Chapter 5. Current Initiatives Aimed at Mitigating Access Issues
Authors
Ashley Zmau
Holly Talbott
Abstract
Faulty metadata is one of the primary culprits of e-resources access disruptions. In response, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has launched several initiatives to standardize the way e-resource metadata is transmitted between organizations. In chapter 5 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 58, no. 7), “Current Initiatives Aimed at Mitigating Access Issues,” we discuss Knowledge Bases and Related Tools (KBART), Open Discovery Initiative (ODI), Video and Audio Metadata Working Group, Unique Electronic Resource Package Identifiers, Access and License Indicators (ALI), the IP registry, SeamlessAccess, Transfer Code of Practice, and Content Platform Migrations.
Author Biographies
Ashley Zmau
Ashley Zmau has more than ten years of academic library experience and is coauthor of Electronic Resources Librarianship: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Rowman & Littlefield 2018) and The Electronic Resources Troubleshooting Guide (ALA 2020). She is currently the technical services librarian at Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine and was previously the electronic resources librarian at the University of Texas at Arlington and the electronic resources management librarian at Southern Methodist University.
Holly Talbott
Holly Talbott has more than seven years of experience with electronic resources and is coauthor of The Electronic Resources Troubleshooting Guide (ALA 2020) and Electronic Resources Librarianship: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Rowman & Littlefield 2018). She is currently the electronic resources librarian at Kent State University and was previously the electronic resources and licensing librarian at the University of Arizona Libraries.
