[This post is a response to no.2553, which is repeated below
and followed by the response.]
no. 2553, From: "Nancy Goebel" <goebn_at_Corelli.Augustana.AB.CA>
I have just found out that I need to do a collection assessment of
our computing science holdings and resources available to students
by mid-January. A few searches show me that there is not a current
"guide to the literature" type of resource against which to compare
our collection. Can anyone point me to one or to a new/authoritative
bibliography? Any information, including URLs for computing science
collection development policies, etc. would be greatly appreciated!
====Response====
From: Nancy Goebel <goebn_at_Corelli.Augustana.AB.CA>
A number of people e-mailed me asking for the info I gathered for my
computing science collection review. Here are the messages and URLS
I received from my request:
1. http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~stroulia/LIBRARY/library-resources.html
2. Given your time line, this is going to have to be quick and dirty.
The most important things you want to find out are (1) what
percentage of your collection is recent or current and (2) how your
overall holdings in this subject compare with those of your peer
institutions. You can also compare your holdings with listings in
Books in Print, to show what percentage of in-print titles you have;
no published subject bibliography is at all likely to be current
enough. Using both classification numbers and selected subject
headings will give the best results; depending on what your online
catalog--and those of your peers--can do, this can be relatively easy
or really difficult.
3. The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html
- Search and browse. A huge collection.
4. Carnegie Mellon University Libraries: Computer Science
http://www.library.cmu.edu/bySubject/CS+ECE/bibs.html
5. California State University, Northridge University Library
http://library.csun.edu/dhelfer/compsci.html
6. DBLP Bibliography
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/index.html
Nancy
Nancy Goebel
Head Librarian/Sexual Harassment Advisor
Augustana University College ph: 780-679-1189
4901-46 Avenue fax: 780-679-1597
Camrose, AB, T4V 2R3
Received on Thu Jan 20 2000 - 06:54:30 EST