11 th ICOLC Fall Meeting, October, 25-28, Paris Couperin shared ERMS project, Emilie Barthet & Kareen Louembé Couperin "Shared ERMS" project: between reefs and hopes Emilie Barthet, Consortium Couperin, Paris, France Kareen Louembé, University Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, France

11 th ICOLC Fall Meeting, October, 25-28, Paris Couperin shared ERMS project, Emilie Barthet & Kareen Louembé What does the presentation deal with? Ultra-brief presentation of Couperin’s project Reefs and risks of the project Reasonable hopes from the project team

11 th ICOLC Fall Meeting, October, 25-28, Paris Couperin shared ERMS project, Emilie Barthet & Kareen Louembé Project from Couperin sharing an ERMS for an efficient management of electronic resources metadata Purpose : sharing an ERMS for an efficient management of electronic resources metadata The idea : we are using the same metadata, let’s share their management The idea : we are using the same metadata, let’s share their management Means : Means : a working group based on volunteer academic librarians Outcomes : a book of specifications of 130 pages and 200 metadata Perspectives : a call for tender Perspectives : a call for tender

11 th ICOLC Fall Meeting, October, 25-28, Paris Couperin shared ERMS project, Emilie Barthet & Kareen Louembé Is it worth to use a shared ERMS? A shared ERMS will: Be a comprehensive e-resource management solution Save workforce time Be an easy-to-use e-resources discovery tool

11 th ICOLC Fall Meeting, October, 25-28, Paris Couperin shared ERMS project, Emilie Barthet & Kareen Louembé Technical reefs Commercial ERMS solutions for consortia, are at an early stage of development Couperin is a real collaborative network with many members: Couperin needs a real collaborative tool More information are needed than those able in commercial knowledge bases Lack of standardized metadata increasing the management work

11 th ICOLC Fall Meeting, October, 25-28, Paris Couperin shared ERMS project, Emilie Barthet & Kareen Louembé Reefs: organizational more than financial Affordable tools but high human cost. A strong, strict but flexible organization is vital Who precisely does what and when? 80 interested members => 80 internal e- resources workflows => some to be slightly modified, others to be broken.

11 th ICOLC Fall Meeting, October, 25-28, Paris Couperin shared ERMS project, Emilie Barthet & Kareen Louembé Reefs : politically yours! Political implication in project management in each interested institution Centralized system versus distributed system. “The single biggest threat to any technology project is political in nature”. Roy Tennant

11 th ICOLC Fall Meeting, October, 25-28, Paris Couperin shared ERMS project, Emilie Barthet & Kareen Louembé Hopes Ambitious project of sharing Coordination is the key activity for Couperin A strong expressed need Reaching the port is not so far