TIDES Collection Inclusion Statement
All materials and collections in the TIDES database must be approved by the Digital Projects department of R.W. Steen Library. Collection criteria include, but are not limited to:
- Educational focus.
- Digital format in a minimum quality according to prevailing standards developed by the Digital Projects department.
- Metadata provided according to collection needs and partner agreement.
- Partner's Participation Contract on file in Digital Projects department.
- Each collection may be required to include specific fields depending on the grant or usage needs. An example would be that collections using the GIS tie-in component must have a unique identifier in a specific field, and any materials submitted for these collections will be returned to the submitter for correction.
- Collections included by a specific institution, ETRC, Newton Gresham Library, etc., retain the full metadata approval. Any changes requested (other than spelling errors, cosmetic issues) will be referred to the institution for review.