| What is the name of your interest group? | Electronic Resources Interest Group |
| Your Name | Taylor Ralph |
| Your Email | taylor.ralph@oregonstate.edu |
| Please select the name of the section your group belongs to (if applicable) | Metadata & Collections |
| Which report are you submitting? | May |
| How many times did your group meet or hold an activity during this reporting period? | 1 |
| First Activity | WE hosted an event at CORE IG week. The title of the presentation was: Title: Enhancing Library Discovery: An Approach to Understanding User Access to Electronic Resources. There were over 60 people attending the talk which was given by 4 Librarians from East Carolina University. |
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| What will your group be working on for the next 6 months? | We will be working on getting a new chair/co-chair and onboarding. There will be planning for a fall event, a review of resources, planning for another CORE IG week event. |
| How did your work contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, or belonging within Core or the library profession? What areas of improvement do you see for your IG or Core in these areas? | Our event during IG week focused on how to fuel improvements and develop a more deliberate approach for providing access to electronic resources. This is incredibly important as we aim to reach users of all experience levels, and take into consideration important accessibility measures so that all users can effectively use library materials. I think CORE does a good job of supporting inclusion for the library profession. |
| Is there anything Core could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its activities? | |
| Please provide suggestions for future education topics, initiatives, publications, resources, or other activities that could be developed based on your group’s discussions or work. | |
| Please describe anything you need to bring to the Core Board for discussion or action at their next meeting. | |
| Please share any additional comments, concerns, or suggestions you have. | |
| Today’s Date | 05/31/2026 |
Category: Electronic Resources Interest Group
Electronic Resources Interest Group – December 2025 Report
| What is the name of your interest group? | Electronic Resources Interest Group |
| Your Name | Anne Larrivee |
| Your Email | alarrivee@wcupa.edu |
| Please select the name of the section your group belongs to (if applicable) | |
| Which report are you submitting? | December |
| How many times did your group meet or hold an activity during this reporting period? | 0 |
| First Activity | Both the co-chairs of this interest group have been away on maternity leave during much of this last reporting period but the ERIG listserv continues to serve as a space to share ideas and questions. The co-chairs are planning to hold a ERIG session during CORE IG Week. |
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| What will your group be working on for the next 6 months? | Planning the session for CORE IG Week. |
| How did your work contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, or belonging within Core or the library profession? What areas of improvement do you see for your IG or Core in these areas? | The group values maintaining a virtual space where librarians and professionals can exchange information about e-resources in an equitable way. |
| Is there anything Core could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its activities? | |
| Please provide suggestions for future education topics, initiatives, publications, resources, or other activities that could be developed based on your group’s discussions or work. | |
| Please describe anything you need to bring to the Core Board for discussion or action at their next meeting. | |
| Please share any additional comments, concerns, or suggestions you have. | |
| Today’s Date | 12/08/2025 |
Electronic Resources Interest Group – May 2025 Report
| What is the name of your interest group? | Electronic Resources Interest Group |
| Your Name | Taylor Ralph |
| Your Email | taylor.ralph@oregonstate.edu |
| Please select the name of the section your group belongs to (if applicable) | Metadata & Collections |
| Which report are you submitting? | May |
| How many times did your group meet or hold an activity during this reporting period? | 2-3 |
| First Activity | Since December the Electronic Resources Interest Group has established and finalized an 'electronic resources resource sheet' posted publicly on ALA Connect. Members contributed resources and expertise to add to the list after it was advertised. |
| Second Activity | We also participated in CORE IG week where the ERIG hosted two presenters that talked about consortial licensing and negotiations, including those for open and accessible content. |
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| What will your group be working on for the next 6 months? | In the next 6 months we will focus on recruiting a new co-chair and planning fall/winter activities. |
| How did your work contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, or belonging within Core or the library profession? What areas of improvement do you see for your IG or Core in these areas? | We present information on a variety of topics and interests to all library types. A goal of our group is to share and promote resources accessible to everyone. |
| Is there anything Core could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its activities? | |
| Please provide suggestions for future education topics, initiatives, publications, resources, or other activities that could be developed based on your group’s discussions or work. | |
| Please describe anything you need to bring to the Core Board for discussion or action at their next meeting. | |
| Please share any additional comments, concerns, or suggestions you have. | I may need additional guidance on recruiting a new co-chair! I plan to do so in June. |
| Today’s Date | 05/29/2025 |
Electronic Resources Interest Group – May 2024 Report
| What is the name of your interest group? | Electronic Resources Interest Group |
| Your Name | Kerry Walton |
| Your Email | kwalton2@wcupa.edu |
| Please select the name of the section your group belongs to (if applicable) | Metadata & Collections |
| Which report are you submitting? | May |
| How many times did your group meet or hold an activity during this reporting period? | 1 |
| First Activity | ERIG participated in Interest Group Week with two presentations on the topic of strategic management or planning for electronic resources. We had 234 registrations and 121 attendees at the live session. The recording and slides were shared via Core Connect on our interest group page. |
| Second Activity | We have planned and scheduled an ERIG meeting at ALA in San Diego at 9am on July 1st. The meeting will be an open forum discussion on the following: Building on the topic of implementing strategic planning for electronic resources from our April 2024 Core Interest Group Week session, the ERIG is meeting to discuss cycles in libraries and what we have learned from them. In this meeting we will discuss the following questions: • If everything goes in cycles, what can we Learn from the past practices of e-resources? • What has changed or improved in managing electronic resources and what areas remain challenging? • What emerging trends in electronic resources impact our workflows? • what professional development is essential to maintain relevancy when managing electronic resources? |
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| What will your group be working on for the next 6 months? | We have identified a new co-chair (Taylor Ralph) to join Anne Larrivee as Kerry Walton is rolling off. Anne and Taylor have plans to meet following ALA to discuss topics and activities for the coming year. |
| How did your work contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, or belonging within Core or the library profession? What areas of improvement do you see for your IG or Core in these areas? | Participating in Interest Group Week provides an inclusive forum for presentation and discussion that can positively impact the work outcomes for electronic resource and collections librarians. The primary contribution is to increase belonging for all librarians in the work of the profession, the work of the interest group, and in Core. By offering opportunities, we can increase the potential for connectedness within the organization and collaborative efforts across different libraries. Whether in the electronic resources, metadata, collections, or other library specific fields, providing these opportunities makes the work more accessible to all. |
| Is there anything Core could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its activities? | |
| Please provide suggestions for future education topics, initiatives, publications, resources, or other activities that could be developed based on your group’s discussions or work. | |
| Please describe anything you need to bring to the Core Board for discussion or action at their next meeting. | |
| Please share any additional comments, concerns, or suggestions you have. | Anne Larrivee will remain as the primary co-chair and Taylor Ralph is the new co-chair. |
| Today’s Date | 05/23/2024 |
Electronic Resources Interest Group – December 2023 Report
Part of the Metadata & Collections Section
The group met 0 times this quarter.
