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Collection Development and Management

2013

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Demographic Survey - Why Can't Students Get The Sources They Need, Sanjeet Mann Oct 2013

Demographic Survey - Why Can't Students Get The Sources They Need, Sanjeet Mann

Sanjeet Mann

Demographic survey given to students participating in 2014 electronic resource availability study. Supplemental material for presentation given at 29th Annual NASIG Conference, Ft Worth, TX.


Flying Solo, Economy Or Business Class Through Collections In The Cloud, Christine N. Turner May 2013

Flying Solo, Economy Or Business Class Through Collections In The Cloud, Christine N. Turner

Christine Turner

No abstract provided.


Works Cited - Measuring Electronic Resource Availability, Sanjeet Mann Mar 2013

Works Cited - Measuring Electronic Resource Availability, Sanjeet Mann

Sanjeet Mann

Works cited list for presentation given at SCELC Research Day, March 5, 2013, Loyola Marymount University.


Measuring Electronic Resource Availability, Sanjeet Mann Mar 2013

Measuring Electronic Resource Availability, Sanjeet Mann

Sanjeet Mann

This is the online, archived version of my presentation given at SCELC Research Day on March 5, 2013 at Loyola Marymount University. The data have been updated to correct errors in the initially reported availability rate. Students and faculty face numerous barriers to accessing their academic library's subscribed electronic resources, ranging from confusing interfaces to misconfigured knowledge bases and missing metadata. These issues consume staff time, waste hard-earned subscription dollars, and erode staff and user confidence in the reliability of library systems. Recently, researchers have begun to use availability studies - a systems research method long used to evaluate library …