Evaluating Electronic Resources

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Evaluating Electronic Resources

• Frank J. Bove
• Assistant Professor of Bibliography
• Electronic Resources Librarian
• The University of Akron
• October 25, 2007

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Whats so different...

• ...about evaluating electronic resources?

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Should The Criteria For Evaluating Electronic and
Print Resources Be Different?

• a la Bopp, Smith and Katz
• Accuracy
• Currency
• Scope
• Etc.

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Information Changes Vehicles

• Tools of Transmission
• Clay tablets
• Papyrus
• Books
• Internet
• Has the essential structure of our need for
  information changed right along with the vehicles
  of transmission?

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Previews Project

• http//ul.uakron.edu/previews/
• Develop a new and easy to use evaluation tool for
  faculty and students to assess individual
  electronic resources
• Assess the potential use by faculty and students
  prior to committing financial resources.

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Previews Project

• Gather documentation from faculty and students to
  use as support for additional funding requests.
• Develop methods for active collaboration between
  librarians and teaching faculty for using the
  resources in promoting student success via
  classroom assignments as part of information
  literacy efforts.

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