We are a good sized county library system.  We have an electronic
resources librarian, but he actually does not deal with the databases.
His responsibilities run more towards creating and maintaining the
webpage, and designing and presenting computer classes for public and
staff.  We have a team of folks consisting of the head of IT, the head
of collection development, and some public service managers who select
new titles.  Another team consisting of a couple of IT staff and a
couple of public service staff (including several of the same members
who are on the aforementioned team of selectors!) design the look of the
page that lists the databases.  The IT department makes sure that all
the links to the databases are functioning.  I think it is important to
have public service staff involved in the design of the page that lists
the databases, since we are the ones trained to analyze what the public
wants.  We are also the ones who use it to do our reference work.

Dani Lichtenberg
Manager, Research and Information Services
Palm Beach County Library System

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Jean Lowe [mailto:jean_lowe45@HOTMAIL.COM]
        Sent: Wed 12/17/2003 10:03 AM
        To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
        Subject: [SERIALST] Electronic Databases Question

        Increasingly electronic databases and journals are being taken
care of by an Electronic Resources Librarian.  My library doesn't have one
and isn't likely to get one soon.  The library director wants our very
long list of electronic databases to be maintained by technical services.
I disagree with this.  In all of the past libraries where I have worked,
this task was accomplished in the reference department and/or systems.

        I am very curious as to who is maintaining lists of databases in
your libraries and the evolving circumstances as to why/how it was decided
 to do it that way.

        Thanks,

        Jean Lowe