[Web4lib] Library link list collections

[Jennifer Heise]

We do have such a list, and we catalog web pages as well, at the
request of reference librarians and collection developers. We maintain
our list(s) through Delicious. Basically, these are (relatively) short
lists of reference sites we want to be able to refer patrons to
easily.  (see http://delicious.com/DrewULib/RecommendedSites for our
lists)

I check the links on our subject pages about once a semester and
either update broken links or report missing sites to the collection
development librarian for that area. Once a semester, the head
cataloger goes through the list of RecommendedSites and makes sure
they are cataloged.

We also have lots of government documents online cataloged in our
library catalog, and I admit that there's no link-checking there; if
the link is broken, we won't know until we try to use it.

> I'm working on a project regarding library link lists/link
> collections. I'm interested in finding out whether your library
> manages a list or collection of web links for your patrons. If your
> library does have such a list, would you mind sharing:
>
> (1) the average number of links in your collection;
> (2) your method for managing the links;
> (3) weeding policies;
>
> and any other items you think might be useful?  Our library currently
> uses delicious to manage approximately 5800 links, and managing these
> links has become quite a chore. I'd like to see this collection go the
> way of the dodo, because I think many people turn to Google find the
> answers these lists used to provide.
>
> If your library decided to stop collecting and publishing links lists,
> I'd also love to hear the reason why.
>
> Thanks,
> Cecily Walker
> Web Services Librarian
> Vancouver Public Library
>
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