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Collection Development And Management: An Overview Of The Literature, 2011-2012, Kathleen A. Lehman 2014 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Collection Development And Management: An Overview Of The Literature, 2011-2012, Kathleen A. Lehman

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

The collection development and management literature from 2011 and 2012 explores how libraries are making difficult collection choices with decreasing funds, competing needs for space, and a continually developing e-market. Digital content is no longer new in collection management, but some of the ways the content is chosen have changed; collection-building activities now include various models of patron-driven demand acquisitions. Other literature in this area examines how libraries are addressing their print and electronic collections with topics including open access materials, shared collection building, and weeding collections for repurposed space.


Library Security Gates: Effectiveness And Current Practice, Jonathan H. Harwell 2014 Rollins College

Library Security Gates: Effectiveness And Current Practice, Jonathan H. Harwell

Faculty Publications

For years, library personnel have relied on security gates to prevent theft from their collections. However, recent anecdotal evidence suggests that libraries are removing the gates for various reasons, including cost and patron frustration with false alarms. This study examines current practices via a survey of libraries and security gate vendors and analyzes the effectiveness of security gates by empirical testing of alarms and with loss inventories of collection samples, supplemented by lost item statistics from interlibrary loan. Thus we use three primary methods to assess libraries’ approaches to security gates.


Information Outlook, March/April 2014, Special Libraries Association 2014 San Jose State University

Information Outlook, March/April 2014, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2014

Volume 18, Issue 2


Expanding The Conversation: Factors Influencing Quality Multicultural Literature In Western United States Elementary School Libraries, Maria Elena Martinez 2014 Boise State University

Expanding The Conversation: Factors Influencing Quality Multicultural Literature In Western United States Elementary School Libraries, Maria Elena Martinez

McNair Scholars Research Journal

This study is a follow-up analysis of the 2012 study titled‚ A Study of the Availability of Multicultural Children’s Literature in Treasure Valley Schools: Quality, Access, and Inclusion. The focus of the initial study was the quantity of multicultural literature available in elementary schools; the focus of the current study is the selection process of the literature. Quality multicultural literature encourages children to reaffirm the values of their own culture and come to appreciate those of others. Thus, multicultural literature has a significant impact on students developing identities. For this reason, this article seeks to investigate factors that affect elementary …


Pulp In The Ivory Tower: One University Library's Development Of A Pulp Magazine Collection, Brian Flota, Mark Peterson 2014 James Madison University

Pulp In The Ivory Tower: One University Library's Development Of A Pulp Magazine Collection, Brian Flota, Mark Peterson

Libraries

No abstract provided.


[Review Of] Encyclopedia Of Great Popular Song Recordings, Robert A. Aken 2014 University of Kentucky

[Review Of] Encyclopedia Of Great Popular Song Recordings, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Book Review - The World Of The Salt Marsh: Appreciating And Protecting The Tidal Marshes Of The Southeastern Atlantic Coast, Diana Hartle 2014 University of Georgia

Book Review - The World Of The Salt Marsh: Appreciating And Protecting The Tidal Marshes Of The Southeastern Atlantic Coast, Diana Hartle

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.


Collection Project Completed, Alexander K. Schweizer 2014 Gettysburg College

Collection Project Completed, Alexander K. Schweizer

Blogging the Library

I hope everyone had an awesome Spring Break and is enjoying the short burst of nice weather! It’s been a long time since my last post because I have been working on a month-long project, and I wanted to wait until it was complete to give the whole scoop. Due to my interest in any and everything that has to do with the euphonium, I did a great deal of research in an effort to improve and expand upon the large collection of musical resources that the Musselman Library has to offer. [excerpt]


Patron-Driven Acquisition And Monopolistic Use: Are Patrons At Academic Libraries Using Library Funds To Effectively Build Private Collections?, David C. Tyler, Joyce C. Melvin, MaryLou Epp, Anita M. Kreps 2014 University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Patron-Driven Acquisition And Monopolistic Use: Are Patrons At Academic Libraries Using Library Funds To Effectively Build Private Collections?, David C. Tyler, Joyce C. Melvin, Marylou Epp, Anita M. Kreps

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The library literature on collection development has recently seen a spate of publications and presentations on patron-driven acquisitions (PDA). The bulk of this literature has addressed the implementation and touted the successes of PDA at academic libraries, yet a counter literature has been developing, much of it addressing the potential failings of library patrons as selectors. There has been little focus, however, on patrons’ potentially problematic behaviors as post-purchase users of PDA materials. This study aimed to discover whether library patrons might in effect be monopolizing print books purchased via PDA via circulation renewals. The study found that there was …


Breaking Silos: Staffing For The Open Access Library, Jill Emery 2014 Portland State University

Breaking Silos: Staffing For The Open Access Library, Jill Emery

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

This presentation looks at changes occurring in academic libraries, with special focus on open access, new service models, and future options.


