Strategies for managing multiple EBAs as a beginning E-Resources librarian

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Implementing structured strategies and workflows enables beginning E-Resources librarians to effectively manage multiple Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) agreements and title selections. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Emma Sattler

doi:10.1080/1941126x.2026.2722577

August 27, 2026Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

Strategies for managing multiple EBAs as a beginning E-Resources librarian

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Key Points

To describe practical management strategies and decision-making workflows for handling multiple evidence-based acquisition (EBA) programs as a newly appointed electronic resources librarian.
Documented operational practices for overseeing multi-vendor electronic resource licenses and title selections within an academic library setting.
Assessed administrative procedures used to monitor concurrent evidence-based acquisition contracts and renewal timelines.
Identified systematic organizational routines to reduce administrative burden when managing concurrent evidence-based acquisition agreements.
Established structured decision-making protocols for title selection, usage data analysis, and contract renewal negotiations.

Implication

Case report demonstrates administrative workflows for evidence-based acquisitions among novice academic librarians, highlighting strategies to streamline collection management.

Abstract

When I began my current position as Electronic Resource Librarian at Liberty University’s Jerry Falwell Library, I had little experience in managing EBAs, renewing agreements or making title select...

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