A challenging aspect of the collection management process is effectively communicating with stakeholders about library resources. Communication can range from obtaining patron feedback integral in collection planning to effective messaging elaborating on collection budgets and cancellation decisions. It has also become increasingly necessary to explain the various acquisition models that affect the landscape of library content and use of electronic resources. In this paper, the University of South Florida will present the results of a survey of the approaches used in academic library websites to communicate collection policies along with related considerations, statistics and data, justifications, and factors affecting selection practices. Information about the important elements used to construct a dialog with faculty and administration in order to demonstrate the costs and value of library resources to those in the academic community is included. A case study demonstrating the practical implementation of these communication principles at the Arthur Lakes Library at the Colorado School of Mines will be discussed. The study will show how the Library was able to break free from a cycle of collection stagnation, which was perpetuated by a lack of effective communication. The result was that the Library was able to tell a story with data in order to communicate a message, as well as strengthen their partnerships with faculty regarding collection management.
{"title":"Communicating Collections: Strategies for Informing Library Stakeholders of\u0000 Collections, Budget, & Management Decisions","authors":"L. Pascual, John Abresch, A. Seiffert","doi":"10.5703/1288284317142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317142","url":null,"abstract":"A challenging aspect of the collection management process is effectively\u0000 communicating with stakeholders about library resources. Communication can range from\u0000 obtaining patron feedback integral in collection planning to effective messaging\u0000 elaborating on collection budgets and cancellation decisions. It has also become\u0000 increasingly necessary to explain the various acquisition models that affect the\u0000 landscape of library content and use of electronic resources. In this paper, the\u0000 University of South Florida will present the results of a survey of the approaches used\u0000 in academic library websites to communicate collection policies along with related\u0000 considerations, statistics and data, justifications, and factors affecting selection\u0000 practices. Information about the important elements used to construct a dialog with\u0000 faculty and administration in order to demonstrate the costs and value of library\u0000 resources to those in the academic community is included. A case study demonstrating the\u0000 practical implementation of these communication principles at the Arthur Lakes Library\u0000 at the Colorado School of Mines will be discussed. The study will show how the Library\u0000 was able to break free from a cycle of collection stagnation, which was perpetuated by a\u0000 lack of effective communication. The result was that the Library was able to tell a\u0000 story with data in order to communicate a message, as well as strengthen their\u0000 partnerships with faculty regarding collection management.","PeriodicalId":287918,"journal":{"name":"\"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things\"","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134271833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In the spring of 2019, the Montana State University (MSU) Library embarked on a large-scale inventory project that involved weeding and moving portions of their collection to an offsite storage facility within six months in order to create more student study space in the Library. The department primarily responsible for leading the project, Collections Access & Technical Services, the result of two departments merging, was also simultaneously navigating their new structure and a remodel of their workspace thus adding further challenges to the project. This poster session demonstrated how MSU Library approached and completed this project by advocating to their Library Administration for additional resources, including hiring a project manager and third-party companies to assist with the inventory and moving of the collection. It also discussed the types of work groups formed to identify new workflows (i.e., retrieval of offsite items) and modify existing ones, involving student employees in the project, and internal and external collaborations that took place. Additionally, presenters shared strategies used to communicate to their campus community, and the impact this project has had on our patrons. They also included statistics that were gathered during the project including deselection figures, the number of materials that did not have barcodes and were not accounted for in the Library’s catalog and discovery layer (Ex Libris’ Alma and Primo), and what subject areas currently remain in the main library building.