[Review Of] Musopen, Robert A. Aken 2014 University of Kentucky

[Review Of] Musopen, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Know Where To Go, Kirstin Duffin 2014 Eastern Illinois University

Know Where To Go, Kirstin Duffin

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

Assessing library article databases for efficient access to multidisciplinary research – A case study in bioenergy


Discovering Jewish Studies Collections In Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide, Izabella Taler 2014 Queens College - CUNY

Discovering Jewish Studies Collections In Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide, Izabella Taler

Publications and Research

The U.S. colleges and universities offering non-sectarian educational programs in Jewish Studies rely on the support of their academic libraries for research materials and library services. For college libraries which use Library of Congress Classification scheme, it is a common practice to integrate "studies" resources into their general library collections. Since Jewish Studies sources span a vast number of subjects within all major disciplines, shelving integration leads to the dispersion of all relevant sources and such dispersion in turn leads to a variety of problems for library professionals and library users. For collection development librarians the problems range from lack …


Collaborative Organizational Infrastructures To Support Open Access Journals, Marianne A. Buehler 2014 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Collaborative Organizational Infrastructures To Support Open Access Journals, Marianne A. Buehler

Library Faculty Presentations

With the advancement of open access (OA) journal publishing opportunities in partnership with presses and faculty, libraries in alignment with intersecting academic values are fulfilling a need by supporting sustainable models of scholarly communication that incorporate disseminating faculty scholarship in collaboration with library and/or press staff and editors to “start up” an OA journal or transform an existing print journal to OA. Library staff that embrace faculty or student publishing partnerships are structuring and utilizing their scholarly communication skill sets by positioning the availability of open access publications to disseminate quality research results. University presses are also forging alliances with …


Utilizing Ir Content Discovery Streams, Marianne A. Buehler 2014 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Utilizing Ir Content Discovery Streams, Marianne A. Buehler

Library Faculty Presentations

Institutional repositories (IRs) host an abundance of unique and valued digital content. The premise of garnering scholarly and local collection materials is to engage them for visibility and accessibility. As an additional tool to assist in the process of creating an infrastructure for reachable content, the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway tool enables academic libraries to target individual repository collections to minimally harvest the metadata and be visible through WorldCat.org and OAIster. Collection items display their metadata while available full-text deposits from the Gateway create links to expose an IR’s record and the object itself that could include an article or …


Meetings, Weedings, Development.. Oh My!, Celia M. Hartz 2014 Gettysburg College

Meetings, Weedings, Development.. Oh My!, Celia M. Hartz

Blogging the Library

Hello!! Since the last time I posted a lot has happened and so far, still good. That’s not to say I haven’t needed help on a few Reference Questions but things are going pretty well. I’ve had a few ‘RefWins’ where I’ve felt that I was particularly helpful, one was even over chat! Everything is going great thus far and I’m definitely learning, a lot. [excerpt]


When A Collection Is Not A Collection, Jill Emery 2014 Portland State University

When A Collection Is Not A Collection, Jill Emery

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

A pdf version of a brief PowerPoint presentation by Portland State University Librarian Jill Emery on new services in libraries, necessitated by shifting landscapes in higher education. Compares old and new models, and looks at the major features of 21st century collections.


The Black Military Experience, Arizona State University 2014 Minnesota State University, Mankato

The Black Military Experience, Arizona State University

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Arizona State University.


Streaming Video Resources For Teaching, Learning, And Research, Julie DeCesare Cicilline 2014 Providence College

Streaming Video Resources For Teaching, Learning, And Research, Julie Decesare Cicilline

Library Faculty and Staff papers

In less than 10 years the availability of digitally converted or born digital video, has grown exponentially. Libraries and librarians are constantly navigating, and helping their patrons navigate, this shift from analog to digital. For access to video, our libraries are challenged by an individual consumer marketplace, where institutional access is often limited and expensive. Due to limitations of streaming content, licensing and copyright issues for use in learning management systems and public performance screenings, and time and budgetary issues surrounding the conversion of analog to digital formats, public and educational institutions are still very reliant on physical formats. Patron …


Information Outlook, January/February 2014, Special Libraries Association 2014 San Jose State University

Information Outlook, January/February 2014, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2014

Volume 18, Issue 1


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