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A Real Challenge: Incorporating Patron-Driven Acquisitions Programs Into Collection Development Strategies And Budgets, Steven Carrico, Trey Shelton

Charleston Library Conference

Many academic libraries are struggling to revise collection policies and develop improved methods of allocating budgets that integrate Patron or Demand-Driven Acquisitions plans. Two Acquisitions Librarians from the University of Florida will discuss how academic libraries are meeting this challenge and describe how their library has modified collection management policies and approval profiles, and reallocated material budgets to incorporate their ongoing PDA programs.

You Call That Perpetual? Issues In Perpetual Access, Chris Bulock

Charleston Library Conference

Ensuring perpetual access to electronic resources is a difficult and multifaceted process. Many issues stand in the way of seamless ongoing access and challenge traditional definitions of “perpetual.” License agreements are often vague on the issue. Librarians and vendors often fail to properly track the content to which an institution is entitled after a contract has lapsed. New e-book editions complicate access to previous editions. Multimedia resources may rely on quickly outdated software, so that they become unusable even if the content still has value. These challenges, as well as strategies for working through them, are discussed in relation to …

Point Of Care Tools And Libraries: 12th Annual Health Sciences Lively Lunch, Deborah D. Blecic, Wendy Bahnsen, Susan Klimley, Ramune K. Kubilius

Charleston Library Conference

This session included a discussion about point of care tools in the health information setting. Klimley provided a presentation on the point of care tools landscape that highlighted the importance and relevance of this topic now, evaluations that have been published about these tools, funding issues, and desirable elements of the tools. The presentation included examples of marketing techniques and product advertisements to portray the various claims and testimonials regarding these products, which provided a critical discussion on the products and their use in health information settings. A lively discussion followed the presentation to allow participants to express some of …

Collection Development And Acquisitions Policies And Procedures: Do They Meet The Needs Of Today’S Academic Library Environment?, Jeff Bailey, Linda Creibaum

Charleston Library Conference

With recent vast changes in formats, purchase/subscription options, and funding sources, many librarians are wondering if their existing policies, procedures, and processes are meeting their library’s needs in the current environment.

The presenters hope to create a survey of current practices in library collection development in order to aid librarians seeking different/improved means of doing these duties. Bailey and Creibaum began by providing information on past and present collection development methods of the Dean B. Ellis Library of Arkansas State University, including a brief overview of their allocation formula which is used to determine distribution of funds to departments. Following …

E-Books For All: Working To Establish An E-Book Dda Program Within Usmai, Lynda Aldana, Joyce Tenney, David Swords

Charleston Library Conference

USMAI is interested in providing unified, cost-effective, and creative approaches to the sharing of information and knowledge resources across its 16 libraries at public universities and colleges in Maryland. One approach USMAI has taken to achieve this goal is working to provide their patrons with increased access to more e-book collections by investing more in e-book purchases. This presentation addresses this approach as it relates to the expansion of pre-existing independent demand driven acquisitions (DDA) programs to create a consortium which would include all 16 libraries within USMAI. The project would provide access to e-book collections across these libraries to …

National Union Catalog: Asset Or Albatross?, John P. Abbott, Allan G. Scherlen

Charleston Library Conference

Midsize academic libraries face many unique challenges, particularly in the greyer areas of collection management. This presentation addresses these challenges faced by libraries in midsize institutions and how they differ from those at larger research institutions. It focuses on the presenters’ study of midsize library attitudes toward retaining or weeding the iconic National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints and the reasoning behind each. The generations of librarians who used the NUC and other analog sets are passing from the scene in academic libraries, and the incoming digital native librarian knows little or nothing about them. The fate of the NUC is …

Partner Your Way To Success: Advancing Consortia Opportunities In The Volunteer State, Theresa Liedtka, Deanne Luck, Mary Ellen Pozzebon

Charleston Library Conference

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By Popular Demand: Building A Consortial Demand‐Driven Program, Xan Arch, Robin Champieux, Susan Hinken, Emily Mcelroy, Joan Thompson

Charleston Library Conference

The Orbis Cascade Alliance set out to create an e‐book program for its 36 member libraries. Unlike the single-library patron‐driven acquisition programs that we have seen in the past, this ambitious pilot needed to take into account the different discovery options and workflow requirements of 36 libraries and their varying size and technical capabilities. We will discuss the ideal makeup of an implementation team for a program of this size, how to assess the technical hurdles and what training must be provided, how to work with vendors effectively in this setting, and how to evaluate the success of a patron‐driven …

