1. Electronic Resources Australia (ERA) Nikki Darby Executive Officer, ERA

2. What is ERA? National cross-sectoral consortium Direct result of work done by library sectoral representatives Supports collaborative negotiation and purchase of full text electronic resources Open to all Australian libraries: public, school, TAFE, academic, special and NSLA Working towards laying the foundation for a simplified national licensing arrangement

3. ERA Aims to: Make it easier to subscribe and provide access to key electronic resources Enable all Australians, regardless of geographic location, to freely access quality full-text electronic resources Create collaborative partnerships between libraries Build partnerships with participating vendors Develop a framework that supports the purchase of national licences

4. ERA Executive Committee Roxanne Missingham Chair Special Libraries Barbara Patison NSLA Libraries Helene Brown TAFE Libraries June Wall & Greg Lindorff School Libraries Lynette Miller Special Libraries Dr Warwick Cathro National Library of Australia Geoff Strempel Deputy Chair Public Libraries

6. ERA Vendors

7. Subject categories Australian News & Business Information General Reference Health Information Humanities & Social Sciences Science & Technology

8. Australian News & Business Information ABI/INFORM Complete™ (ProQuest) Asian Business & Reference™ (ProQuest) Informit Business Collection (RMIT Publishing) ProQuest® Australia & New Zealand Newsstand (ProQuest)

9. General Reference Academic Research Library™ (ProQuest) Britannica Online (Encyclopædia Britannica) eLibrary® Australasia (ProQuest) Macquarie Dictionary & Thesaurus Online (Macquarie) MacquarieNet (Macquarie) World Book Web (Forward Learning)

10. Health Information Health & Medical Complete™ (ProQuest) Health & Wellness Resource Center (Cengage) Health Reference Center Academic (Cengage) Speaking from Experience (Cengage)

11. Humanities & Social Sciences Australian Public Affairs Full Text (RMIT Publishing) Bloom's Literary Reference Online (Warner Books) Informit Humanities & Social Sciences Collection (RMIT Publishing) Good Reading Magazine Online (Good Reading) Global Issues in Context (Cengage) Literature Resource Center (Cengage) Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Cengage)

12. Science & Technology ProQuest Science Journals (ProQuest) Science Online (Warner Books) Science Resource Center (Cengage) Today's Science (Warner Books)

13. Key terms Available for both on-site and remote access Unlimited number of concurrent users Use in provision of Virtual Reference Services Allows supply of Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery

14. Bibliographic records and holdings Working with LA members to add bibliographic records and holdings to the Australian National Bibliographic Database (ANBD) This will make these resources discoverable via the Libraries Australia service

15. Priorities for ERA Increase library participation Promote product offerings and assist libraries promote products to end users Work actively with other consortia Review our operations and framework Manage, negotiate and test product offerings Continue to lobby for alternative funding sources

16. Website: http://era.nla.gov.au/product_list/http://era.nla.gov.au/product_list/ Free trials

17. Electronic Resources Australia http://era.nla.gov.au/