[Web4lib] As the manager of the electronic reserves program at my

[Ross Singer]

I feel like I need to step up and promote ReservesDirect at this
point.  At Emory, we started ReservesDirect after sitting through an
ERes demo and being overwhelmed with disappointment at how...
underwhelming it was.

It doesn't integrate well with other library services (course
management notwithstanding).

It doesn't integrate well with the OPAC and either forces an awkward
divide between 'print reserves' and 'ereserves' or awkwardly places
the ereserves in the course listing.

It's difficult to customize to make it look like it look seamless to
the rest of your website.

It's cheap, yes, but I wouldn't call it "worth it", and I say this
from an institution that currently uses ERes (much to my chagrin).

Check it out, they've even got a movie:
http://www.reservesdirect.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

And, hey, "free" is cheaper than "cheap".

-Ross.

On 8/16/06, McHale, Nina <nina.mchale at cudenver.edu> wrote:
> Rachel,
>
> I'll second Dan on Docutek's ERes. I've worked in two libraries that use
> it, and both are very happy with it. If memory serves, it's fairly
> affordable, and it will no doubt save you time over your current
> process--use that angle to sell it to your admin, if necessary. :)
> Faculty and students like it for ease of use.
>
> You won't be able to get into the reserves themselves, obviously, but
> here are some links to supporting pages from my former place of
> employment, including forms that manage submissions and copyright info:
>
> http://ereserves.howardcc.edu/eres/default.aspx
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Nina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of
> dan at riverofdata.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:38 AM
> To: rbvidrine at waketech.edu
> Cc: Web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] As the manager of the electronic reserves program
> at my
>
> Boise State is one of a great many libraries that uses ERes from
> Docutek.  http://www.docutek.com/products/eres/index.html  We're very
> happy with it.  Some libraries do it with a course management tool like
> BlackBoard.
>
> You might wish to post your question to the CIRCPLUS list, as there have
> been many discussions of this topic there.
>
> If I can help further, please let me know.
>
> dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rachel Vidrine rbvidrine at waketech.edu
> To: Web4lib at webjunction.org
> Sent: 8/16/06 11:38 AM
> Subject: [Web4lib] As the manager of the electronic reserves program at
> my
>
> > As the manager of the electronic reserves program at my library, I
> > have some questions about how other libraries handle these reserves.
> > Our electronic reserves program is fairly new, so we don't have any
> > clearly established policies.
> >
> > -Do you use any kind of software program to manage your reserves
> > program? Presently, I create HTML pages with links to the PDF files. I
>
> > place all the PDF files for a class in one folder and password protect
>
> > the folder.
> >
> > -How do you handle requests from faculty who want their articles kept
> > on electronic reserve semester after semester? Do you take the
> > articles down during the breaks between semesters and then re-post
> > them when the semester begins? Keeping copyrighted material online
> > semester after semester seems like a violation of copyright, but
> > removing and re-posting requires a lot of maintenance.
> >
> > Thanks for any information.
> >
> >
> >
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