Digital resources

Digital resources include a variety of formats e.g.:

• Web sites (including blogs/weblogs, integrating resources, and other fast emerging resources)
• Online databases
• E-journals
• E-books
• CD & DVD-ROMs

These may be: free, fee-based or available for purchase

Access to Digital Resources

Digital resources can be linked to, licensed, or acquired and may be:

• Maintained onsite in a secure and permanent digital repository that is managed by the national bibliographic agency.
• Stored remotely under the management of an external agency or organization even if owned by the NBA
• Accessed directly or remotely:

• Remote access resources are those to be used via computer networks
• Direct access resources are to be used via hand held carriers or via insertion into a computer or smart device.

These varying methods of collecting add to the complexity of what is represented in the national bibliography.

• Possible Selection Criteria For Digital Resources
• Possible Deselection Categories for Digital Resources