Guidelines for the Introduction of Electronic Information Resources to Users

摘要

Prepared by the Management Committee of the Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS), Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), American Library Association. Approved by the RUSA Board of Directors, June 1997. Revised by the MARS Management of Electronic Resources and Services Committee, January 2006. Revision approved by the RUSA Board of Directors, June 2006. These guidelines are intended to assist librarians who provide and publicize new electronic information resources to users and potential users. This document applies to Web-based, networked, and stand-alone resources that users may directly or indirectly access in an electronic format. The guidelines primarily apply to electronic information resources provided for end users and secondarily to mediated services. They apply to resources created by the library, commercially licensed, or freely available.