CD or Web: Which is Better for Reference?

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Table of Contents

CD or Web: Which is Better for Reference?

But, Is This the Right Question?

Or, Put Another Way...

But, Wait! Opportunity Knocks...

Session Overview

Back to the Future?

Collection and Content Issues

Product Issues

More Product Issues

User Issues

More User Issues

Staffing Issues

System Infrastructure Issues

More System Infrastructure Issues

Administrative “Macro” Issues

Local Control and Management Issues

More Local Control and Management Issues

Has Anything Changed?

So, What Makes a Good Reference Source?

What About [Current] Reference Sources?

The Obligatory Comparison…

The Obligatory Comparison … CD-ROM

More CD-ROM

Still More CD-ROM

The Obligatory Comparison … Web

More Web

Still More Web

Yet Still More Web

Issues to Inform Decision-Making

More Issues

Still More Issues

Yet Still More Issues

Evaluation Criteria

Current Practices in Other Libraries

Other Libraries

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

Other Libraries

Other Libraries

Preparing for Today...And Tomorrow

Preparing for Today...And Tomorrow

Final Thoughts

Author: Erica Lilly

Email: elilly@kent.edu

Home Page: http://www.library.kent.edu/~elilly/

Other information:
Supporting slides for presentation at the Tech Connections 2 Conference, held May 25, 2000.