Partnering for Innovation: Company Profiles and Introductions for E-resource Management

Commercial partnerships are becoming more prevalent in e-resource management for both libraries and publishers. Recently, several technologies/services, including AquaBrowser, Endeca, eRights, Grokker and ScholarlyStats, have garnered attention. For these five products, company representatives and customers were invited to provide a profile containing a brief general description of the technology/service, its purpose, the targeted customer base, the relationship or advantages of the product to libraries and resources needed for implementation.