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CRL Annual Council Meeting Questionnaire

Thank you for registering for CRL's 2011 Annual Council Meeting. You will receive a followup e-mail with connection instructions. This will include a URL for the webinar itself, and a phone number to dial for the audio. We would very much appreciate if you could fill out this pre-meeting questionnaire, which will help us better tailor the afternoon Collections Forum discussions.
In 2010-11, CRL arranged for favorable terms for CRL members to locally acquire several electronic resources. In which of the following areas would you most like CRL to concentrate these efforts in the future?
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News
Government archives
Legal and government publications
Archives of individuals and organizations
Census and demographic data
Public opinion data
Economic and financial data
To support collection development decisions, CRL also creates critical assessments and technical analyses of electronic resources. Please tell us what types of resources you would like to have reviewed in the future.
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News
Government archives
Legal and government publications
Archives of individuals and organizations
Census and demographic data
Public opinion data
Economic and financial data
The second session of the Collections Forum will focus on recent developments in the archiving of digitized primary source collections, and will feature discussions with representatives of Portico, HathiTrust, and ProQuest. Please prioritize what you would like to know about each of these repository services and digital publishers.
Portico: Recently Gale Cengage and the Adam Matthew Group announced arrangements to deposit their full-text historical primary source content with Portico. This content differs significantly from the e-journals that Portico originally ingested. Which of the following aspects of these new arrangements most interest you?
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Impact on pricing
Terms of access and publisher arrangements
Definition of trigger events
Interface and its functionality
HathiTrust: HathiTrust continues to develop its services to users and participating libraries and its business model and terms for participation. Which of the following aspects of these changes most interest you?
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User tools in development
Potential types of future content
Incentives and requirements for content contributors
Plans for obtaining user input
Pricing model
Governance
ProQuest has informed CRL that it is enhancing its systems and system architecture to provide for the long-term security and maintenance of its digital content. Which of the following aspects of ProQuest’s plans most interest you?
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Collections to be included
Repository architecture and technology
Plans for disclosure
Costs to libraries
Contact information (optional)
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