DATABASE QUALITY CONTROL

To err is human...Cleaning it up is in our control:
Corrections and quality in news databases.

Are the standards for handling corrections in full-text news databases changing? Are Web editions, where there are no rules, affecting the way we look at quality control in general, or were the cracks in the QC foundation already there? Where do we draw the line? How do we keep it clean, credible, and legal? A panel of news researchers/librarians and an online newspaper editor will explore these questions and draft workable options for full-text database providers.
AGENDA FOR DATABASE QUALITY PROGRAM

1998 SURVEY RESULTS of ONLINE NEWSPAPERS' DATABASES
QUALITY CONTROL POLICIES and PROCEDURES

Database Quality Control Program Planners and Panelists
News Division of the Special Libraries Association
Indianapolis, IN         June 9, 1998         7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

NAME ORGANIZATION EMAIL ASSIGNMENT
Jackie Chamberlain Press-Enterprise
(Library Director)		 jchamberlain@pe.com Panel Moderator
  Intro;   Commentary
Bruce Oakley Arkansas Democrat Gazette (Online Editor) bruce_oakley@adg.ardemgaz.com Panelist
  Commentary
Cathy Tierney Akron Beacon Journal
(Library Director)		 ctierney@mail.bright.net Panelist
Michael Jesse Dayton Daily News
(Library Director)		 Michael_Jesse@dni.com Panelist
Tim Rozgonyi Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
(Information Manager)		 rozgonyi@post-gazette.com Consultant
Barbara Semonche UNC-CH Journalism &
Mass Comm Library		   Tech Support
  DBQC Web Site

DBQC PANEL RESOURCES:

  1. Bruce Oakley's "Accuracy in Electronic Archives: An Investigation"

  2. Jackie Chamberlain's Newspaper Online Database Survey

  3. DBQC Thread on NewsLib

  4. Database Quality and Accuracy: A Selected Bibliography

 

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