Recent Activities
First Activity
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Selected Membership and Value to Members as the new co-chairs are working to reinvigorate the IG after a period of no activity.
Meets Core’s strategic goals for Membership and Value to Members
What will your group be working on for the next 6 months?
We are new chairs that reached out to offer co-chairing the interest group when one of us as a past-chair of the IG saw it was going to be sunset from lack of activity. We have scheduled a time for Interest Group Week with the goal of having presentations on a topic. We are brainstorming a list of topics so that we have several ready for calls for proposals for both IG Week and future opportunities. We are discussing the idea of hosting a discussion at ALA Annual.
Is there anything Core could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its work?
Core was responsive as soon as I reached out to offer co-chairing and offered assistance in getting the IG back up and running. Greatly appreciate it!
Submitted by Kerry Walton on 12/07/2023
Electronic Resources Interest Group – May 2022 Report
The group met 1 time this quarter.
Recent Activities
First Activity
Open Access Discoverability, Advocacy, and Management session held on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 from 10 – 11am Central Time ( US and Canada)
The program includes two presentations:
Presentation One: Open Access Discoverability and Advocacy: A Community College Perspective
Presented by:
Louise Feldman, Reference and OER Librarian, Delaware County Community College
Andrea Rodgers, Assistant Professor & Reference Librarian, Delaware County Community College.
Description:
Since 2020, the Electronic Resources and OER Librarians at Delaware County Community College (DCCC) have worked together on a variety of projects to increase visibility and discovery of open access content and OERs to their faculty, staff, and students. Initiatives include subscribing to EBSCO’s Faculty Select platform and their inclusion in DCCC Library Services’ discovery system, Summon. Open access resource development efforts include compiling subject specific lists of open access content and establishing selection criteria for adoption of these resources. To grow the College faculty awareness of OERs, DCCC librarians actively explore grant opportunities and offer workshops. This presentation focuses on community college librarians’ efforts in OER and open access discoverability and advocacy at an institution in the early stages of their adoption and may be of interest to academic librarians supporting and advocating for OER on their campus.
Presentation Two: Managing Open Access Resources at the University of California Libraries
Presented by:
Cynthia Johnson, Head of Reference and the Grunigen Medical Library, University of California, Irvine
Tamara Pilko, Electronic Resources Librarian, University of California, Santa Cruz
Erica Zhang, Metadata Librarian for Open Access, University of California, Los Angeles
Description:
The University of California libraries recently migrated from 10 separate library systems to a shared Alma/Primo VE library services platform in July 2021. With this huge shift in infrastructure, a UC-wide task force was established to determine how best to manage Open Access Electronic Resources in this new consortial system. The Open Access Resource Management Task Force is nearing the end of 2 phases, and we will share our work in defining what open access means to us, what principles will guide our ongoing activity around OA, what tasks are outstanding, and what skillsets are needed for a successful OA project team beyond this initial task force.
Meets Core’s strategic goals for Continuing Education, Membership and Engagement
What will your group be working on for the next 6 months?
Soliciting ideas for future continuing education presentations and workshops.
Submitted by Christine Davidian on 06/02/2022
Electronic Resources Interest Group – December 2021 Report
The group met 1 time this quarter.
Recent Activities
First Activity
During CORE's virtual interest group week in June 2021, we held a panel of lightening talks with a focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within the field of electronic resources. My co-chair and I wrote a report on the session for Technical Services Quarterly.
Meets Core’s strategic goals for Advocacy and EDI
What will your group be working on for the next 6 months?
We are currently planning and preparing for the 2022 Virtual Interest Group week. We sent out a call for proposals and will be working on securing presenters. We are also talking about plans for ALA Annual. After serving the interest group for three year through the transition to CORE, I will be stepping down and we will run a call for a new co-chair.
Is there anything Core could have provided during this time that would have helped your group with its work?
I have been impressed with the support and communication that CORE has done throughout the transition and into this year.
Please provide suggestions for future education topics, initiatives, publications, resources, or other activities that could be developed based on your group’s work.
As the technical services/resources management side of libraries continues to become more integrated and as positions evolve to support these innovative changes, it would be great to see more emphasis on this collaboration. Metadata, discovery, linked data, and how our users are finding and using information due to how we manage those three things is really important to understand and develop best practices for.
Submitted by Kerry Walton on 01/28/2022