RE: Electronic Reserves

["Noland, Abigail" <NOLANDA@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I would also be interested in the responses to Sue's message. 
Our library is investigating the electronic reserves module from iii.
I am open to any and all feedback.
What products work best for compatibility, how much time and cost it
involves with the library, frustration levels, satisfaction levels, etc.

Abigail Noland
Electronic Services Librarian
Spangler Library
Ohio Dominican College
1216 Sunbury Road
Columbus, OH 43219
(614) 251-4637
nolanda@xxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Sue Cody [mailto:codys@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 3:04 PM
To: INNOPAC@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Electronic Reserves


We started using the Electronic Reserve product after we developed a home
grown system the year before.  The best thing we got from the III product
that we didn't have with our old way is the statistics on access.  We've
had some problems, one of which is the III E-Reserve product does not
support a book scanner (that's the sound of me whining.)  We have a Minolta
Epic 3000 book scanner, which we love (scans two pages at once, adjusts for
curvature of page, good for tightly bound journals, etc.) so we have to
create pdf's with Adobe Capture then we Import the pdfs with III Cataloging
and Scanning Workstation software.  

We are overwhelmed with demand.  Students and faculty like it -- the only
drawback is getting facutly to give us their references far enough in
advance to beat reading deadlines.  I pretty much demand a copy of the
course syllabus/calendar, so if we get really swamped we can process
readings in the order needed.  

I'm curious -- why did the workshop speaker claim electronic reserves dead?
 What takes its place?  It's alive and well here!
My big question is what is the role of the coursepack in the age of
electronic reserves?  Since the library is paying royalties and not
charging for printing, if all professors move from coursepack to e-reserve,
we won't be able to afford it.  (OK, I know that's not an Innovative issue,
but I just could resist posing the question.  Feel free to respond to me
directly instead of to the list.)

At 08:40 AM 01/28/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I am interested in hearing from users of theElectronic Reserves product.  I
>would especially like to know whether it is successful and popular with
>your users.  I would also like to know whether the usage keeps increasing
>or whether you are seeing a decline.  I recently attended a workshop in
>which it was proclaimed that "electronic reserves is dead."  Is it dead,
>dying, comatose or are the rumors of its demise vastly exaggerated?  
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
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>Karen Johnson
>Library System Manager
>University of San Francisco
>2130 Fulton St.
>San Francisco, CA  94117
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Sue Cody
Associate University Librarian for Public Services
William Madison Randall Library
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
601 S. College Road
Wilmington, NC  28403-3297
910-962-7409 (voice)
910-962-3078 (fax)
codys@xxxxxxxxxx