Updated Version of California Digital Library’s “Technical Requirements for Licensed Resources” Now Available Online
The document mentioned below might be of interest many of you.
From California Digital Library News:
The Technical Requirements document is primarily intended for new and continuing vendors of the University of California’s systemwide licensed electronic resources, [our emphasis] but it’s worth a read by those interested in how we set expectations for these vendors.
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Major changes in the 2015 revision:
- Updates to many linked standards
- Substantial changes and additions to several sections, including:
- Authentication – Vendor Managed Authentication
- Discoverability
- Accessibility / ADA Compliance
- User Interface / Usability
- Presentation of Access Entitlements
- Mobile Device Computing
- Text and Data Mining
- Usage Statistics
Direct to Full Text Document: Technical Requirements For Licensed Resources (Revised 5/08/2015)
30 pages; PDF.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.