Submission Guidelines

Or, how we decide what to include in this guide...

This guide is no longer being updated; no new websites have been added since January 1996. The following guidelines, however, are listed so that you may get an idea of what our criteria were.

NOTE: We will NOT include any advertisements or pointers to commercial sites wishing solely to promote their services to non-profits.

Individuals wishing us to include information about their particular organization in this guide may find these guidelines helpful. (Fellow librarians may view this as a very rough collection policy.)

First, this is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to all resources that non-profit public service organizations may use. We try to select the best of what's out there - the items we believe would be of significant use to the non-profit community. Naturally, not all resources will be applicable to everyone's needs. The resources we believe would be of use to all non-profits are placed in the "general sources" category.

Second, this guide is not a list of non-profit organizations; rather, it contains information of all categories that would be useful for non-profit organizations.

In particular, we are looking for resources that do one or more of the following:

• Provide statistics (verifiable), other data, reports, or newsletters on non-profits and human service topics
• Contain information that would assist non-profit employees and boards in their day-to-day activities
• Provide ways for colleagues around the world to network with each other and share ideas (i.e., mailing lists on relevant subjects, information and referral services)
• Contain pointers to any of the above information (i.e., other meta-lists).

Consequently, the following categories of resources will not be included:

• Sites which are "home pages" for individual organizations which provide brochure-type information on programs but which do not fall into one of the above categories. There are other locations on the Internet where you can advertise your presence and promote what services you have to offer.
• Those that duplicate information which another site which we've included contains - though, of course, the site you have in mind may be a better example than the one currently in the guide.
• Sites which include out-of-date information and/or are not updated regularly. (We check on this, and such sites will eventually be dropped.)
• Commercial sites wishing to advertise their products or services.

Finally, while I welcome and appreciate links to this site, I will not use this fact in my decision as to whether to include a link to sites which point here. My decision will be based solely on the factors mentioned above and my own personal judgment. (sln 5/96)

We like hearing from individuals who have suggestions on new things to include (or on anything else, for that matter). If you'd like to propose that we include a particular site here, please e-mail us with the site's access information and a description on how you think the site would be useful to other non-profits. We'll then determine whether it fits the above criteria. Don't be offended if we decide not to include a suggested resource; due to the large quantity of information on this topic which is now available, we must be selective.

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