Collection Management Guidelines: Electronic Resources—University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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By Ottenheimer Library staff This policy document states principles that the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, library follows in the selection of acquisition of e-resources for which a cost is incurred. Covers selection responsibility, selection criteria, funding, evaluation of electronic resources, and review and revision of guidelines. Available at: http://ualr.edu/library/cd-guidelines-electronic/ Archived to the Internet Archive…

E-resource Implementation (TERMS)

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By Stephen Buck (editor) Any new e-resource will need to be implemented, while this may be relatively straightforward for smaller resources, larger resources and new services may take a few months to get just right. No matter how big the resource, it will need to be tested and set up in order to embed it…

License Negotiation—North Carolina State University

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By Kristen Blake Wilson This workflow diagram PDF demonstrates the personnel involved and steps taken in license negotiations at NCSU. Available at: https://staff.lib.ncsu.edu/confluence/download/attachments/32906847/License%20negotiation.pdf?version=3&modificationDate=1436366428000&api=v2 Archived to the Internet Archive March 8, 2018; available at: http://web.archive.org/web/20180308164829/https://staff.lib.ncsu.edu/confluence/download/attachments/32906847/License%20negotiation.pdf?version=3&modificationDate=1436366428000&api=v2 A general list of NCSU workflow diagrams, updated regularly, is found at https://staff.lib.ncsu.edu/confluence/display/MNC/Serials+Unit+workflow+diagrams

GOBI Ordering Templates—University of Illinois

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By Tammie Redenbaugh, Lea Howard, and George Gottschalk This page gives Acquisitions staff at the University of Illinois step-by-step instructions on setting up order templates in Gobi. Some aspects of the process are generally applicable to other Gobi users while others may be unique to that institution. Available at: https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/acquisitions/howto/gobi/gobitemplates/ Archived to the Internet Archive…

GOBI Approval Plans—University of Illinois

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By Tammie Redenbaugh This page gives Acquisitions staff at the University of Illinois step-by-step instructions on using Gobi to search slip/approval plan suggestions, set up templates for approval plan orders, and placing approval plan (slip) orders. Some aspects of the process are generally applicable to other Gobi users while others may be unique to that…

GOBI Firm Orders—University of Illinois

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By Lea Howard, Tammie Redenbaugh, and George Gottschalk This page gives Acquisitions staff at the University of Illinois step-by-step instructions on placing firm orders through Gobi. Some aspects of the process are generally applicable to other Gobi users while others may be unique to that institution. Available at: https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/acquisitions/howto/gobi/gobifirm/ Archived to the Internet Archive March…

Archival Processing Manual

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by University of California, Irvine, Special Collections and Archives Archival processing manual, covering the following topics: Basic archival principles Workflow Planning Arrangement Description Creating the finding aid Restricted records Appraisal and separation Completing the finding aid Completing processing Available at this URL: http://staff.lib.uci.edu/departments/sca/docs/Processing_Manual.pdf Archived using Internet Archive on Feb. 7, 2017, available at this URL:  https://web.archive.org/web/20180207204156/http://staff.lib.uci.edu/departments/sca/docs/Processing_Manual.pdf

Accessioning Manual for Archival and Manuscript Collections

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by University of California, Irvine, Department of Special Collections and Archives Accessioning manual for archival and manuscript collections, covering the following topics: Responsibilities of the Archivist/Department Head Create an accession record Accessioning as processing Re-box and shelve the accession Single-level minimum DACS finding aides for the collection Instructions for new accessions with nonstandard finding aids…

Processing Manual for Archival and Manuscript Collections – UMASS Boston

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by University Archives and Special Collections, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston “This manual is intended to be used as a training guide for graduate-level interns, volunteers, and professional archivists new to working in University Archives and Special Collections (UASC). It is also intended to bring consistent practices to UASC and to serve…

Datasette Publish: a web app for publishing CSV files as an online database

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By Simon Willison Blog post: https://simonwillison.net/2018/Jan/17/datasette-publish/ The fundamental idea behind Datasette is that publishing structured data as both a web interface and a JSON API should be as quick and easy as possible. The world is full of interesting data that often ends up trapped in PDF blobs or other hard-to-use formats, if it gets published…