MLA TSD E-Resources Boot Camp:
E-Resources Collection Development
LENORE ENGLAND
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ELECTRONIC
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
AUGUST 4, 2014
Agenda
How
to…
 Develop an e-resources
collection development
policy
Identify, evaluate, and
select electronic
resources
Set preservation,
maintenance, and
security standards
E-Resources Collection
Development
First step:
Develop or revise
your policies
E-Resources Collection
Development
Development of
policies:
Strategic Planning
Step Two – to
get started:
Collecting
policies
Collecting subject
areas – what are
they?
Collecting levels –
constituencies
Types of collections
Step Two – to
get started:
Kinds of
electronic
resources
 Digital repository
 E-Books (collections)
 E-Journals
(collections)
 Aggregated databases
 Others
Also a
possibility:
Focus on
how to
collect?
 Consortium
 Direct
 Other?
Licensing
considerations
Consortium
Step Three:
Identify
electronic
resources
for
acquisition
– Where?
Recommendation
Vendors
Publications and
more…
Step Four:
Evaluation
and
selection
for eresources
– Criteria
Purpose
Audience
Content
Accuracy
Step Four:
Evaluation
and
selection
for eresources
– Criteria
Authority
Currency
Scope
Uniqueness
Step Four:
Evaluation
and
selection
for eresources
– Criteria
Stability
Format and
appearance
Workability
Cost
Statistics (unique
titles, existing)
Step Five-A:
Procedures
to identify,
evaluate,
and select
new eresources
Participants
Collection team(s)
Timeline
Step Five-A:
Procedures
to identify,
evaluate,
and select
new eresources
When
to submit lists
How to submit
How to make
available
Trials, as needed
Step Five-A:
Procedures
to identify,
evaluate,
and select
new eresources
When
to submit lists
How to submit
How to make
available
 Evaluate
Step Five-A:
Procedures
to identify,
evaluate,
and select
new eresources
Based
on criteria
Form to submit online?
How to make available
Who – library staff
(reference and
technical) and others
Step Five-A:
Procedures
to identify,
evaluate,
and select
new eresources
Recommendations
Report
(periodic –
annual or other)
May change
Step Five-A:
Procedures
to identify,
evaluate,
and select
new eresources
 Minimum time period
before reevaluation
 Criteria to evaluate,
same, plus:
 Support
organization?
 Other venues for cost?
 Usage?
 Other resource?
Step Five-B:
Procedures
to evaluate
current eresources
Participants
Collection team(s)
Step Five-B:
Procedures
to evaluate
current eresources
 Timeline
 Criteria to evaluate,
plus:
 Budgetary
 Overlap?
 Changes
in organizational
initiatives, directives
 Usage
Step Five-B:
Procedures
to evaluate
current eresources
Assignments
Recommendations
Step Six:
Vendors
Preservation
and
maintenance Organization
Where
and how to
preserve and
maintain
Migration
Step Seven:
Security
Vendors
Organization -
authentication
References
Key Issues for E-Resource Collection Development:
A Guide for Libraries, IFLA, August 2012 ( PDF)
(http://w3.ifla.org/files/assets/acquisition collection-development/publications/Electronic resource-guide.pdf)
There are many examples of electronic resources
collection development policies on the web.
Thank You and Questions?
Lenore England
Assistant Director, Electronic Resources
Management, UMUC
lenore.england@umuc.edu