Collection practices for nontraditional online resources among academic health sciences libraries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In recent years, individuals and small organizations have developed new online learning and information resources that are often marketed directly to students. In this study, these nontraditional online resources are defined as apps or other online resources that are not available through large and well-known publishers. The purposes of this study are to determine if academic health sciences libraries are licensing nontraditional online resources and to provide a snapshot of current collections practices in this area.

Methods

An online survey was designed and distributed to the email lists of the Collection Development Section of the Medical Library Association and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries directors. Follow-up phone interviews were conducte

SUBMITTER: Shultz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7069827 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature