Jorg answered Bernhard with some definitions, >"A resource is a thing that can be described by making statements about it >and can be identified. While some resources are physical "things": books, runs of serials, kits, equipment, art works, and even sample rocks; some resources are intangible. I wonder if "things" covers electronic data? I think of "resources" as recorded intellectual and/or artistic effort, artifacts, and naturally occurring objects. made available by the library. >A web resource is a web page ... We consider PDFs, streaming videos, electronic games, databases, etc. to be web resources, as well as web pages. >A library item is a physical thing ... I suspect most do not think of remote electronic resources, or even electronic resources stored inhouse, as a physical "thing". __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod ([log in to unmask]) {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________