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

[Steve Oberg]

Mainly it is due to lack of consensus and shared understanding among subject librarians. Whenever the topic of revising what gets on our Databases A-Z list comes up, the discussion tends to go in a lot of different directions. Since one particular organizational group (not the subject librarians group) maintains the list, there isn’t a broad awareness among others of what that work entails. There are times, to be quite honest, when I’ve seriously considered just making the change under the principle of better to ask for forgiveness than permission, and I’m not sure it’d even be noticed.

Steve

From: Calida Barboza <calida.barboza at gmail.com>
Date: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 1:03 PM
To: Steve Oberg <steve.oberg at wheaton.edu>
Cc: eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org>
Subject: Re: [Eril-l] criteria for e-resources on A-Z databases list

What have been the barriers to a successful revision?

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>

Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 12:26 PM, Steve Oberg <steve.oberg at wheaton.edu<mailto:steve.oberg at wheaton.edu>> wrote:
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)
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President, NASIG<http://www.nasig.org/>
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From: Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org>> on behalf of Calida Barboza <calida.barboza at gmail.com<mailto:calida.barboza at gmail.com>>
Date: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:53 AM
To: eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org<mailto: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<tel:(615)%20875-4049> | calida.barboza at vanderbilt.edu<mailto:calida.barboza at vanderbilt.edu>

Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

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