[Eril-l] criteria for e-resources on A-Z databases list

[Steve Oberg]

Here is our criteria. I wrote it based on another library’s criteria and after 3-4 years of using it, I don’t like it, mainly because it’s too inclusive and therefore harder to maintain over time. Efforts to revise the definition to be more selective have not yet been successful.

DEFINITION:
Databases, abstracting and indexing resources, online reference works, journal and e-book packages, and freely available websites that are selected by subject librarians as having value for one or more subject areas.

Steve

Steve Oberg
Assistant Professor and Group Leader for Resource Description and Digital Initiatives
Buswell Library, Wheaton College (IL)
+1 (630) 752-5852

President, NASIG<http://www.nasig.org/>
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From: Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> on behalf of Calida Barboza <calida.barboza at gmail.com>
Date: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:53 AM
To: eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: [Eril-l] criteria for e-resources on A-Z databases list

What policies or criteria do you use to decide if an electronic resource belongs on your A-Z Databases page?

Calida Barboza
Electronic Resources Librarian
Vanderbilt University | Jean and Alexander Heard Library
110 21st Avenue South | Nashville, TN 37203
615-875-4049 | calida.barboza at vanderbilt.edu<mailto:calida.barboza at vanderbilt.edu>

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