Rhonda Reedy

Electronic Journals Specialist

About me

I work within Resource Management and am a part of the Access Team.  I work with electronic journals and electronic journal collections.  This includes activation, link resolver issues and updates, collection updates and maintenance, updating holdings and cancelations.  I notify the Libraries when there are downtimes to journal collections, platform changes and important feature updates for the collections that I am primarily responsible for.  I assist our team with Open Athens issues and new CDC approved electronic journals.  I work with our Ebsco aggregator and vendors to ensure that are online journals are active, accessible and accurate.

About Collection Administration

We license, acquire, and manage scholarly resources and academic software to meet the research needs of the JMU community. Our Collections Administration Team facilitates discovery and ensures seamless access to scholarly content.

About Discovery, Access, and Technology

We are responsible for collections, metadata, and technology. Departments include Access and Delivery, Interlibrary Loan and Course Reserves, Metadata Strategies, Collection Administration, Scholarly Communications Strategies, and Technology.