Selection/exclusion – Importance of content
Content
Contents
- Purpose and value
- Organisation
- Scoping and selection
- Resource, description and standards
- Service delivery
- Glossary/Useful links
- Bibliography
- Home
Given the overriding importance of the content in determining inclusion, the following criteria may assist in assessing whether a resource is worthy of selection:
- Intellectual/research/scholarly level
- Likelihood of being archived by another agency/trusted repository
- Value in serving the research needs of future users
- Creator’s/publisher’s/producer’s reputation
- Representative of contemporary publication formats
- Vulnerability to loss