell has had an active trial to SSRM since September 2013. We have determined that..
- E-Resources Unit (Liisa Mobley, Rebecca Utz, Sally Lockwood, Heather Shipman, Jesse Koennecke) - Tested the general functionality, workflow features, and data management aspects of the Resource Manager system from a Cornell specific perspective. The e-resources staff are already familiar with the Serials Solutions staff interface while working with the currently subscribed Serials Solutions services (MARC Updates, 360 Link, and Summon). Adding ERM features to this existing workflow, rather than in a completely different system will likely show some increased efficiency in some areas of e-resources work. Members of the unit have reported overall satisfaction with the system and they have unanimously expressed a desire to make the change. The response from this team suggests that Cornell would consider migrating the the Resource Manager system even if 2CUL were not a factor.
- Discovery & Access Team -
- Technical and Data loading group (Gary Branch, Heather Shipman, Peter Martinez, Pete Hoyt, Chris Manly) -
- Record loads - Heather feels that the record loads into the Innovative ERM are ...
- System hosting - The Innovative ERM system is locally hosted on a Cornell IT server. This requires regular maintenance and updates in addition to a $2000/year fee. Resource Manager and 360 COUNTER are cloud hosted systems, managed by Serials Solutions. The cost for this service is included in the annual fee structore for the service.
- Usage Statistics group (Rich Entlich, Sally Lockwood) - Looked at the 360 COUNTER product.
2CUL has not had an opportunity to trial the consortial aspects of SSRM, the pricing offer provided by Serials Solutions assumes that the first year of work in the consortial environment will be a pilot.
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