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Adding And Slashing Serials, Zebulin Evelhoch
Adding And Slashing Serials, Zebulin Evelhoch
All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences
During a time of stagnating budgets and rising journal costs, Central Washington University’s Brooks Library evaluated and added a popular print magazine collection and worked with faculty to eliminate redundant and low-use resources. The process of identifying the need, researching, evaluating, and gaining student input for popular magazines to be added to a recently opened coffee shop is addressed first. Secondly, the systematic approach the library used to identify journal titles received in multiple formats and low-use/high-cost resources then worked with faculty to change access models to realize a net savings is discussed. Throughout, insights are provided into the processes …
Curating Collections By Curating Connections: How To Increase The Use And Usefulness Of Institutional Repository Content, Sean Lind
Library Scholarship
This article discusses the creation and expansion of the institutional repository at Central Washington University as a depository for student scholarship.