Selecting Web Sites for Cataloging

Ad Hoc Committee On Digital Access: Final Report (1998)

" Access should be provided to electronic information created, purchased or acquired contractually by the library. Access to electronic information which is not created, purchased or acquired contractually (eg. free web sites), should be provided when selected by a subject selector."

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/cataloging/policies/local/digital.html

Guidelines for Selecting Web Sites for Cataloging

1. The site must be relevant to departmental teaching and research.

2. Its content should be scholarly, clearly organized, and easy to search.

3. It should be maintained and up-to-date, and largely complete rather than under construction.

4. Emphasis should be on sites offering full content rather than partial summaries of content.

5. Sites with password requirements should not be cataloged.

Cataloging Request forms

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/cataloging/policies/forms/web-req.html (Everything except serials)

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/cataloging/policies/forms/web-ser.html (Serials only)

Cataloging contacts

Electronic cataloging in general: Erin Stalberg, stalberg@virginia.edu; 982-2854

E-journals: Deej Baker, dbc@virginia.edu; 924-4958

E-journals (backup): Cary Coleman, rcc6qa@virginia.edu; 924-3288

(These guidelines reviewed by Collections Group July, 2004)