Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Responding To The Need For Change Through Strategic Collection Development, Barbara M. Pope

Faculty Submissions

Is your library’s print serials collection irrelevant and little used? Have you been given a mandate to change? Has your library’s budget been cut while you must provide access to relevant serials and databases?

In June of 2013, Axe Library had a change of leadership and at the same time, staff were given a mandate to change by university administration with no idea of what that meant. In addition, the library faced a crippling budget shortfall that meant subscription cuts were inevitable. As a result, staff came to realize that the status quo of doing their jobs as they knew …

Using A 21st Century Tool To Support Discovery & Research With Library Resources, Barbara M. Pope

Faculty Submissions

Learn how you can use LibGuides to point your students to discipline specific databases and resources in order to help them to use good resources in doing research. Specifically, LibGuides can point to subscription and open access databases, online journals, websites, uploaded documents, and YouTube videos, among other things.