2024 Core Forum

E-resources are a central part of the services provided by academic libraries, but getting them to work with each other, or just getting them to work, is often a significant challenge. From access questions to failed inter-resource connections, from miserable metadata to discovery layer concerns, plus platform migrations, limited branding, and much more, it can be nearly impossible to ensure resources are discoverable and are properly connecting with each other. This preconference will investigate the problems that limit or prevent access, address tools to fix what can be fixed, understand what cannot and how (if possible) to work around it, and explore a potential cooperative solution to manage this issue. Just knowing that a problem exists can be incredibly difficult in many instances. Trying to figure out what’s causing that problem, then trying to solve these problems, will take even more time. In this preconference, those with responsibilities for e-resources will get a sense of what might be causing the problems they’re experiencing, and how they might be able to fix those problems. Attendees may want to bring a laptop so they can research, investigate, address and solve problems during the session.