Free or not free? That is the Question: Discovery and access is the answer!

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dc.audienceAudience::Acquisition and Collection Development Sectionen_US
dc.contributor.authorWeeks, Joan
dc.coverage.spatialLocation::United States of Americaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-01T13:39:24Z
dc.date.available2023-10-01
dc.date.available2023-10-01T13:39:24Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-01
dc.description.abstractThe gateways to discovery of the Open Electronic Resources at the Library of Congress are through the Online Public Assess Catalog (OPAC) https://catalog.loc.gov for the Library’s digital collections that are not rights restricted and the Electronic Resource Online Catalog (EROC) https://eresources.loc.gov for electronic resources from external digitized collections. Recommending librarians select the Library’s collections for digitization and e-databases, e-books, and e-journals from external sources using criteria such as research value, ease of searching and “free access” to the resources, but other electronic resources are selected that must be used onsite only. Navigating the Library’s digital collections is explored with tips on using the metadata in the online display for retrieval and downloading freely accessible resources. Also, the subject as well as area studies categorization schemes are highlighted for best practices to deliver the maximum access to digital content on specific topics. Thousands of electronic books, periodicals and newspapers that are rights restricted have been ingested into a platform called Stacks that is accessible only in certain research centers. Ways of discovering the holdings of the journals and newspaper content in Stacks is explored using the OPAC holdings records. The new Emerging Nations Article Exchange Program is highlighted with access to free scanned articles from the Library’s books and periodicals for qualifying countries. Keywords: e-resources. online, freely accessible. electronic databases, online retrievalen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://2023.ifla.org/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/2842
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries88th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC), 2023 Rotterdam;
dc.rights.holderJoan Weeksen_US
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectSubject::Electronic resourcesen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Online public access cataloguesen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Accessibilityen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Databasesen_US
dc.titleFree or not free? That is the Question: Discovery and access is the answer!en_US
dc.typeArticlesen_US
dc.typeEvents Materialsen_US
ifla.UnitUnits::Section::Acquisition and Collection Development Sectionen_US
ifla.oPubId0en_US

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