TEI to EPUB Selection Criteria

General Selection Criteria

The following criteria will be used in making selection decisions for materials available in the Open Bookshelf collection:

• Relevance of material to the DPLA Exchange catalog/offerings
• Relevance to a public library audience
• Critical review or quality of the material content
• Listing in standard bibliographies and guides
• Reputation or authoritativeness of the publisher
• Reputation or authoritativeness of the author
• Potential for use or known need
• Strength or weakness of the collection in particular areas
• Usefulness with respect to other materials in the collection, including the representation of all sides of controversial issues
• Currency of the material
• Availability in EPUB format
• Availability of another open edition or version in the Exchange

Questions for evaluating TEI content

• Is it a book?
• Collection of poems? Include
• Is it a pamphlet, or letters? Cut
• Is it a diary, collection of speeches, collection of essays, etc.? Proceed with caution - include if strong reputation of author, or topical contribution to collection
• Is it under 50 pages? Cut, unless a children’s book
• If a regional history, is the region the United States (or what would become the US)?
• Other countries in North America? Proceed with caution - include if it provides a unique viewpoint, reputation of author
• Does the author or content represent a minority group or underrepresented subject? Include
• Does it appear to be blatantly racist? Cut
• Would the book be helpful to genealogists? Include (taking analytics into account if needed)
• Is it a military history? Include (taking analytics into account if needed)
• Is the book in a language other than English? Is it a translation? Proceed with caution - learn more about the content
• Is the book, or a similar/more complete version also a candidate for conversion in this project? (I.e. Institution A has The Book Vols 1-8, and Institution B has The Book: The Complete Set) - Cut
• If available, do the analytics show high usage relative to the rest of the collection (e.g. top 25%?)
• If you’re on the fence, is the book available elsewhere (ie Internet Archive)?