Title: The Economics of Information: DW3 and the Case for Creating a Music Megasite
Abstract: In recent years, the age-old library paradigm of every institution developing and maintaining its own collections has come under careful scrutiny--perhaps even attack--as issues of both budget and space have made cooperation among libraries and consortia essential. In a Web environment, this paradigm of individual collections is clearly insupportable. Web pages are not physical objects and where they reside is inconsequential. Moreover, except for those sites that are proprietary databases or subscription e-journals, there are no fiscal considerations for many sites. Anyone with a computer and an Internet connection has equal and immediate access to them. Hence, when it comes to Web-based resources, our criteria for collection development cannot be the same as they are for fixed media such as books, scores, periodicals, compact discs, and videos. Our methods and policies must correspond to the format at hand and the reality of our present environment. While few in the library community would disagree with this assertion, the enormous duplication of resources on our libraries' Web pages positively contradicts it. Librarians have not yet made use of the technologies and techniques developed to collect, organize, and disseminate subject content in an online environment.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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