1. Quality Assurance of the DLESE Community Collection Holly Devaul Workshop on Quality 30 June 2003

2. DCS “Holding” Area QA team views all DCC records prior to accessioning “ Holding” area for records submitted but not accessioned due to: do not meet initial selection criteria duplicate record (a mirror) off-line ( permanently or temporarily) changed content such that no longer meet criteria

3. Item Quality Assurance Example items not accessioned after submission Not relevant to ESS Out of scope science: The Official String Theory site http://superstringtheory.com/index.html http://superstringtheory.com/index.html Antimatter: Mirror of the Universe http://livefromcern.web.cern.ch/livefromcern/antimatter/index.h tml http://livefromcern.web.cern.ch/livefromcern/antimatter/index.h tml Not science Dogs Worldwide Photo Album http://www.rkamstra.demon.nl/index.html AskJeeves http://www.ask.com/

4. Item Quality Assurance Not technically robust broken links in activities that prevent use Ocean Currents http://www.oar.noaa.gov/k12/html/ocean_currents.html http://www.oar.noaa.gov/k12/html/ocean_currents.html fatal loop in “Return to” link Earth History resources http://seaborg.nmu.edu/earth/default.html site under construction Glaciation in the Sawtooth Mountains http://wapi.isu.edu/Field_Exercise/Glaciers/glacier_index.htm http://wapi.isu.edu/Field_Exercise/Glaciers/glacier_index.htm

5. Item Quality Assurance – other issues Granularity issues Search results pages from larger site AskERIC: Ecology Lesson plans http://askeric.org/cgibin/lessons.cgi/Science/Ecology/index.ht ml No direct access to material Mapquest Orthophotos http://www.mapquest.com/maps/main.adp

6. Communication with Contributor If “not science” email sent w/explanation Community catalogers have most trouble with proper cataloging protocol If not relevant or other issues, discussion with cataloger to determine fate of item

8. Linkchecking Software passes over URLs 2x a day If consistently inaccessible 3 days, follow- up If redirect, update URL Search for new URL Contact creator when possible Change as indicated by creator Move to holding if no response

9. The Grey Area What’s in the library now that is of questionable quality, that current policy does not clearly exclude? Distracting or inapproriate advertising WorldAtlas.com http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.htm Weather.com http://www.weather.com/education/index.html Biased science Global Warming http://www.globalwarming.org/index.htm Kentucky Coal Education http://www.coaleducation.org/ Learning materials absent Fuel Economy for Cars (emissions data) http://www.fueleconomy.gov/index.htm