Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions 2024 - Session 4.0

eLearning

This four-week online course provides an overview of acquiring, providing access to, administering, supporting, and monitoring access to electronic resources.

Description: This four-week online course provides an overview of acquiring, providing access to, administering, supporting, and monitoring access to electronic resources. The course offers a basic background in electronic resource acquisitions including:

  • Product trials
  • Licensing
  • Purchasing methods
  • Pricing models

An overview of the sometimes complex relationships between vendors, publishers, platform providers, and libraries is also provided.

Learning Outcomes:

Students will gain a basic background in electronic resource acquisitions including product trials, licensing, purchasing methods,

Who Should Attend:

This is a fundamentals course that will appeal to anyone interested in the topic with no previous experience.

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Event tags:
Academic Library
Archives & Records Management
Cataloging
Collection Management
Public Library
Rural Library
School Library
Special Library
Technology
Tribal Library
Urban Library
eLearning
July 29 - August 23, 2024
All day
$165.11 Core member, $188.10 ALA member, $209 nonmember
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