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Formulating A Pharmacy Collection Without A Prescription, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, Linda Galloway

Library Articles and Research

Librarians without a background in the health sciences were tasked with building a collection to support a new pharmacy school at a traditionally liberal arts institution. Despite little subject expertise, the team assessed current holdings, conducted a review of recommended resources, and collaborated with faculty to prioritize acquisitions to support the developing program as funds became available. The hire of a health sciences librarian provided new opportunities for assessment and for continued collecting. Altogether, this process allowed for the creation of recommended best practices that can be adopted by any librarian procuring resources to support new health science programs.

How Do You Like Your Books: Print Or Digital? An Analysis On Print And E-Book Usage At The Graduate School Of Education, Dana Haugh

Library Faculty Publications

The shift from physical materials to digital holdings has slowly infiltrated libraries across the globe, and librarians are struggling to make sense of these intangible, and sometimes fleeting, resources. Materials budgets have shifted to accommodate large journal and database subscriptions, single-title article access, and most recently, e-book holdings. This analysis measures the impact of digital acquisitions in an academic setting during a highly transformative period of library practices. The study finds that both electronic and print books are valuable to the academic research community at GSE.

Breaking The Cycle: How Slow Fashion Can Inspire Sustainable Collection Development, Alyssa Vincent

Alyssa Vincent

What do academic librarians and fashion designers have in common? As designers produce a good—clothing—and librarians provide a service, it may seem like the two share no similarities. However, in recent years, both professions have been asked to do more with less. Designers are tasked with churning out clothing collections at a record rate while academic librarians have had to maintain and in some cases increase their level of service in the face of steadily decreasing budgets. One response to this relentless cycle in the fashion world is the development of slow fashion, a designer-oriented process that prioritizes producing fewer …

Drawing Comparisons: Analyzing Art & Architecture Print And E-Book Usage, Jamie Hazlitt, Madelynn Dickerson, Caroline Muglia, Jeremy Whitt

LMU Librarian Publications & Presentations

Recent studies have shown that despite possible preconceptions, e-books in art and architecture subject areas are actually quite well used. By collaborating across four SCELC-affiliated Southern California institutions (Claremont Colleges Library, Loyola Marymount University, Pepperdine University, and the University of Southern California), we engaged in extensive usage analyses to understand more about what might motivate art and architecture researchers to seek out e-books, and compare that usage to print books.

Drawing Comparisons: Analyzing Art & Architecture Print And E-Book Usage, Madelynn Dickerson, Jamie Hazlitt, Caroline Muglia, Jeremy Whitt

Library Staff Publications and Research

Recent studies have shown that despite possible preconceptions, e-books in art and architecture subject areas are actually quite well used. By collaborating across four SCELC-affiliated Southern California institutions (Claremont Colleges Library, Loyola Marymount University, Pepperdine University, and the University of Southern California), we engaged in extensive usage analyses to understand more about what might motivate art and architecture researchers to seek out e-books, and compare that usage to print books.

Critical Collection Analysis: Using Dh Tools To Contextualize Historical Collecting Patterns Within A Political Framework, Lydia Bello, Nina Clements, Madelynn Dickerson, Margaret Hogarth

Library Staff Publications and Research

With the growth of digital humanities and a wide range of free and open source analysis tools at our fingertips, librarians have a unique opportunity to use these new tools to critically analyze library collections. Moving beyond usage and budgets, strategies such as text analysis, temporal pattern finding and data visualization offer insights into the structure and content of our collections, which in turn supports evidenced-based decision-making for future acquisitions. At the Claremont Colleges Library, librarians across divisions have been encouraged to learn tools and approaches to Digital Humanities, and apply these principles to our own work and relationships with …

Assessing The Books We Didn’T Buy (The Sequel), Erika Johnson, Glenn Johnson-Grau, Rice Majors

Gleeson Library Faculty and Staff Research and Scholarship

Three universities (Santa Clara University, the University of San Francisco, Loyola Marymount University) are leveraging patron-initiated borrowing data to inform our collection development. Expanding on a pilot project that began in 2014, we have been looking at five years of recent borrowing data, along with five years of acquisition data and five years of circulation data of local collections, to help us define what a "normal" level of borrowing looks like as well as identify gaps in local collections. We are also using the data to strengthen the meta-collection of our consortium (LINK+) through the intentional and coordinated diversification of …

Using "Choice" To Measure The Availability And Use Of E-Books, Amanda L. Scott, Rickey D. Best

The Southeastern Librarian

As e-books have come to hold a major impact on library collection building activities, the influence of reviews of titles and the on-going conversion of titles to a digital format have significant potential impacts for libraries. Reviewing tools such as Choice and the lag-time between publication notice of the print edition of a work and its corresponding e-version asks the questions, “How many of the print titles that are reviewed in Choice have a corresponding e-version ready for purchase?” and “How used are those e-versions in comparison with print?”

