ERM on the Cheap

ANALI MAUGHAN PERRY

ASSISTANT COLLECTIONS & SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS LIBRARIAN

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

ERM on the Cheap

Obligatory Outline

About MeAbout Electronic ResourcesAbout ERMsAbout WikisWhat I didMore about wikis

Who am I?

Let’s talk about skills, baby

Woman Aircraft Worker – Library of Congress on Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179930812/

Issues

“ERM” Wordle created using http://www.wordle.net/

It works, but…

Door paard getrokken taxi – Nationaal Archief on Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/2948560477/

1. BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA2. LICENSE DATA3. WORKFLOW DATA4. USAGE/MAINTENANCE DATA

What is an ERM?

Technology makes life easier, right?

Farrington Automatic Address Reading Machine Smithsonian Museum on Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2550431145/

1. ONLINE2. COLLABORATIVE3. SIMPLE4. INTERCONNECTED

What is a wiki?

QUICK & EASYINCREASED COLLABORATIONCOMMUNICATION & TRANSPARENCY

Why use a Wiki?

How?

ASU had licensed Media Wikio ASU authentication: limit who can edito ASU logos, skins

Loosely modeled on ERM workflowo Suggestion Form for resourceso Entered resource into wikio Designed area for decision making and tracking

Let’s get into it, shall we?

Students at Washington High School, Library of Congress on Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179076411/

Organization

Blank Page

Resource

Collaboration

Pros Cons

Easy to learn Not as complex as an

ERM Very customizable Collaborate/

Communicate Cheap!

No integration with OPAC

Storage (may need to pay)

Still requires investment in set-up time

No “push” information Need staff buy-in

Wiki as ERM

MEDIA WIKI (WIKIPEDIA)PB WIKIWETPAINTZOHO WIKI

More on Wikis

http://www.mediawiki.orghttp://pbwiki.com/http://www.wetpaint.comhttp://wiki.zoho.com

Media Wiki

Free server-based software Uses “wiki text” format (no HTML or CSS) Tracks page versions Customize look and feel with “skins” Very powerful & sophisticated, but requires

set up and knowledge to run.

PB Wiki

Free, web-based wiki platformo Can purchase for more features (mainly extra storage)

– range from $99-$999/year Manage editing and viewing permissions

(including by IP address) Uses WYSIWYG (what you see is what you

get) editing – similar to word processer Can customize look and feel using CSS Market to libraries:

http://pbwiki.com/academic-library.wiki

Wetpaint

Wiki, but also uses blog and forum featureso See Baker’s Dozen:

http://bakersdozenarizona.wetpaint.com/ Free, web-based platform

o Fees for more sophisticated implementation: Embedded in current website, complete website design

Provide wiki-templates Manage users (viewers, editors,

administrators) WYSIWYG editing

Zoho Wiki

Still in beta Free, web-based platform WYSIWYG editing Customize appearance, add logos (using click

and drag, and CSS) Varying levels of permissions for users 10 MB of storage for uploaded documents

WIKI MATRIX:HTTP://WWW.WIKIMATRIX.ORG/

Other Wikis!

Discussion

Public Schools Athletic League, Library of Congress on Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163124243/

Bibliography

Electronic Resource Management: Report of the DLF ERM Initiative: http://www.diglib.org/pubs/dlf102/

Media Wiki: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Meredith Farkas: Wikis – Basics, Tools and Strategies:

http://www.slideshare.net/librarianmer/wikis-basics-tools-and-strategies-il2007/v1

PB Wiki: http://pbwiki.com/ Wetpaint: http://www.wetpaint.com/ Wordle: http://www.Wordle.net Zoho Wiki: http://wiki.zoho.com