The Electronic Resources Librarian in the Health Sciences Library: An Emerging Role

ABSTRACT. This article will address the evolution of collection devel-opment in the age of e-resources. According to results from a survey conducted by the authors, there are some emerging “best practices ” for librarians responsible for e-resources in academic health sciences librar-ies. This paper will present a model for managing e-resources using East Carolina University Laupus Library’s Collection Development/Elec-tronic Resources Librarian position. A brief online survey was sent to library directors via the Association of Academic Health Sciences Li-braries (AAHSL) discussion list. It was designed to gather information concerning E-Resources Librarians and how e-resources are handled in this group of libraries. The article will present what has worked for Laupus Library in relation to the responses from the AAHSL survey. The E-Resources Librarian is still closely tied to the technical services functions within the library. However, there are a number of attributes of the E-Resources Librarian position that are similar to Information Service (Reference) and Public Service Librarians. It has also been found that th