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From: Rob Withers <rwithers_at_lib.muohio.edu>
Results from this survey will be incorporated into a forthcoming article
about collecting and processing electronic resources in Against the Grain.
Please reply to Rob Withers at rwithers_at_lib.muohio.edu, not to the
listserv. If you are unable to answer certain questions, please skip to
those which apply to your situation.
1. What kinds of staff may select electronic resources (CD-ROM, Internet,
multimedia). Check all that apply.
___ Collection Development
___ Systems
___ Electronic Resources
___ Reference
___ Systems
2a. Are selection decisions for electronic resources reviewed by someone
other than the selector:
___ Sometimes
___ Always
___ Never
2b. Who reviews selection decisions
___ Department head
___ Administrator
___ Systems
___ Electronic Resources
___ a committee
2c. If selection decisions for electronic resources are sometimes
reviewed, what criteria determines which decisions are reviewed?
___ cost of resources
___ cross-disciplinary scope of resources
___ consortial purchases
___ need to ensure compatibility with library systems
3. Do selectors/review committees use any of the following to preview
electronic resources:
___ trial offers
___ demonstrations
___ visits to other institutions
___ interlibrary loan
4a. How are electronic resources paid for (check all for apply)?
___ a separate electronic resources fund
___ monographic funds allocated by discipline
___ serials funds allocated by discipline
___ general monographic funds
___ general serials funds
4b. Are hardware/software needed to support electronic resources paid for
by the library's material budget?
5. If an order is placed for an item currently available in another
format, is the material in that format:
___ retained
___ discarded/cancelled
___ retained at the discretion of the subject specialist
6. Who negotiates licenses and contracts:
___ library director
___ AUL
___ Acquisitions Librarian
___ Systems Librarian
___ Other (please specify)
7. How are materials inspected when they become available?
___ by acquisitions staff
___ by systems staff
___ by electronic resources staff
___ by selectors
___ materials are not inspected
8. How does the library check on receipts of electronic serials and
standing orders?
___ systematically
___ spot checking
___ not at all
9. When a new electronic resource becomes available, who (if anyone) do
acquisitions staff notify?
__ the selector who made the request
__ head of collection development
__ head of reference
__ systems office
10. Does anyone study
___ Compatability with library hardware/software
___ Compatability with all browsers used on campus (including Netscape and
MS Internet Explorer)
___ Consistent availability of web site
If so, who undertakes such studies?
11. After electronic materials become available, is access to them
provided through (check all that apply):
___ the OPAC
___ the library web page
___ web pages developed by subject specialists
___ web pages dynamically generated from data exported from the library
catalog
12. To facilitate the ordering, receipt, and processing of electronic
materials, has any department in your library created a new position or
substantially altered an existing position in:
___ collection development
___ acquisitions
___ serials acquisitions
___ serials cataloging
___ systems
___ electronic resources.
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Rob Withers Tel: (513) 529-9556
Electronic Information Services Librarian Fax: (513) 529-3110
Miami University Libraries Email: rwithers_at_lib.muohio.edu
Oxford, OH 45056
http://staff.lib.muohio.edu/~rwithers/
Lynn Sipe lsipe_at_usc.edu
Director, Collection Resources & 213/740-2929
Director, Information Delivery Organization & Retrieval 213/749-1221 (fax)
University Libraries
Information Services Division
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182
Received on Fri Nov 05 1999 - 14:58:13 EST