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SLED MISSION AND POLICIES
SLED Advisory Group
adopted May 1995
MISSION STATEMENT:
Supporting Alaskans' right to information, SLED is a public service
providing easy and equitable access to electronic information for Alaska
residents.
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY:
This policy establishes a framework to find, test, evaluate, organize
and provide electronic information relevant to all Alaskans. The Advisory
Group developed the selection criteria to support the mission of SLED
in a consistent manner.
SLED:
- SLED serves the community of all Alaskans.
- SLED is a catalyst for making information about Alaska available
online.
- SLED offers access to Internet resources.
- SLED supports local training efforts, provides online help and the
SLED Help Desk.
- SLED is an information delivery service. Its telecommunications charges
are paid by the State Library and UAF Rasmuson Library.
SLED does not support individualized communication services such as E-mail,
Newsgroups, IRC or Listservs for two reasons: (1) library budgets cannot
support the telecommunication costs to offer individual accounts to the
public; (2) commercial e-mail services are available.
THE ADVISORY GROUP:
The members of the Advisory Group test and evaluate potential
resources. They consider recommendations by users according to the established
selection criteria. Final selection authority lies with the Director of
the Alaska State Library and the Director of the Rasmuson Library at UAF.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
SLED is designed to be a clear, concise, coherent, simple, usable and
easy system. The Advisory Group evaluates resources according to the same
criteria. Selection is based on the following considerations:
- Information of statewide interest
- Alaskan information
- Accuracy and timeliness
- Authority of sources
- Uniqueness
- Evaluation by users
- Technical compatibility
- Usability
- The "Can Steve's Mother Use It?" Test
The Advisory Group removes resources from SLED in accordance with the
same criteria, or replaces them when a more appropriate substitute is
discovered. They periodically review SLED resources to ensure that they
meet the above criteria.
SLED ADVISORY GROUP DOCUMENTATION:
Online
documentation and guidelines for the SLED Advisory Group
SLED'S STATEMENT ON ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC
INFORMATION
These SLED policies incorporate, as an attachment, the statements contained
in "Access To Electronic Information, Services, and Networks: An
Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights" adopted in January,
1996 by the American Library Association. This  interpretation
can be found on the American Library Association gopher under Access
to Electronic Information, Services, and Networks..
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