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Report of the CUNY Electronic Resource Management System Committee January 2008 Summary of Findings The Electronic Resource Management System Committee selected 360 Resource Manager and Verde as two systems that merit serious consideration as potential systems for CUNY. Out of the dozen or so commercial ERMS products available in the market, the majority consist of add-on modules for existing Integrated Library Systems, ruling them out for consideration. The remaining options were subscription agent hosted solutions that has not gained traction in the library community as they have no integration with either the knowledge base or the ILS and require labor-intensive manual updates. After a close examination of both of these products in line with CUNY-specific needs, Verde emerges as a better fit for CUNY libraries. The Serials Solutions Resource Manager presents an appealing option for current users of the AMS product because of their familiarity with the Serials Solutions interface as well as a favorable history with customer support. Currently, 18 of 22 CUNY libraries have AMS. Nevertheless, Resource Manager does not meet the key criterion of allowing a system-wide management of electronic resources. Without a consortial configuration, all of the CUNY colleges would have to rely solely on the Central Office for maintenance and upkeep of their resource records in the ERMS. Some librarians on the ERMS committee expressed concerns about the track record of Aleph and the potential of committing to yet another Ex Libris product. The architecture of Verde is such that it lies upon the existing SFX knowledge base and can operate independently of Aleph. If CUNY were to migrate to another ILS, Verde would maintain most of its functionalities. There were also some concerns that there have been implementation issues with Verde that arose amongst the first adopters of the technology. Informal interviews with systems librarians running the consortial versions