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The Five College FOLIO Electronic Resources Management Working Group Committee (FERM) is tasked with reaching and maintaining consensus on issues relating to the use of FOLIO as an electronic resource management system, as well as finding ways to support each other and other colleagues in the work of eResource management. The group will be concerned with the electronic resource life-cycle within FOLIO as well as the practice of eResource management as a whole.

The work of this group will primarily center around the following FOLIO apps: Licenses, Agreements, eHoldings, eUsage, and Organizations. Additionally this group will work with the Acquisitions and Inventory working Metadata groups on cross-app functionality in FOLIO as well as the Five College Discovery and User Experience committees to ensure optimal user experience.

FERM should approach all decisions under the auspices of the Five Colleges Shared Principles.

FERM Responsibilities:

Collaborate with each other and with additional stakeholders or committees regarding electronic resource management workflows, policies, procedures, and best practices across the consortium
Streamline or standardize workflows where appropriate as they relate to the eResource life cycle in all different systems currently being used, and map them to FOLIO when relevant
Review new features and apps and reach consensus on FOLIO system configurations, Five College procedures, new app deployment, and rollout of non-core functionality
Collect feedback and input on decisions which affect all users within FOLIO and which affect eResource use across the consortium
Communicate regularly to the consortium about changes to FOLIO as a system or local decisions that have broad impacts on other stakeholders
Assist other working groups or committees to make decisions which have an impact on electronic resource management at the Five Colleges
Participate in the FOLIO Community by attending SIGs, serving on small groups, and acting on behalf of the Five Colleges as good community members
Conduct user acceptance testing of new FOLIO releases and assist with testing the system and reporting bugs
Provide support to Five College FOLIO ERM users in the form of documentation and training
Provide an environment for colleagues across the consortium to become more familiar with electronic resource management, eResource discovery tools, and Five College handling of eResources
The FERM Lead will represent the working group when called upon and work with other working group leads or committee chairs in order to ensure follow through on decisions made by the group

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Members serve by virtue of their expertise. Each of the Five Colleges should be represented with one member chosen to serve as Lead of the working groupgroup. Rotation for the Lead role should mirror that of other Five College Committee Chairs.
A liaison to the FOLIO Implementation Team or subsequent governance group for FOLIO, and a liaison to the Five College Librarians Council (FCLC).
Colleagues may be asked to serve as functional experts to assist the working group when needed.