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Peer reviewedFedunok, Suzanne – RQ, 1996
Presents a list of commonly used elements found in a number of electronic information collection development policy statements collected by an American Library Association committee. The article concludes with a selected annotated bibliography of 14 sources relating to collection development policies for electronic information resources.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Electronic Text, Information Sources, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedO'Shea, Greg – Reference Librarian, 1997
Examines issues in electronic records management from an archival perspective and illustrates points by referring to policy development at the Australian Archives. Describes the Australian Archives; outlines its strategy for managing electronic records; discusses policy response; preservation of format versus virtual records; and records creation,…
Descriptors: Archives, Electronic Text, Foreign Countries, Library Policy
Peer reviewedHockey, Susan – Library Trends, 1994
Discussion of the growth of electronic texts in the humanities focuses on issues that libraries should consider regarding collection development policies for electronic texts. Existing texts and applications are described; markup, or encoding schemes, are explained; cataloging is discussed; and software issues are considered. (Contains 27…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Coding, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewedScully, Paul – Australian Library Journal, 1999
Identifies the main costs in on-site and off-site (remote electronic publications) public library collections and specifies the main challenges in an on-site/off-site collection strategy. Presents a costs identification table, table of direct costs, and costs and user-levels table. Considers cost trends and discusses advantages and disadvantages…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Electronic Journals
Download full textBarrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – 1998
This document consists of six issues of the ARL (Association of Research Libraries) Newsletter, covering the year 1997. Each issue of the newsletter includes some or all of the following sections: "Current Issues," reports from the Office of Scholarly Communication, Office for Management Services, and Coalition for Networked Information,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affirmative Action, Document Delivery, Electronic Journals
Peer reviewedZhou, Yuan – Library Trends, 1994
Discusses the impact that network technology, electronic publishing, and Internet communication are having on collection development policies in research libraries. Highlights include changes in the research library environment, including financial difficulties; scholarly communication; workstations for material selection; and materials in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Computer Networks, Computer Software
