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Digital Collections Manual (Version 1.0), Ellen Kathryn Corrigan, Booth Library Subcommittee On Digital Resources, Eastern Illinois University

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

What Is A Metadata Librarian?, Karen Miller, Kristin Martin, Ellen Kathryn Corrigan

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Panel discussion on the role of the metadata librarian in academic libraries. Drawing from their own experiences, three Illinois academic librarians address topics including the training and skills needed, as well as the duties and challenges of the position. Part of the DCUG "Metadata Matters" webinar series.

Webinar recording available via http://www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-serv/mem-train/10falldcug.html. Presentation was recorded on: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 10:00am – 11:00am

Strategic Planning On The Fast Track, Elizabeth Stephan

Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Workflows In Paradise: E-Books, Acquisitions, And Cataloging, Antje Mays

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

This article explores libraries’ technical workflow design and strategic considerations as various e-books business models and mobile devices and their management become a growing part of the information landscape.

Approval Plans, Discipline Change, And The Importance Of Human Mediated Book Selection, John Steven Brantley

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

This study examines holdings of 21 members of the Association of Research Libraries for books reviewed in American Historical Review. The study asserts that approval plans are inadequate for collecting from small publishers or from scholarship that crosses disciplinary boundaries. Although approval plans increase efficiency in collection development, the need for expert selection cannot be overstated. Results indicated that small publisher’s books were less likely to be in libraries than university press publisher’s books, and that history monographs are frequently classified outside disciplinary boundaries, and are therefore invisible to approval plans that define disciplines based on classification systems.