Other than the systems that we trialed, I don't have experience with any
other ERM. We went directly from paper files to ERM.
I have not had problems with up-time. (except when Chapman's network
went flakey) The system also drives our public displays. The system is
simple enough to use, that many tasks that were part of being in systems
have been moved to serials and subject librarians.

CUFTS is still in a rapid development phase. That is great, because we
have been able to make suggestions for having CUFTS work that we that we
need it to work.

My biggest challenge with CUFTS is that since it is not a name brand
(III, SFX, etc.) I spend a lot of time defending a system that actually
works the way that we need it to work and even has to hooks built in to
grow as we grow.

Daniel Hoyte
Senior Library Systems Technician
Chapman University Leatherby Libraries
(714) 532-7745
hoyte@chapman.edu
AIM/Yahoo IM: chaphoyte
"Pain is temporary. Suck is forever.
  Do you best up front"

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Fazio, Patricia
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 10:25 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] ERM for journal management

I would be interested in hearing how people like using the CUFTS ERM,
especially their hosted option.

Patricia Fazio
Collection Development Librarian
Camden County College
Blackwood, NJ 08012
856 227-7200 x4402

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Hoyte, Daniel
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 5:04 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] ERM for journal management

We are using a hosted instance of the open-source CUFTS ERM. We are
still in the process of entering data for our databases and journal
collections. We have not done anything with individual journals as we
are investigating how many we might be able to roll into packages.

Daniel Hoyte
Senior Library Systems Technician
Chapman University Leatherby Libraries
(714) 532-7745
hoyte@chapman.edu
AIM/Yahoo IM: chaphoyte
"Pain is temporary. Suck is forever.
  Do you best up front"

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Sarah Sanford
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:58 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] ERM for journal management

I'm curious if other libraries currently use (or are considering) a
commercial, open-source, and/or home grown ERM to also manage print
and/or online journals. Like other libraries, we are caught in the
transition between print and online worlds which require completely
different workflows and systems to manage them. I currently "make do" by

using our ILS (Aleph) and ebsconet to manage subscriptions, invoicing,
and running reports for statistics, journal reviews, and various
projects. However, each has its limitations.  I have created workarounds

within each system, but I'm hoping some day I won't have to. (Wishful
thinking?) How are other libraries managing print and online journals?
Multiple spreadsheets? ILS? Access? ERMS?

Thank you for your time.
Sarah

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Sarah Monson
Serials Manager
Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, MN 56082
Phone: 507-933-7562
Fax: 507-933-6292