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Gist: Joining Ill, Acquisitions, And Collection Development At Eku, Kelly Smith

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

For libraries who embrace patron-driven acquisitions, the workflows of ILL, Acquisitions, and Collection Development are becoming more interdependent. Workflows that are traditionally siloed in different systems impede the efficient provision of library materials. The Getting It System Toolkit for ILLiad (http://www.gistlibrary.org/) provides an elegant solution to this problem.

Ccc’S Get It Now Service As A Collection Development Strategy, Kelly Smith, Pat New

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

Copyright Clearance Center's "Get it Now" service gives libraries the ability to provide immediate fulfillment of full-text articles from unsubscribed journals from over a dozen publishers. Eastern Kentucky University Libraries implemented "Get it Now" as a mediated ILL service starting in July of 2011. In this session, presenters discussed lessons learned during the implementation of the service, gave an overview of the fulfillment workflow, and outlined its successes and limitations.

User-Focused Acquisitions Strategies: Developing Collections For The 21st Century, Kelly Smith

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

With flat or declining budgets and rising prices, most libraries need to find new ways to provide access to the significant amount of content that our users need. Following a user-centered philosophy, Eastern Kentucky University Libraries have implemented several new approaches for acquiring print and electronic resources. Initiatives have included: Patron-driven eBook collections - both broad and subject-specific; article-level purchasing using Copyright Clearance Center’s Get it Now service; and ILL initiated collection development for print resources. The presenter described each initiative and discussed their effect on the budget, the usage of resources, and workflow processes. Future implications for organization and …

Worst Case Scenario: Your Library Without Subscription Databases, Julie S. George, Clay Howard

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

In recent years, an unsustainable economic model has emerged in many academic libraries—skyrocketing journal subscription costs coupled with diminishing materials budgets. What if vendor prices for journal subscriptions rise so fast that our budgets just can’t keep pace? Could we continue to meet the needs of our patrons if we had to cut EBSCO and other expensive aggregator databases? And for those of us charged with teaching good research skills, how would instruction change? In this interactive session we will tackle the above questions, present some open source alternatives to subscription databases, and discuss “vendor-free” information literacy instruction.

Using Process Mapping To Assess And Improve Eresource Workflow, Kelly Smith

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

The Continuing Resources Team at Eastern Kentucky University Libraries has used a structured, collaborative process mapping approach to identify workflow problems and make improvements. We also identified better tools for sharing information that is needed by multiple staff members. Co-presented at the 2010 Charleston Confernece as part of the "Innovative Practices in Electronic Resources and Acquisition Management" preconference workshop.

Clean Up Your Act! A Voyager Acquisitions/Serials Overhaul For Greater Efficiency, Kelly Smith, Amy Tabb

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

The acquisitions and continuing resources teams at EKU Libraries used the occasion of several library staff retirements as an opportunity to reevaluate departmental processes. In doing so, we solved two major problems: • We completely overhauled our Voyager ILS ledger structure to allow for more granular reporting, specifically in relation to electronic resources and online periodicals. • We developed a better understanding of the relationship between the acquisitions, serials check-in, and cataloging functions in Voyager, allowing us to develop more seamless workflows between the acquisitions and continuing resources teams and to do a large order record clean-up project.

Hot To Prot: Enhanced Instruction Skills Through Peer-Review, Karen Gilbert, Kevin L. Jones, Cindy Judd

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

In order to improve both library instruction and formative evaluation, EKU Libraries’ Public Services librarians located and adapted Samson & McCrea’s (2008) Peer Review of Teaching model (PROT). This presentation explained the three major elements of the PROT, what it specifically evaluates, how it was implemented, and what library instructors have gained from its use.

Creative Solutions For Managing Eresources Workflow, Kelly Smith, Laura Edwards

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

As the number of eResources we acquire continues to grow, Eastern Kentucky University Libraries have attempted to develop more effective ways to manage our online collections. Traditional methods for dealing with print resources do not apply to the entire eResources lifecycle, and we have been challenged to think creatively about possible solutions. Our strategies have included adjusting the staffing model of the eResources team, analyzing our workflow using process mapping to identify areas of improvement, and finding appropriate ways to incorporate support staff into the eResources workflow.

Eku Online Reference Gets H3lp, Cindy Judd, Julie George

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

EKU Libraries is in its fourth year of providing an Instant Messaging reference service. We have seen our statistics increase over that time as we have made changes to the way we offer our service, especially when we added the Meebome widgets throughout the website. Recently, EKU Libraries implemented a new IM platform in order to extend the way we provide online reference help. LibraryH3lp offers simultaneous logins, queues to send questions to librarians with appropriate subject specialties, and a seamless integration with our existing Meebome widgets. Learn about our efforts to improve the EKU Libraries "Ask Us" service. Hear …

Developing Information Literate Students, Cindy Judd, Betina Gardner, Julie George

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

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Nextgen Acquisitions: A Paradigm Shift For A New Era, Kelly Smith, Kathryn Harnish

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

Current integrated library systems traditionally combine both user discovery and inventory management applications, merging very different functional needs into a single environment. As libraries look to the future, our service platforms must evolve in a way that enables both more efficient management and more effective presentation of a wide array of library resources. For many libraries, the first step in the process has been to decouple the user discovery and delivery environment, separating the needs for patron presentation from the requirements for back-office management. In this way, libraries have attempted to improve the enduser experience.

This presentation examines how new …

Getting Boys To Read: A Look At The Research And The Books They Love, Carrie Lynn Cooper, Kathy Cox Watson

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

This session focuses on what the research says about males as readers and introduces the audience to great boy books and other types of text that appeals to male readers. The presenters have chosen titles from the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards program that are of interest to young male readers. Presenters also introduce and promote Kentucky’s children’s choice reading program, the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards. To misquote George Ella Lyon, the presenters would like to get boys to "shake hands with a book."

Creating Complex Publication Patterns In Voyager, Kelly Smith, Laura Edwards

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

Procedures for creating complex publication patterns in the Voyager ILS acquisitions module.

The Inexorable March To Online-Only Journal Subscriptions, Kelly Smith, Patricia Thompson

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

There is not a “one size fits all” approach to shifting journal collections from print to online only, nor are there existing “best practices” for tackling this problem. This presentation addresses criteria used by different libraries, complications experienced, and strategies employed.

Representing Ejournals In The Library Catalog, Kelly Smith

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

Academic library catalogs as they currently exist are essentially static databases – they are searchable versions of card catalogs. Even the display in many systems resembles the old-fashioned card. By contrast, eJournals (and websites and eBooks, for that matter) contain dynamic information. URLs change, platforms change, vendors change, the same title is hosted on multiple changing platforms. Is it possible with today’s library catalog to effectively present metadata for online formats when each change must be input manually? Can the catalog truly represent a complete listing of our holdings in this dynamic and largely unstable electronic publishing model? This presentation …

The Need To Weed: Weeding The Nursing Print Collection – Justification, Marketing, Implementation, Karen Gilbert

Library Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

Examining issues around a major weed of EKU Libraries' print Nursing collection. With Victoria Koger.