E-Content Standing Group (ECG)

Overview

The E-Content Group (ECG) is a standing group that works under the auspices of the Alliance Shared Content & Technical Services (SCTS) Team. It is composed of five (5) staff from Alliance member libraries with expertise and interest in e-resource acquisition, licensing, and vendor management. The group also includes Program Manager-SCTS and E-Resources Specialist. Outcomes for this working group include:

  • Review Alliance-wide licenses for e-resources to ensure alignment with Alliance values and the strategic plan. The ECG will work to draft model license language when appropriate. 
  • Evaluate internal cost allocations for e-resources on a regular basis to ensure equity across Alliance e-resource subscribers. The ECG will propose new or amended allocation as needed. 
  • Determine how Open Access (OA) can be incorporated into the Alliance SCTS program. The ECG will consider opportunities to support and promote OA in a consortial context. (Anticipated to start no earlier than Year two of the strategic plan.)

Documents

To codify Alliance licensing best practices, and to provide a guide for consortial and institutional licensing, the ECG created the “Licensing Best Practices” document. The document was approved by the SCTS Team and community in August 2020; minor revisions are made as needed:

In May 2021, the ECG provided an overview of various Open Access (OA) Acquisitions models to the SCTS community:

In July 2021, the ECG co-presented a session on accessibility with the Accessibility Standing Group (ASG) at the Alliance Summer meeting:

COUNTER links:

Links

Members

Meagan Button

Pacific University

Joel Cummings

Washington State University

Elaine Goff

Chair, E-Content Group

Oregon State University

Madeline Kelly

Western Washington University

Miriam Rigby

University of Oregon

Staff

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Jaime Bogdash

E-Resources Specialist

Orbis Cascade Alliance

Work Phone: (401) 206-0872

Pronouns: they/them/theirs

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Jesse Holden

Program Manager, Shared Content

Orbis Cascade Alliance

Work Phone: (541) 854-0995

Pronouns: he/him/his