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LENORE ENGLAND
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ELECTRONIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENTUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
AUGUST 4, 2014
MLA TSD E-Resources Boot Camp:E-Resources Collection Development
Agenda
How to…
Develop an e-resources collection development policyIdentify, evaluate, and select electronic resources
Set preservation, maintenance, and security standards
First step:Develop or revise your
policies
E-Resources Collection Development
Development of policies:
Strategic Planning
E-Resources Collection Development
Step Two – to get started:
Collecting policies
Collecting subject areas – what are they?
Collecting levels – constituencies
Types of collections
Step Two – to get started:
Kinds of electronic resources
Digital repositoryE-Books (collections)
E-Journals (collections)
Aggregated databases
Others
Also a possibility:
Focus on how to collect?
Consortium
Direct
Other?
Licensing considerations
Step Three:
Identify electronic resources for acquisition – Where?
Consortium
Recommendation
Vendors
Publications and more…
Step Four:
Evaluation and selection for e-resources – Criteria
Purpose
Audience
Content
Accuracy
Step Four:
Evaluation and selection for e-resources – Criteria
Authority
Currency
Scope
Uniqueness
Step Four:
Evaluation and selection for e- resources – Criteria
StabilityFormat and appearance
WorkabilityCostStatistics (unique titles, existing)
Step Five-A:
Procedures to identify, evaluate, and select new e-resources
Participants
Collection team(s)
Step Five-A:
Procedures to identify, evaluate, and select new e-resources
Timeline
When to submit lists
How to submitHow to make available
Step Five-A:
Procedures to identify, evaluate, and select new e-resources
Trials, as needed
When to submit lists
How to submitHow to make available
Step Five-A:
Procedures to identify, evaluate, and select new e-resources
Evaluate
Based on criteriaForm to submit online?How to make availableWho – library staff (reference and technical) and others
Step Five-A:
Procedures to identify, evaluate, and select new e-resources
Recommendations
Report (periodic – annual or other)
May change
Step Five-A:
Procedures to identify, evaluate, and select new e-resources
Minimum time period before reevaluation
Criteria to evaluate, same, plus:Support organization?Other venues for cost?Usage?Other resource?
Step Five-B:
Procedures to evaluate current e-resources
Participants
Collection team(s)
Step Five-B:
Procedures to evaluate current e-resources
TimelineCriteria to evaluate, plus:BudgetaryOverlap?Changes in organizational
initiatives, directivesUsage
Step Five-B:
Procedures to evaluate current e-resources
Assignments
Recommendations
Step Six:
Preservation and maintenance
Vendors
OrganizationWhere and how to preserve and maintain
Migration
Step Seven:
SecurityVendors
Organization - authentication
Key Issues for E-Resource Collection Development: A Guide for Libraries, IFLA, August 2012 (PDF) (http:/ /w3.ifl a.org/fi les/assets/acquisition-collection-development/publications/Electronic-resource-guide.pdf)
There are many examples of electronic resources collection development policies on the web.
References
Lenore EnglandAssistant Director, Electronic Resources
Management, [email protected]
Thank You and Questions?
