EIFL-Licensing: Useful information

See below for links to some useful resources in these areas, and please email us at subscriptions [at] eifl.net if you know of any other helpful sources of information and guidance which we can share with the EIFL network.

Briefing paper on eTextbooks and third party eLearning products and their implications for Australian university libraries (CAUL, September 2012)

Full document | Executive summary

e-E-Books_in_libraries: A Briefing Document Developed in Preparation for a Workshop on E-Lending in Libraries (Berkmann Center for Internet & Society, July 2012)

Full document | Abstract

Electronic Resource Guide (IFLA)

The purpose of this Guide is to help develop an awareness of the key issues that every library will need to consider and address in developing an e-portfolio.

The E-Resources Management Handbook (UKSG)

Examples of useful articles:

• Electronic resources management for electronic resources librarians: a bibliography by Lizz Jennings
• If we do not understand our users, we will certainly fail by David Nicholas
• Marketing to get better value from your e-resources by Zuzana Helinksy
• Licensing and negotiating: exploring unfamiliar ground by Nol Verhagen
• COUNTER: current developments and future plans by Peter T Shepherd
• Usage statistics and online behaviour by Angela Conyers
• New resource discovery mechanisms by Jenny Walker
• A beginner's guide to working with vendors by Joseph Thomas
• Impact factors – the basics by Jo Cross

The full list of articles is available here.

eVALUEd toolkit (University of Central England)

The evalued toolkit is designed to support information services staff in the evaluation of electronic information services (EIS).

Managing Digital Collections: A Collaborative Initiative on the South African Framework (National Research Foundation)

The objective of this Framework is to provide high-level principles for planning and managing the full digital collection life cycle.