Collections Subcommittee Minutes

Encyclopaedia Britannica

• The evaluation results were discussed
• The evaluation presented no real difference between the trial and free version
• The chief problem was that the free version is slow
• It was decided that we will not get the paid version of Britannica

Encyclopedias
As a result of the Britannica evaluation, a discussion of encyclopedias began.

• Culbertson says that K-12 would like to a quality encyclopedia that will meet their needs
• The Kentucky Encyclopedia might be available online in the near future

Evaluation

• The database comparison/evaluation form was discussed
• Possibly improving it for future use
• We discussed putting a satisfaction survey up on the Gateway
• Horvath's institution is working on a survey
• He is willing to share these questions via email so that we can start putting together our survey

Budget

• Because we will not be getting Britannica, that leaves a little money
• Pattie will investigate purchasing the back files to PsychInfo (we currently get 1984-Present)

Other Business

• User statistics by the 5 user communities from EBSCO was distributed
• This information will be place on the Gateway
• The proposed list of databases (7/29/98) was discussed
• The courier service, Voyager, and SiteSearch were discussed
• Institutions should provide hot links to the KCVL Gateway on their top web page
• The status of KLN was discussed
• There are several private schools and special institutions that would like to join KCVL
• The RFP process for 2000/2001 will have begin soon

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