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Subject:        Looking for Examples of Digital Resources Collection
Development/Policy
Date:   Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:33:45 +0000
From:   Kathy Stroud <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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All,

I’m looking for examples of acquisitions policies/guidance for digital
resources that are expected to be stored/hosted in the library. By
stored/hosted in the library, I mean that the digital information
resides on physical media (e.g., CD, DVD, thumb drive, portable hard
drive) in the library or is stored on library maintained servers (or
cloud space?) and delivered to patrons via circulation of the physical
media or the Library’s Intranet or Internet. (To clarify, I am not
talking about digital information that the library purchases or licenses
access to, and is permanently hosted outside of the library and
delivered to patrons via Internet access. (Procedures, policy, and
guidance for handling subscriptions to article databases, e-journals,
and ebook packages are generally already in place.)

As a map/GIS/Geography librarian, I deal with lots of GIS data that
falls in the category of digital information we have acquired, and I
weigh storage/access/longevity into my data acquisitions decisions.
However, an increasing number of subject specialists are also purchasing
digital items such as databases, ebooks that come as PDFs via FTP,
linguistics resources that have different copyright/license restrictions
than a standard music recording, etc. Our library is looking to address
some of the overarching considerations with digital acquisitions and
develop guidance for subject specialists when dealing with these
additional issues when making collection development decisions.

I will be happy to summarize and share.

Thanks,

Kathy Stroud

David and Nancy Petrone Map/GIS Librarian Knight Library

1299 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403-1299

541-346-3051