Library and Information Technician LIT304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Collection Development, Academic Search, Interlibrary Loan
13 Sep 2016
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We are doing introductions this course will focus on acquiring electronic resources and interlibrary loans. This continues the practices for acquiring materials for their patrons. We already know how to use voyager, we are going to look at the ordering process. We are going to look at acquiring electronic resources. We are going to look at periodical databases, audio-visuals, materials, ebooks, e-journals. All the electronic resources all are mediated resources, they are not unmediated so you need a device to access the electronic resources, like a computer. We do often pay fees for electronic resources, like ebooks but often do not actually own them. These licenses have rules that the library has to follow so it may imposes conditions like these. The periodical database indexs than e-journal (aka e-periodical) , then e-books. Have to buy license, not just purchase order and money. Interlibrary loan: borrowing from another library for your patron
