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

[Melissa Belvadi]

" The database is open access and is considered a significant resource of
wide interest"

Not to hijack the thread, but I would be very interested to know what such
resources other university libraries would put in that category.
Does anyone maintain a list somewhere (aside from what's in your A-Z list
of course) or does anyone who has a lot of these in their A-Z list have in
their A-Z interface a mechanism for filtering for these so I could see what
you include?
I occasionally stumble on a new such resource, and it makes me wonder how
many more are out there that we haven't found and that would be useful to
our patrons.

And related back to the thread and this issue of open access resources, do
other libraries list databases twice if they are public AND licensed?
For instance, the ERIC education database is free through the US govt
website, but we also have it available in EBSCOhost.
We list both versions in our Database A-Z, with an eye towards "lifelong
learning" skills for our students.
And maybe that's the ONLY example out there, but if there are others, what
do you do in terms of your Database A-Z?


Melissa Belvadi
Collections Librarian
University of Prince Edward Island
mbelvadi at upei.ca 902-566-0581
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 11:03 PM, Bob Pearson <b.pearson at auckland.ac.nz>
wrote:

> Here’s ours:
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>
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> Database Directory guidelines
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> Purpose
>
> The Database Directory is intended primarily for licensed collections and
> tools.
>
> Substantial open access resource datasets deemed to be of wide interest to
> Library users may be included, but specialised open access resources should
> be linked only at subject guide level.
>
>
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> Criteria for inclusion
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> • The database is licensed by the Library.
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> • The database is published by the Library or another University
> department and is designed for public use.
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> • The database is open access and is considered a significant New Zealand
> information resource.
>
> • The database is open access and is considered a significant resource of
> wide interest that meets the Library’s collection management plan criteria.
>
>
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> Exclusions
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> • Monographs, and serials such as journals, are not generally given
> individual entries in the Database Directory. However an exception is made
> for major reference works (especially encyclopaedias) and sometimes for the
> archive of a single newspaper or periodical.
>
> • Individual titles excluded from the Database Directory are candidates
> for linking to subject guides to assist promotion.
>
>
>
> Final decisions
>
> Final decisions concerning databases or titles that will be added to the
> Databases Directory reside with the Electronic Resources Manager.
>
>
>
> Bob Pearson
> Digital Access Librarian
> Digital Services
> The University of Auckland Library
> New Zealand
>
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> What policies or criteria do you use to decide if an electronic resource
> belongs on your A-Z Databases page?
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> Calida Barboza
>
> Electronic Resources Librarian
>
> Vanderbilt University | Jean and Alexander Heard Library
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