Re: talking about "digital collections" vs "electronic resources"

From: Matt Sherman <matt.r.sherman_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:25:37 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
I haven't done any testing on that, but your understanding it the
conventional on in the field.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Derek Merleaux <derek.merleaux_at_gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've always been inclined to use "digital collections" to talk about a
> collection of things that have been digitized or perhaps including born
> digital things that are part of a "collection" in an archival sort of way.
> I prefer the term "electronic resources" for the databases and other
> things...
> -Derek
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Jenn C <jenncd_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi-
> >
> > We're having a discussion about some web site labeling and navigation. We
> > have a list of "digital collections" which are collections that contain
> > items we've digitized. There was concern expressed that we have something
> > labeled "digital collections" patrons might think that includes databases
> > and other items.
> >
> > Has anyone done user testing around this or have any experience/ideas
> about
> > how to handle the difference between these?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > jenn
> >
>
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