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Building and maintaining a numeric data collection

William H. Walters (Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA)

Journal of Documentation

ISSN: 0022-0418

Article publication date: 1 August 1999

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Abstract

This paper describes a set of collection development strategies for use in the identification, evaluation and selection of numeric data resources. It addresses three primary issues: the delineation of collecting scope and organisational role; the identification of potentially relevant data resources; and the evaluation of those resources in accordance with objective, systematic criteria. The policies outlined here can be applied to both print and digital resources, including machineā€readable data files, reference books, graphs and charts, genetic sequence data, and geospatial (GIS) files. The paper concludes with a discussion of unresolved issues in the acquisition and archiving of numeric data files.

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Walters, W.H. (1999), "Building and maintaining a numeric data collection", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 55 No. 3, pp. 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007146

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MCB UP Ltd

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