2025-03-03 Resource Access Meeting Notes

Date: Mar 3, 2025 

Recordings

NOTE: RESOURCE ACCESS SIG USES EITHER ZOOM’S AI NOTES FUNCTIONALITY OR MICROSOFT COPILOT TO PROCESS THE TRANSCRIPT. If you would prefer that we do not use AI any session you attend, we are happy to! Please alert the convener at the start of the meeting.

Find all recordings here: https://recordings.openlibraryfoundation.org/folio/resource-access-sig/ (pw: folio-lsp)

Zoom

https://zoom.us/j/337279319 (pw: folio-lsp)

Attendees

@Olga Kalachinskaya

@David Bottorff

@Catherine Descanzo

@Catherine Tuohy

Clara Feherenbach

Dominique Trembley

@Jana Freytag

@Christine Tobias

@Erin Weller

@Tobi Hines

Megan Nolan

Anna Morrissey

Samantha O'Connor

@Robert Heaton

Kelly Anne

@lisa perchermeier

@Thomas Trutt

@Laurence Mini

@Mark Canney

@Susan Kimball

@Cornelia Awenius

@Marie Widigson

@Anja Kakau

@Amelia Sutton

Discussion Items:

Meeting Notes

🗣️ Discussion Points:

1. Announcements and Upcoming Meetings (11:01 - 11:05)

   • No new announcements.

   • Upcoming meetings: Reserves Meeting on Thursday, backlog review on the 13th.

2. eReserve Plus Overview (11:05 - 11:07)

   • Developed in Australia, used by Amherst College since Fall 2021.

   • Partnership with EBSCO, integrated into the Folio platform.

3. eReserve Plus Features and Usage (11:07 - 11:18)

   • Dashboard metrics and insights.

   • Course management and reading lists creation.

   • Integration with Moodle for course and user data.

   • Faculty and student roles and permissions.

4. Copyright Management (11:18 - 11:27)

   • Tracking and managing copyright permissions.

   • Integration with Copyright Clearance Center and other international systems.

   • Fair use assessment tool.

5. Moodle Integration (11:27 - 11:36)

   • eReserve Plus links within Moodle.

   • Student and faculty views.

   • Adding resources directly in Moodle.

6. Workflow and Faculty Engagement (11:36 - 11:42)

   • Faculty create syllabi, librarians manage e-reserves.

   • Use of Zotero for bibliographic data and workflow management.

   • Rolling over previous course readings.

7. Usage and Popularity (11:42 - 11:48)

   • High usage among faculty.

   • Integration with print reserves managed through Folio.

   • Linking to ebooks to avoid multiple print copies.

8. Staff and Workflow Management (11:48 - 11:55)

   • Three staff members handling print and e-reserves.

   • Cross-training and faculty relationship management.

   • Handling of syllabi and reading lists.