Research Catalog

Title

Electronic collection development : a practical guide / by Stuart D. Lee.

Author

Lee, Stuart D.

Publication

New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers in association with Library Association Publishing, c2002.

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Details

Description

vi, 147 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Electronic journals
• Collection development (Libraries)
• Electronic information resources
• Digital libraries
• Libraries > Special collections > Electronic information resources
• Digital libraries > Collection development
• Libraries
• Information Systems
• Library Collection Development

Genre/Form

Electronic information resources.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-140) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

What is a dataset? -- Why buy a dataset? -- Electronic collection development and traditional collection development -- What is on offer? The electronic resources landscape -- Issues -- The landscape -- E-books and e-journals -- How do you use an e-book? -- How do you use e-journals? -- Linkage services -- Buying e-books and e-journals -- What to buy? Assessing and acquiring the dataset -- The life cycle of digital collection development -- Formulating a collection development policy -- Establishing a budget -- Awareness of the dataset -- Assessment, trials and evaluation -- Evaluation checklist -- The licence -- Ordering the dataset -- Overall management and administrative responsibilities -- Delivering the dataset -- Cataloguing and delivering the dataset -- Archiving the dataset -- Advertising the dataset -- Activities post-purchasing -- The stakeholders -- The user's perspective -- Electronic collection development by numbers.

ISBN

1555704409

OCLC

• 49407078
• SCSB-11342381

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library