1. In the past, most large libraries clearly distinguished between acquisitions (the process of selecting, ordering, purchasing, and receiving new materials for a library collection) and access (creating and maintaining the records which describe items held in a library collection). (Definitions from ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science.) Name one way in which electronic publications, such as ejournals, have brought these two processes closer together. (5 points) | |
2. Print materials have traditionally been purchased by libraries at a set price and put on the shelf for any library patron to access for as long as the library keeps the physical item. On the other hand, what's the name of the formal, written agreement between libraries and vendors, where electronic materials, such as ejournals, are leased, usually for a set period of time? (2 points) | |
From Keep it simple, stupid!, Pär Almqvist, Digital Web Magazine, 2001.06. (assigned in the class weblog). | |