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Time To Take New Measures: Developing A Cost-Per-Cited-Reference Metric For The Assessment Of E-Journal Collections, Megan G. Kilb, Virginia B. Martin, Tessa L. Minchew

Charleston Library Conference

The current primary quantitative measure of e-journal subscription return-on-investment (ROI) is cost-per-use (CPU). While CPU is widely used, it also widely criticized and should not be relied on to the exclusion of other factors when assessing ROI. Because CPU is an imperfect measure, the authors developed a new, complementary metric for evaluating e-journal subscription ROI: Cost-per-cited reference (CPCR). CPCR assigns a dollar value to each citation of a particular journal by authors affiliated with the subscribing institution during a specified time period. By focusing on the content that researchers cite in their scholarly output, a CPCR metric assists in measuring …

Efficient Deselection And Other Stories: A Fellowship At Unc Charlotte, Stephen G. Krueger

Charleston Library Conference

This paper will describe the collection development project done by a summer fellow at the J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The project took place over the summer of 2016. The fellow worked with the health sciences librarian and the collection development librarian to assess the health sciences resources held by the library. Elements included compiling acquisition recommendations, surveying faculty and other health sciences librarians, drafting a collection development policy, and recommending titles for deselection. The deselection section also served as a pilot for a larger library-wide project.

Stretching Your Dollars: Saving On Online Content, Linda Creibaum, Jeff Bailey

Charleston Library Conference

This session, led by two librarians with decades of combined acquisitions experience, was based on the premise that although quality databases can be expensive and only the most fortunate of libraries have unlimited or even plentiful financial resources, there are ways to save funds on these resources. The presenters shared their knowledge about ways to stretch finite library acquisitions funds.

Linda Creibaum and Jeff Bailey emphasized tools and strategies attendees could use to save valuable funds on databases and subscriptions. Discussion topics included consortial and volume discounts, the advantages of taking a trial, the importance of keeping notes and checking …

How A New Library System Changed The Way We Think About Acquisitions And Collection Development, Thomas A. Karel, Bonnie Powers

Charleston Library Conference

Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a small undergraduate institution with a full-time equivalent (FTE) of approximately 2,400 students. In the summer of 2016, the library migrated to Online Computer Library Center’s (OCLC) WorldShare Management System (WMS). This change to a cloud-based library system gave us an opportunity to consider new ways of doing cataloging, circulation, and acquisitions. This presentation will primarily discuss the changes that were implemented to the allocation of funds for ordering materials and the impact of those changes, including the way we now approach collection development.

Where Is The Library Budget Going? Using Ils Fund Codes And Reports For Fiscal Accountability, Debbi Smith

Charleston Library Conference

Our collections continue to migrate to an online environment, but often administrators outside the library are tied to fiscal concepts that do not reflect new formats and modes of access. Administrators look at electronic resource expenditures and don’t always understand that they are not just for databases but also for e-journals and e-books that can be subscribed to or owned. Fund code structures that are built into instrument landing systems (ILS) such as Innovative’s Sierra can be used to demonstrate how material budgets are expended by format and function, which can then be tied into more formal assessment and analysis …

Budgeting In An Academic Library: A Lively Lunch Discussion, Karin Wikoff

Charleston Library Conference

Are you always seeking to improve budgeting in your academic library? Are you fascinated by the challenge of predicting costs for subscriptions? I went on an "Academic Library Budgeting Roadshow," and had discussions with peers at seven other institutions. In this session, I will present a summary of my findings, then pose the same questions to the group. We'll discuss everything from the budget process and timeline, to allocating funds, to predicting subscription costs, to what you do if you go over or under budget, to flexibility, to deposit accounts, to Zero-Based Budgeting, to the biggest challenges we each face. …

Integrating Standards Into Your Curriculum, Margaret Phillips, Michael Fosmire, Paul B Mcpherson

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

This PowerPoint presentation was delivered as part of a workshop titled Integrating Standards into Your Curriculum at Purdue University in October 2017. Additional materials from the workshop can be located here: http://guides.lib.purdue.edu/NIST_standards (see the "standards workshop materials" tab).

Online Digital Exhibit With The Tippecanoe County Historical Association, Kathryn Math, Jinghong Zhu, Rajan Dalal

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

We fi rst came into contact with the Tippecanoe County Historical Association (TCHA) through the fall 2016 honors course “Digital Histories,” led by Dr. Jennifer Bay. Our course project was to create a digital exhibition for the TCHA with a service-learning grant provided by Purdue University. In this collaboration, we were able to put into practice the theories and processes we learned in the classroom and gain both a working knowledge of archival techniques and an understanding of the relationship between the institution and the community. The exhibit “Planting Our Roots: The Immigrant Experience in Tippecanoe County” is the result …

Questions And Answers-Copyright Column, Laura N. Gassaway

Against the Grain

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To Blog Or Not To Blog-Academic Blogging, Pat Sabosik

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Collecting To The Core-Native American Activism, J. Wendel Cox, Anne Doherty

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Contradictory Or Complimentary? Copyright Law & The Americans With Disabiities Act, Carla S. Myers

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And They Were There-Reports Of Meetings, Ramue K. Kubilius, Sever Bordeianu

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Table Of Contents

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

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Booklover-Theater, Donna Jacobs

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The Scholarly Publishing Scene- Why They Write, Myer Kutz

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Optimizing Library Services- Tracking E-Journal Perpetual Rights: A Discussion Among Publishers, Vendors And Librarians, Carol Seiler, Caroline J. Campbell, Lindsay Wertman

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Being Earnest With Collections-Known Unknown: A Humanities Collection Gap-Analysis Project, Michael A. Arthur, Alice L. Daugherty

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

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Future Conference Dates

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From Your Editor, Katina Strauch

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Stop, Look, Listen-Misleading Perceptions Of The Open Access Book Market, Sven Fund

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Legal Issues In Information Sharing In The Era Of Sci-Hub, Will Cross

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Community-Led Teaching And Learning: Designing An Open Educational Resource For Scholarly Communication And Legal Issues, Josh Bolick, Maria Bonn, Will Cross

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Global Education, Global Challenges: Licensing For The New American University, Anali Perry

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Blurring Lines-When All The Lines Blur…The Patron, Publisher And Librarian All Win, David Parker

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From The Reference Desk-Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson

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Little Red Herrings-Can A Leopard Change Its Spots?, Mark Y. Herring

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Op Ed-Opinions And Editorials-Random Ramblings, Bob Holley

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