<div dir="ltr">Here's what my colleague Julie Loder (Vanderbilt University) came up with a few years back. She mentioned having put a call out to ERIL-L and SERIALST for feeback at the time. <div><div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><br></div></blockquote><i>For the purpose of inclusion in the Heard Library Database A-Z list, a database will be described as an online catalog or index providing a single point of access for digitized content, including collections of e-journals, online newspapers, e-books, data sets, reports, and other e-reference content.<br><br>In general, single e-book, e-journal, e-serial, newspaper, or e-reference titles are not databases and will not be included in the Database A-Z list. This type of material is accessible through Acorn, DiscoverLibrary, and — in the case of e-journals and newspapers — the E-journal A-Z list.<br><br>Publisher platforms or e-journal vendor sites (such as SpringerLink, JSTOR, Annual Reviews, or IngentaConnect) should be added selectively and only when there is clear evidence that patrons prefer to search the particular site for content. <br><br></i><div><div><i>Free resources should be added sparingly, be scholarly in nature, updated regularly, relatively ad free, and work technically. They should be relevant to a broad audience. Very specialized free online resources should be added to a subject based LibGuide instead of the Database A-Z list. Links to locally created lists of subject-based websites will not be included in the database A-Z list.</i></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><div>Calida Barboza</div><div>Electronic Resources Librarian</div><div>Vanderbilt University | Jean and Alexander Heard Library</div><div>110 21st Avenue South | Nashville, TN 37203</div><div>615-875-4049 | <a href="mailto:calida.barboza@vanderbilt.edu">calida.barboza@vanderbilt.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 11:54 AM, Maureen Richards <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marichards@jjay.cuny.edu" target="_blank">marichards@jjay.cuny.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Melissa Belvadi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 23, 2018 10:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bob Pearson <<a href="mailto:b.pearson@auckland.ac.nz" target="_blank">b.pearson@auckland.ac.nz</a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Eril-l] criteria for e-resources on A-Z databases list<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d;background:white">Not to hijack the thread, but I would be very interested to know what such resources other university libraries would put in that category.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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have in their A-Z interface a mechanism for filtering for these so I could see what you include?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d;background:white">For instance, the ERIC education database is free through the US govt website, but we also have it available in EBSCOhost.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d;background:white">We list both versions in our Database A-Z, with an eye towards "lifelong learning" skills for our students.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 11:03 PM, Bob Pearson <<a href="mailto:b.pearson@auckland.ac.nz" target="_blank">b.pearson@auckland.ac.nz</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Here’s ours:</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Database Directory guidelines</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Purpose</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The Database Directory is intended primarily for licensed collections and tools.</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">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.</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Criteria for inclusion</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">• The database is licensed by the Library.</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">• The database is published by the Library or another University department and is designed
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">• The database is open access and is considered a significant New Zealand information
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">• The database is open access and is considered a significant resource of wide interest
that meets the Library’s collection management plan criteria.</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">• 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.</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">• Individual titles excluded from the Database Directory are candidates for linking to
subject guides to assist promotion.</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Final decisions</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Final decisions concerning databases or titles that will be added to the Databases Directory
reside with the Electronic Resources Manager.</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Digital Access Librarian<br>
Digital Services<br>
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New Zealand</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Eril-l [mailto:<a href="mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org" target="_blank">eril-l-bounces@lists.<wbr>eril-l.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Calida Barboza<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 20 March 2018 5:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org" target="_blank">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [FORGED] [Eril-l] criteria for e-resources on A-Z databases list</span><span lang="EN-NZ"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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