Experiences From The Field: Choosing A Discovery Tool For Your Unique Library, Jennifer Castaldo, Christine Korytnyk Dulaney, Tom Klingler, Doralyn Rossmann, Laura Wrubel

Charleston Library Conference

Our users want an easier way to search library resources; currently, there are many discovery tools available, which can seem daunting. How do you know which one will work for your unique library? Librarians from different types of libraries—an online library, a land-grant school, a law library, a private university, and a consortium—describe how they evaluated the available products and made decisions on which tools to implement. A variety of platforms are discussed, including: Ebsco’s Discovery Service, III’s Encore Synergy Discovery, Serials Solutions’ Summon, and even a homegrown solution. Discover what libraries are looking for in these tools, strategies for …

Turn That Frown Upside Down: Management Strategies For Improving Library Employee Morale In Uncertain Times, Cindy L. Craig, Curt G. Friehs

Charleston Library Conference

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Let Go And Haul! A Square‐Rigger’S Guide To Weeding “Age Of Sail” Collections In The 21st Century, Valarie Prescott Adams, Douglas Black

Charleston Library Conference

This nautically tinged talk explores what happens when two academic libraries begin reshaping their approach to collection evaluation and management by designing programs for large‐scale, systematic collection review. At both libraries, methodical and comprehensive weeding had not taken place for decades, if ever. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga restructured its collection practices by implementing a subject liaison program and creating a carefully phased review process in which discipline faculty were an integral part. Northern Michigan University set out to halve the size of its circulating collection within five years, as part of the library’s response to a campus‐wide strategic …

A First-Year Librarian’S Weeding Project Management Experience From Start To (Planned) Finish, Kady Ferris

Charleston Library Conference

This paper will provide an adaptable roadmap for weeding a monograph collection at a small academic library. When starting straight out of library school as the first Collection Development Librarian for the St. Edward’s University library in July 2010, I was confronted with a monograph collection that had never been weeded in any systematic way. As a small liberal arts university library, it is not our mission to collect comprehensively but rather to support the current curriculum, which is focused on social issues in a global context. Yet, there we were with a dusty, dated, unused collection filling the shelves. …

2011 Global Student E‐Book Survey, Allen Mckiel

Charleston Library Conference

This article reviews the responses from the second ebrary informal survey of students concerning their experiences with information resources, which was conducted in September and early October of 2011. The first survey concluded in May of 2008. The surveys asked essentially the same questions about student use of electronic and print resources— perceived strengths and weaknesses as well as preferences and attitudes about them. This analysis compares the student responses separated by the three and a half years. Tables 11, 12, 15, and 16 use data constructed from the 2008 survey that were not initially reported so that they could …

Innovative Practices In Electronic Resources And Acquisition Management, Ryan Weir, Geoffrey P. Timms, Kelly A. Smith, Regina Koury, Denise Pan

Charleston Library Conference

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Efficient And Effective Funding Of Open Access 'Books', Frances Pinter, Sanford G. Thatcher, Ramune K. Kubilius

Charleston Library Conference

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The Tower And The Free Web: The Role Of Reference, John Dove, Phoebe Ayers, Casper Grathwohl, Jason B. Phillips, Michael Sweet, Sam Linthicum

Charleston Library Conference

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Who Do We Trust? The Meaning Of Brand In Scholarly Publishing And Academic Librarianship, Anthony Watkinson, Kent Anderson, Dean Smith, Hazel Woodward, Allen Renear, Audrey Powers

Charleston Library Conference

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Teaching Electronic Resource Management, Sheri Ross

Charleston Library Conference

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Will Pod (Print On Demand) Spell Doa For Op?, Mitchell Davis, Peter V. Tafuri, John Riley, Narda Tafuri, Marcus Woodburn

Charleston Library Conference

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Is Good Enough, Really Good Enough? Does Algorithmic Metadata Search Replace The Need For Discipline-Oriented Databases?, Mark Hyer, Helen Ivy, Bruce Pencek, Sharon Jordan, Sharon Tahirkheli

Charleston Library Conference

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"It's The Economy, Stupid": Dealing With High Acquisition Goals In Low Economic Times, Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, James Wiser, Robert L. Watkins, John G. Dove

Charleston Library Conference

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Tying Information Literacy Learning Goals To A Library Materials Budget: Repackaging The Formula To Meet Learning Goals, Dawn Stephen, Jenny Rushing

Charleston Library Conference

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