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Holleman, Curt – Library Trends, 2000
The four basic criteria for the selection of library materials--quality, library relevancy, aesthetic and technical aspects, and cost--remain the same in the electronic era of information. What they mean and how they are used has changed. But even quality and cost, the two most controversial criteria, carry great importance for the responsible…
Descriptors: Change, Costs, Electronic Publishing, Information Sources
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Sweetland, James H. – Library Trends, 2000
Three attempts at consensus lists of evaluation criteria for the Web are compared with reviews in "Choice" magazine. There is little agreement on the most important/appropriate criteria for a Web site's value, and few of the criteria appear in the sample reviews, suggesting a continued lack of consensus. The extreme rapidity of change in the Web…
Descriptors: Change, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Text
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Brancolini, Kristine R. – Library Trends, 2000
Librarians at Harvard University have written the most comprehensive guide to selecting research collections for digitization. This article applies the Harvard Model to a digitization project at Indiana University in order to evaluate the appropriateness of the model for use at another institution and to adapt the model to local needs. (Contains 7…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Automation
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Case, Beau David – Library Trends, 2000
Library literature from the late 19th century to the present offers numerous guides to materials selection. Yet, collection development policies and lists of selection criteria are inadequate for humanities electronic texts. Libraries, humanities disciplines, and electronic texts are too complex for any rigid approach to acquisition. To meet goals…
Descriptors: Change, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Text, Information Technology