Original posting at top with the response following:
From: Margaret Boylan <maboylan_at_saturn.vcu.edu>
Hello,
I would appreciate any input from those of you who have formulated
policies, or guiding principles, regarding the 1) organization of
electronic resources provided on Library web pages--organized by
"categories" of electronic research resources (e.g., full-text resources,
online journals, indexes, databases a-z, etc.), and 2) what should, or
should not, be included on these lists of online research resources.
Any information you can provide will be appreciated.
Thank you very much.
Margaret Boylan
Arts & Humanities Librarian
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
===Response #1
From: "Tony Horava" <thorava_at_uottawa.ca>
At the University of Ottawa (Canada) we provide links to types of
material (e-journals, databases, full-text sources, catalogues, etc)
from our main Library page. Behind this we have a series of
`Resources by subject` pages where each subject specialist has
created a customized list of e-resources (Web sites, e-archives,
databases, etc) for their particular discipline. These can be quite
lengthy, depending on how many scholarly resources exist. The
subject specialists are responsible for maintaining the currency of
the content, providing annotations, providing URL`s, and generally
ensuring that the information responds to the needs of the
discipline.
By and large people are happy with this approach, but publicity is
the key to usage. This also ensures that our community is aware
of the role of librarians in providing vetted e-resources for academic
research.
Tony Horava
Received on Mon Feb 18 2002 - 10:41:40 EST