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Telling The Technical Services Story: Communicating Value (Presentation), Rebecca Mugridge
Telling The Technical Services Story: Communicating Value (Presentation), Rebecca Mugridge
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
Technical Services isn’t the hidden discipline it once was. Despite some cross-departmental interaction, misconceptions about the work are all too common. It’s incumbent on technical services staff to take a proactive approach by communicating to others their value to the library and institutional mission. This session spotlights successful initiatives and gives you the guidance to bolster communication within departments, across the library, and campus-wide.
Advocating For Technical Services Through Assessment (Presentation), Rebecca L. Mugridge
Advocating For Technical Services Through Assessment (Presentation), Rebecca L. Mugridge
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
This presentation discusses how managers can advocate for technical services through a variety of assessment activities.
Advocating For Technical Services: The Power Of Assessment (Presentation), Rebecca L. Mugridge
Advocating For Technical Services: The Power Of Assessment (Presentation), Rebecca L. Mugridge
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
This presentation reviews the many ways that assessment can be used to advocate for technical services within academic library settings.
Assessment In Practice (Presentation), Rebecca L. Mugridge
Assessment In Practice (Presentation), Rebecca L. Mugridge
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
This presentation provides some strategies that cataloging managers can use to evaluate and assess the services they offer.
Looking Back, Moving Forward In The Digital Age: A Review Of The Collection Management And Development Literature, 2004–8, Lorre Smith, Daryl R. Bullis
Looking Back, Moving Forward In The Digital Age: A Review Of The Collection Management And Development Literature, 2004–8, Lorre Smith, Daryl R. Bullis
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
The collection and management of digital resources dominated collection development and management literature produced during 2004–8. Themes covered the changing nature of local collections, redefining collection management responsibilities and practices, cooperation and collaboration, and collection assessment and evaluation. The literature reflected the struggle to manage a vast array of resources while library budgets stagnated. While publishers continued to offer more bundles of electronic publications, librarians responded with strategies to collaborate and negotiate for feasible pricing structures. A culture of continuous assessment was a major topic. During this review period, access to and ownership of digital resources reemerged as a pervasive …
Research In Academic Library Collection Management, Mary F. Casserly
Research In Academic Library Collection Management, Mary F. Casserly
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
This chapter describes the empirical quantitative and qualitative research and case studies pertaining to collection management practice in academic libraries published between 1990 and 2007. The topics covered include collection size and growth, material cost, library expenditures, budgets and budgeting, collection development policies, collection composition, organization and staffing for collection management, selection, and the evaluation of the collection development process and the collection itself. The chapter identifies the most influential and useful studies and the most active areas of research. The collection management research literature was limited in the methodologies employed (surveys and case studies), statistical analyses applied (basic and …
Developing A Concept Of Collection For The Digital Age, Mary F. Casserly
Developing A Concept Of Collection For The Digital Age, Mary F. Casserly
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
The author describes how the concept of collection, reflecting the profession’s principles, values, and practices as they pertained to print-based (analog) information resources, developed in the pre-World Wide Web environment. She poses five questions related to goals and practices in the analog environment to help libraries develop a concept of the hybrid collection.
Beilstein And Gmelin: Keep Or Cancel, Michael Knee
Beilstein And Gmelin: Keep Or Cancel, Michael Knee
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
This article examines the decision-making process employed at an academic library to evaluate continuing commitments to two important reference sources in chemistry: Beilstein and Gmelin. A survey was used to ascertain regional subscribers for a potential resource-sharing agreement. A second survey was conducted to determine the status of the printed handbooks and usage of the online equivalents at institutions with similar chemistry departments. Results showed half of the surveyed libraries had standing orders for Beilstein and 35% had standing orders for Gmelin. The negotiation process between the Library and the Chemistry Department is outlined. The Chemistry Department elected …