Digital Library Federation Survey

Digital Library Policies, Organizations, and Practices

Section I. Information Policies

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This section asks about strategic planning within your institution as it may affect the development of your digital library. It asks in particular about any policies, strategies, frameworks, programs, plans, or statements that have been prepared at your institution to guide how it develops and exploits aspects of its information technology infrastructure and its information assets.
 
                                                                                                                                                    
Development and maintenance of your institution's information technology infrastructure.
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 1    Please indicate if your institution has a written policy, strategy, framework, plan, or some other statement or statements that guide how it develops and maintains its information infrastructure.
Yes
No   If no, proceed to Question 4
Don't Know   If don't know, proceed to Question 4
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 2    Does this policy cover the following areas?
  Yes No Don't Know
a. Networking (provision and support)
b. Authentication (privacy, network and content security)
c. Academic computing (network, hardware, software, and applications support for academic faculty and students)
Academic computing may be a part of a larger institutional information infrastructure, or it may be a unit separate from the library for which the library director has responsibility.
d. Library computing (systems and support for the library)
e. Online collections and services
f. Management information systems
g. Preservation of digital information
h. Other-list:
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 3    Please send copies, if they exist, of the document or documents. The documents:
Have been or will be sent by postal mail
Have been or will be sent by email
Are available from the following URL(s):
Exist, but are not available to the public
Do not exist
 
                                                                                                                                                    
Assignment of intellectual property and assurance of appropriate use of copyrighted materials.
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 4    Please indicate if your institution has written policies, frameworks, statements, or other documentation that guide the assignment of intellectual property.
Yes
No   If no, proceed to Question 7
Don't Know   If don't know, proceed to Question 7
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 5    Do these policies cover rights in and claims of ownership over the following items?
  Yes No Don't Know
a. Digital publications of faculty, staff or students
b. Computer-based instructional materials created for classroom-based or distance learning
c. Research data assembled by faculty, staff or students
d. Digital works created by the library or converted from materials that are held by the library
e. Systems and software developed by faculty, staff or students for use within the digital library's operational environment
f. Other-please list:
g. Other-please list:
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 6    Please send copies, if they exist, of the document or documents. The documents:
Have been or will be sent by postal mail
Have been or will be sent by email
Are available from the following URL(s):
Exist, but are not available to the public
Do not exist
 
                                                                                                                                                    
Encouragement or enforcement of policies concerning appropriate use of copyrighted materials.
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 7    Please indicate if your institution has written strategies, plans or documented programs that help encourage or enforce appropriate use of copyrighted materials.
Yes
No   If no, proceed to Question 10
Don't Know   If don't know, proceed to Question 10
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 8    Do these policies cover the following areas?
  Yes No Don't Know
a. Fair use for campus-based teaching and research
b. Fair use for distance learning
c. Processing rights and claims of ownership
d. Giving and receiving permission
e. Photocopying and other duplication
f. Copyright clearance as may be required in the construction of digital collections or other online publications produced by faculty, students, staff
g. Copyright clearance as may be required to preserve digital information
h. Other-list:
i. Other-list:
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 9    Please send copies, if they exist, of the document or documents. The documents:
Have been or will be sent by postal mail
Have been or will be sent by email
Are available from the following URL(s):
Exist, but are not available to the public
Do not exist
 
                                                                                                                                                    
Distance learning.
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 10    Please indicate if your institution has policies, strategies, frameworks, programs, plans, or statements that frame its efforts in distance learning.
Yes
No   If no, proceed to Question 13
Don't Know   If don't know, proceed to Question 13
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 11    Do these policies cover the following areas?
  Yes No Don't Know
a. Research on student engagement
b. Delivery technologies
c. Quality indicators for online delivery
d. Faculty issues/incentives
e. Marketing
f. Costs
g. Action plan
h. Other-list:
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 12    Please send copies, if they exist, of the document or documents. The documents:
Have been or will be sent by postal mail
Have been or will be sent by email
Are available from the following URL(s):
Exist, but are not available to the public
Do not exist
 
                                                                                                                                                    
Library's information technology infrastructure (including its information technology - networking, hardware, and software - and its online collections and services).
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 13    Does your Library have a written strategy or plan for developing its information technology infrastructure?
Yes
No   If no, proceed to Question 17
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 14    Please indicate which of the following statements describes the Library's information technology infrastructure.
The Library does have a written strategy or plan but it exists as part of a University-wide initiative as referred to in Question 2.
The Library's strategy or plan for developing its information technology infrastructure exists as part of a library strategy or plan.
The Library's strategy or plan for its information technology infrastructure exists as a digital library program strategy or plan that includes units in addition to the library.
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 15    If the Library has a strategy or plan for developing its information infrastructure, does it cover the following areas?
  Yes No Don't Know
a. Networking (provision and support)
b. Authentication (privacy, network and content security)
c. Academic computing (network, hardware, software, and applications support for academic faculty and students)
Academic computing may be a part of a larger institutional information infrastructure, or it may be a unit separate from the library for which the library director has responsibility.
d. Library computing (systems and support for the library)
e. Online collections and services
f. Management information systems
g. Preservation of digital information
h. Other-list:
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 16    Please send copies, if they exist, of the document or documents. The documents:
Have been or will be sent by postal mail
Have been or will be sent by email
Are available from the following URL(s):
Exist, but are not available to the public
Do not exist
 
                                                                                                                                                    
The preservation of digital materials.
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 17    Does your Library have a written strategy or plan for preserving digital materials?
Yes
No   If no, proceed to Submit
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 18    Please indicate which of the following statements more accurately describes the Library's policy concerning the preservation of digital materials.
The Library's policy, strategy, framework, program, or plan for preserving digital materials is part of an institutional-wide initiative.
The Library has its own policy, strategy, framework, program, or plan for preserving digital materials.
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 19    If the Library has a policy, strategy, framework, program, or plan for preserving digital materials, does it cover the following areas?
  Yes No Don't Know
a. Administrative information, e.g., student and financial records
b. Library cataloging data
c. Commercial data leased by the library
d. Digital materials produced by the library
e. Digital materials produced in academic departments
f. E-journals
g. Research data
h. Computerized learning materials
i. Student web sites
j. Faculty web sites
k. Staff web sites
l. The policy is organized differently in ways that cut across formats (please elaborate)
m. Other-list:
 
                                                                                                                                                    
 20    Please send copies, if they exist, of the document or documents. The documents:
Have been or will be sent by postal mail
Have been or will be sent by email
Are available from the following URL(s):
Exist, but are not available to the public
Do not exist
 




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