Error Condition Re: Acquisition of electronic products

[Higgins, Caroline]

> > Cross posted to DIGLIB, LITA and WEB4LIB
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> > Hello folks,
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> > Help!  I am trying to standardize the method in which members of our
> > collection development committee request/suggest electronic
> materials,
> > including but not limited to, databases and electronic journals.  As
> a
> > single member of the collection development committee it is not my
> > place to unilaterally determine the quality of an item's content,
> but
> > I am responsible for obtaining trials, acting as a technical support
> > liaison to vendors, and making certain that a given resource is
> > compatible with our local system.  
> > 
> > Have any of you developed a form that librarians may submit to you
> for
> > requesting a resource?  If so, could you forward me a copy?  I plan
> to
> > obtain trials and test compatibility of an item and then forward the
> > item to its originator and the CD committee.
> > 
> > Ideas or comments?
> > 
> > Caroline Higgins
> > 
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> > Caroline Higgins                                               
> > Automation Librarian                                 
> > University of Houston-Downtown Library
> > higginsc at dt.uh.edu                                         
> > (713) 221-8467                    
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