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We don't have formal guidelines regarding what OA items to include on our A-Z list. We will consider including if it's a good-quality, credible resource that would be widely useful for the types of research and teaching done here. One rule-of-thumb might
be: if there was a charge for the resource, and you had the money to subscribe, would you? E.g., PubMed is a no-brainer to include as a high quality medical database. Other governmental databases are good candidates, as are OA databases developed and
maintained by universities (perhaps using grant funds). Also we have some OA resources on our A-Z list that our library helped to fund, often through a library consortium effort. Also, DOAJ, DOAB are on our list, and also integrated into our Primo discovery
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Hi, Karen. </div>
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I recently set up an A-Z database list for us and I debated the same question. It's still pretty vague. I think I got all our subscription databases added in (I think!), and I did add some open access ones - ones that I thought were more well-known. I've also
passed the list of electronic "collections" we have activated in our catalogue to another staff to get her input on whether or not I should add any additional ones.</div>
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For those willing to share to the list, I'd also be interested in what others are doing.</div>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Cindy Wiebe</b>, MLIS</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Cataloguing & Systems Specialist</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">St. Mary's University Library</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Calgary, Alberta, Canada</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:cindy.wiebe@stmu.ca" id="OWA8bae40c1-8d29-0923-0a17-16d99d355694" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">cindy.wiebe@stmu.ca</a></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><img alt="LOGO_stmu_library_BLUE&YELLOW_2019apr_100x72_email" style="width: 133px; height: 96px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" width="133" height="96" data-outlook-trace="F:2|T:2" src="cid:7e9941c5-3a40-4ce0-b92c-4f30015c81a3"></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><i>As a settler of German, English, Irish, and Scottish descent, I have lived in Mohkinstsis (now known as Calgary) for most of my adult life, on the traditional territory of the Siksikaitsitapi
(the Blackfoot Confederacy): the, Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani First Nations. This is where Treaty 7 was made in 1877 between the British Crown and the Blackfoot, as well as the Tsuut’ina, and Iyaxe Nakoda peoples.
</i></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black;"><i>The City of Calgary is also home to the Otipemisiwak Métis government. St. Mary’s University is situated in District 6, the Calgary Elbow Métis.</i></span></p>
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<b>From:</b> Eril-l <eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org> on behalf of Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l <eril-l@lists.eril-l.org><br>
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We are gathering information on guidelines for alphabetical lists of databases and/or electronic resources. How do you all decide which subscription resources to include in your library’s Database list? Does your list also include Open Access resources? If
so, how do you decide which OA resources to include/exclude? Even if your library doesn't have formal guidelines, it would be great to hear from you. </div>
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Please feel free to email me directly. Thanks in advance for any information you're willing to share!</div>
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Best,</div>
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