Some time ago we purchased several titles from the Gale Virtual Reference Library. These titles are ours just like a book would be. They are not updated. The titles purchased are:
- Gale Excyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests, 2nd ed
- Gale Encyclopedia of World History: Governments
- UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes
- Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library
- Industrial Revolution Reference Library
- U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Mythology
We haven't gotten them up so that users can access them. We can put them up in whatever way you think would be most useful. Some libraries have included them on their database pages:
Worcester Public Library and
Newark Public Library. Other libraries have created a separate page with information about each title (some with pictures of the covers, some without):
Madison Public Library,
Loudon County Library,
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. Titles can also be linked in our catalog:
Los Gatos Public Library Catalog.
What do you all think is the best way to get these titles out there so that our users can access them?
C. L.
I think that adding them to our regular database page would be the best way to go at the moment. Going any other way and splitting hairs might use confuse users and dissuade them from trying them out.
ReplyDeleteI'd agree right now. Maybe at a time when users are more fluent with electronic resources then they can be put in the catalog.
ReplyDeleteNancy