> Credit absolutely goes to SerialSolutions for starting the discussion. > Part of what we're trying to do w/ERAMs.org is to broaden the dialogue > outside simply the business product category of ERMs. There seems also to > be a need to rethink the way we do things within libraries and consortia > to manage e-resources (systems, skill sets, workflows, and mindsets are > issues that come to mind). Well, I'll say it: with absolutely no offense to SerialSolutions-we use their product, btw, no comment there one way or the other-or for that matter Georgia Tech, where great things emanate and which has not one but two very cool learning commons-I've been cautious about this "ERAMS" concept because it WAS launched by a vendor. I can't identify the authors on the Wikipedia page, but I'm guessing they're from SS? My antennae wiggled when I read this on the ERAMS blog: "Is open source software a potential solution or should we look to a hybrid model involving automation vendors and the library community?" That question feels very leading, as in, "Are you going to leave the table without excusing yourself or would you really rather have dessert?" If the answer is, "Thank you for asking, but we're going to go for open source," do we (whoever 'we' might be) still have a place at the table? Also, where is "preserve"? Finally, this made me smile: "We are looking for the first 50 participants who are willing to visualize a library not focused solely on print resource management and willing to go out on a limb and conceptualize the library which is focused on user access and management of online resources & services." To change course and say, of *course* these are important directions for us to go in, I would have replaced the word "willing" with "eager." "Willing" implies a grudging consent. Working with organizations that are "willing" to put some attention to e-resources is why we are where we are today. Anyhoo, after all this nitpicking (which I prefer to keep here on the lists for now, as commenting on a blog is different from talking within community), it sounds as if it will be a great session, and some of the questions are focused enough that with enough follow-through they could yield fruit (are you happy with your openurl resolver or would you rather stick a pencil in your eye? ... oh, wait, I made that up). As an ACRL member whose conference dance card is maxed out this spring, I look forward to hearing the podcasts afterwards. Karen G. Schneider Acting Associate Director of Libraries for Technology & Research Florida State University Email/AIM: [log in to unmask] Blog: http://blogs.lib.fsu.edu/libtech/ Phone: 850-644-5214 Cell: 850-590-3370