Web Archiving In Academia: Collection Strategies Beyond The Institutional Domain, Kevin C. Miller

Kevin C. Miller

Adding And Slashing Serials, Zebulin Evelhoch

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

During a time of stagnating budgets and rising journal costs, Central Washington University’s Brooks Library evaluated and added a popular print magazine collection and worked with faculty to eliminate redundant and low-use resources. The process of identifying the need, researching, evaluating, and gaining student input for popular magazines to be added to a recently opened coffee shop is addressed first. Secondly, the systematic approach the library used to identify journal titles received in multiple formats and low-use/high-cost resources then worked with faculty to change access models to realize a net savings is discussed. Throughout, insights are provided into the processes …

Library E-Book Platforms Are Broken: Let's Fix Them, Galadriel Chilton, Joelle Thomas

Galadriel Chilton

Comparing Electronic Vs. Print Book Preferences Between Students In The Social Sciences, The Arts And Stem, Lee Cummings, Anne Larrivee, Leslie Vega

Anne Larrivee

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any distinct differences in e-book usage habits among students in the social sciences, technical fields and the arts. To complete this study, students from three different disciplinary areas were surveyed. The same nine questions were posed to each student group, with slight modifications to some questions based on the discipline.The results of this study show that students in each discipline have a preference for convenience and accessibility, whether material is print or electronic. Some more unique characteristics between disciplines include the percentage of students using books and frequency of …

2016-09 Library Impact Stataement For Bus 348x Business Of Social Global Design Innovation, Andree Rathemacher

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for BUS 348X Business of Social Global Design Innovation. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Andree Rathemacher. Requesting faculty: Nancy Forster-Holt.

2016-09 Library Impact Statement For Bus 249 Business Of Innovation, Andree Rathemacher

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for BUS 249 Business of Innovation. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Andree Rathemacher. Requesting faculty: Nancy Forster-Holt.

2016-09 Library Impact Statement For Bus 149 Introduction To Entrepreneurship, Andree Rathemacher

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for BUS 149 Introduction to Entrepreneurship. No new resources were required to support this class. Responding library faculty: Andree Rathemacher. Requesting faculty: nancy Forster-Holt.

2016-09 Library Impact Statement For Bus 247 Imagination: Explore, Evolve, Engage, Andree Rathemacher, Andree Rathemacher

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for BUS 247 Imagination: Explore, Evolve, Engage. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Andree Rathemacher. Requesting faculty: Nancy Forster-Holt.

Pulp In The Ivory Tower: One University Library's Development Of A Pulp Magazine Collection From Scratch, Brian Flota, Mark Peterson, Julia Merkel

Libraries

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2016-08 Library Impact Statement For Pls 498x Teaching Practicum In Plant Sciences, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for PLS 498X Teaching Practicum in Plant Sciences. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Michael Cerbo. Requesting faculty: Brian Maynard.

2016-08 Library Impact Statement For Avs 344 Methods In Applied Animal Behavior, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for AVS 344 Methods in Applied Animal Behavior. No new library resources were required to support this class. Responding library faculty: Michael Cerbo. Requesting faculty: Justin Richards and Anthony Mallilo.

The Books We Didn't Buy: Assessing What We Don't Have, Rice Majors, Erika Johnson

Rice Majors

Santa Clara University and the University of San Francisco are leveraging patron-initiated borrowing data to create a deeper and more browse-able collection in certain subject areas where patrons have shown interest. This same ILL data has also been used to strengthen the meta-collection of our consortium (LINK+) through the intentional and coordinated diversification of approval plan profiles. When we began looking at our patron-initiated borrowing data, we could see that there are call number ranges where one or both universities borrow frequently. We will discuss both methodology and preliminary findings: how this data is being gathered, analyzed, and then used …

2016-05 Library Impact Statement For Hpr 132g Resilient Rivers, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for HPR 132G Resilient Rivers. The class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: Caroline Gottschalk Druschke.

2016-05 Library Impact Statement For Com 321g Social Media And Interpersonal Communication, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for COM 321G Social Media and Interpersonal Communication. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: Tracy Proulx.

2016-05 Library Impact Statement For Edc 302 Jumpstart Seminar, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EDC 302 JumpStart Seminar. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: Susan Brand.

An Old Horse Revived? In-House Use Of Print Books At Seton Hall University., Lisa Rose-Wiles, John P. Irwin

Library Publications

With limited library budgets and declining circulation of print books, it is important to demonstrate library value to multiple stakeholders and to make informed collection development choices. The aim of this one-year study was to gain a complete picture of print book circulation by identifying titles that were used in the library (‘in-house’) but not checked out. We found that almost 30% of circulation transactions were books that were used in-house. Medical and nursing books showed the highest rate of in-house use in both the reference and main (circulating) collection. A close examination of these subject areas indicated that 46% …

The Cycle Of User-Responsive Collection Development In Digital Libraries, Genevieve Podleski, Jane Davis

Digital Initiatives Symposium

Traditional collection development strategies may not be sufficient to effectively expand the use of a digital library or repository. Librarians working on FRASER, a digital library of economic history that is both a subject and institutional repository, have developed a cyclical strategy of user-responsive collection development. Collections developed in response to stakeholder needs include materials on historic responses to mortgage defaults during the Great Depression, and on the causes of historic panics and depressions, which grew out of the research priorities of policymakers and economists during the financial crisis of 2007. This session will provide an overview of FRASER’s traditional …

2016-04 Library Impact Statement For Bus 475 Social Media For Marketing, Andree Rathemacher

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for BUS 475 Social Media for Marketing. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Andree Rathemacher. Requesting faculty: Christy Ashley.

2016-04 Library Impact Statement For Bus 410x Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Practicum, Andree Rathemacher

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for BUS 410X Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Practicum. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Andree Rathemacher. Requesting faculty: Douglas Hales.

2016-04 Library Impact Statement For Ucs 161 Learning In College, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for UCS 161 Learning in College. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: David Hayes.

2016-04 Library Impact Statement For Aaf 300 Black Lives Matter/Blacks And Civil Rights Movements, Michael Vocino

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for AAF 300 Black Lives Matter/Blacks and Civil Rights Movements. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Michael Vocino. Requesting faculty: Carnell Jones.

2016-03 Library Impact Statement For Bio/Soc 210g Sociobiology Of Sex, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for BIO/SOC 210G Sociobiology of Sex. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Michael Cerbo. Requesting faculty: Jessica Adams.