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Chapter 7
Comparative Analysis
of Electronic Resource
Management Systems (ERMS):
A Web Study
ABSTRACT
Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMSs) have been developed to manage e-resources by
several proprietary and open source products, which are now available on the market. The main pur-
pose of these ERMSs is to manage the workflow of e-resources, access, centralize data, and improve
administrative interfaces, etc. This chapter compares and analyzes the 16 ERMSs’ information available
on their respective Websites. The comparison covers on ERMSs’ functionality, use of standards and
compatibility, distinguish features, modules, etc. These 16 ERMSs are Innovative Interface’s Innovative
ERM, TDNet’s TDNet ERM Solutions, Ex Libris’s Verde ERM, OCLC’s Web-Share License Manager,
SemperTool’s SMDB, University of Notre Dame’s CORAL, MIT’s VERA, SerialsSolutions’s 360 Resource
Manager, HARRASSOWITZ’s HERMIS, The Johns Hopkins University’s HERMIES, Colorado Alliance’s
Gold Rush, WT Cox’s Journal Finder, EBSCO’s EBSCONET ERM Essentials, Simon Fraser University
Library’s CUFTS, SIRSI Corp’s E-Resource Center, Priory Solution’s Research Monitor. This comparison
found that basic features and standards adopted are more or less common in all ERMSs. However, the
modules, programming language, and platform used in the ERMSs are somewhat unalike. This study
concludes with usefulness of ERMSs for librarians and end-users.
Nihar K. Patra
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship & Management, India
Shiv S. Jha
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship & Management, India
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4761-9.ch007