Make a specific recommendation on whether to implement the Consortial Version of Serials Solutions at both institutions or hold off on integrating e-resource management and data migration until we have a shared LMS;
What do we need to know/estimate
Alma timeline
Cost - Cornell to switch to SerSol, additional cost for 2CUL consortial? 2 years? 3 years?
Implementation effort vs. how much effort might this save during Alma implementation
How ready is/will be Alma when it will be available and/or when we go live (Boston College?)
How does the consortial version affect workflow - can we activate a resource at both places. Can we handle migrations simultaneously.
Is there a "migration" process for the consortial side? i.e. how do we move Oxford Journals package from 2 separate entries to a "consortial"
Benefits
Allows some amount of standardization of records between 2CUL partners before moving to single LMS
Know what each other has. Common and different content - apples to same variety of apples. This can be a building block for Coll Dev activities.
Mess of merging can be addressed in Ser Sol, making it cleaner in Alma.
Helps achieve Mellon Grant goals earlier
Costs/Risks
$ for licensing Serials Solutions system at Cornell and consortial for 2CUL
Cornell maintains database and ejournal discovery through III ERM. These services would need to be replicated.
Scenarios
ASAP - put Serials Solutions system in place
If Alma available soon? - Go "live" with e-resources before the rest?
If Alma wont be available until ?????
Serials Solutions shortcomings
Speed of web based processes
Searching (same as Ser Sol KB) needs contacts and other elements for searching
SerSol 360 RM implementation at Cornell:
What does this involve
Scripts for record loads - SerSol/Voyager/ERM others? Google Scholar? Pockets of vendor records, authentication levels - All Cornell vs. No Medical
Public interfaces - Database Names and eJournals - Some investigation happening in Cornell's Discovery & Access team to run Database search from Blacklight - need to bring in some license record information
Authentication - further investigation into how SerSol can handle nuanced permissions (no-med, all cornell, etc...) -
Migration work - offer of help from a temp position at Columbia - sounds delightful.
- collections
- cost data
- usage? into 360 COUNTER