| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 59.22 |
| Liaison | Andrew D'Amico |
| Submission Date | March 15, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Princeton University
OP-T2-40: Materials Online
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.25 / 0.25 |
Anne Marie
Phillips Assistant University Librarian for Archives and Records Management University Library |
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Is the institution's default not to print course catalogs, course schedules, and directories, but instead make these materials available online?:
Yes
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A brief description of the practice:
While making the above materials available online rather than in print is not official university policy (meaning it is not mandatory), it has increasingly become the practice here to publish online instead of in print. This began as a cost-cutting method, implemented aggressively in early 2009, and has become accepted practice.
Additionally, any unit that publishes newsletters or other informational products has been strongly encouraged to publish online only, where possible, providing print publications only upon request or in situations where the print version is necessary.
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The website URL where information about the practice is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
There is anecdotal evidence of a significant reduction in paper-based delivery of all types of university information in the mere fact that the university reduced the daily number of mail deliveries as a result of far less paper being sent from one department to another. This directly points to the heavy use of e-mail in communications, but it also indicates that departments have the expectation that people needing or wanting information will look online first, not in their mailboxes.
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