{"title":"The Time Has Come... To Move Many Things: Inventorying and Preparing a Collection\u0000 for Offsite Storage","authors":"Rachelle M McLain, Hannah McKelvey","doi":"10.5703/1288284317169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317169","url":null,"abstract":"In the spring of 2019, the Montana State University (MSU) Library embarked on a\u0000 large-scale inventory project that involved weeding and moving portions of their\u0000 collection to an offsite storage facility within six months in order to create more\u0000 student study space in the Library. The department primarily responsible for leading the\u0000 project, Collections Access & Technical Services, the result of two departments\u0000 merging, was also simultaneously navigating their new structure and a remodel of their\u0000 workspace thus adding further challenges to the project. This poster session\u0000 demonstrated how MSU Library approached and completed this project by advocating to\u0000 their Library Administration for additional resources, including hiring a project\u0000 manager and third-party companies to assist with the inventory and moving of the\u0000 collection. It also discussed the types of work groups formed to identify new workflows\u0000 (i.e., retrieval of offsite items) and modify existing ones, involving student employees\u0000 in the project, and internal and external collaborations that took place. Additionally,\u0000 presenters shared strategies used to communicate to their campus community, and the\u0000 impact this project has had on our patrons. They also included statistics that were\u0000 gathered during the project including deselection figures, the number of materials that\u0000 did not have barcodes and were not accounted for in the Library’s catalog and discovery\u0000 layer (Ex Libris’ Alma and Primo), and what subject areas currently remain in the main\u0000 library building.","PeriodicalId":287918,"journal":{"name":"\"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things\"","volume":"410 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122822228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In the last several years, approval profiling has changed significantly and grown increasingly complex, particularly due to the prevalent shift toward collecting in electronic formats. While approval profiles have been predominantly e-preferred for some time, the growth of demand-driven acquisition (DDA) has led to new license models, modes of acquisition, and tighter integration of DDA with approvals. With the advent of the DDA-preferred approval plan came options for the inclusion of multiple e-book platforms as well as complexities involving publisher embargoes. Additionally, the numerous approval and DDA profile parameters, workflow options, and administrator settings vary widely, resulting in a seemingly endless array of possibilities that can affect how titles are ultimately profiled. The task of creating a new profile or preparing profile reviews can be overwhelming, especially for those new to profiling or trying a new vendor. However, it can and should be a collaborative experience with vendors that leads to more than just great profiles. While library staff should strive to learn how to make the most of what a vendor offers, vendors should inquire about the library’s collection development strategies, issues, and needs. Vendors can also share current trends and offer advice modeled on how other libraries handle similar issues, as well as gather feedback for potential development. This paper supplies tips that will help library staff who are preparing to create or review approval or DDA profiles or to profile with new vendors, to be better prepared in order to maximize their time profiling with vendors.
{"title":"Approvals, Slips, and DDA! Oh My! The Yellow Brick Road to Collaborative Approval\u0000 and DDA Profiling","authors":"Keri Prelitz","doi":"10.5703/1288284317172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317172","url":null,"abstract":"In the last several years, approval profiling has changed significantly and grown\u0000 increasingly complex, particularly due to the prevalent shift toward collecting in\u0000 electronic formats. While approval profiles have been predominantly e-preferred for some\u0000 time, the growth of demand-driven acquisition (DDA) has led to new license models, modes\u0000 of acquisition, and tighter integration of DDA with approvals. With the advent of the\u0000 DDA-preferred approval plan came options for the inclusion of multiple e-book platforms\u0000 as well as complexities involving publisher embargoes. Additionally, the numerous\u0000 approval and DDA profile parameters, workflow options, and administrator settings vary\u0000 widely, resulting in a seemingly endless array of possibilities that can affect how\u0000 titles are ultimately profiled. The task of creating a new profile or preparing profile\u0000 reviews can be overwhelming, especially for those new to profiling or trying a new\u0000 vendor. However, it can and should be a collaborative experience with vendors that leads\u0000 to more than just great profiles. While library staff should strive to learn how to make\u0000 the most of what a vendor offers, vendors should inquire about the library’s collection\u0000 development strategies, issues, and needs. Vendors can also share current trends and\u0000 offer advice modeled on how other libraries handle similar issues, as well as gather\u0000 feedback for potential development. This paper supplies tips that will help library\u0000 staff who are preparing to create or review approval or DDA profiles or to profile with\u0000 new vendors, to be better prepared in order to maximize their time profiling with\u0000 vendors.","PeriodicalId":287918,"journal":{"name":"\"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things\"","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132783303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic libraries have increasingly recognized the need to collect diverse materials. Simultaneously, academic libraries need to continue to develop additional measures to evaluate collections for diversity as well as connect to collections to their users and their campus initiatives and priorities. This paper features perspectives from two academic libraries and shares how both are grappling with not only assessing collections for the equity, diversity, and inclusivity, but also to place those collection efforts in the broader picture of institutional values and goals.
{"title":"Something to Talk About: the Intersection of Library Assessment and Collection\u0000 Diversity","authors":"Roxanne Backowski, T. Morton","doi":"10.5703/1288284317148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317148","url":null,"abstract":"Academic libraries have increasingly recognized the need to collect diverse\u0000 materials. Simultaneously, academic libraries need to continue to develop additional\u0000 measures to evaluate collections for diversity as well as connect to collections to\u0000 their users and their campus initiatives and priorities. This paper features\u0000 perspectives from two academic libraries and shares how both are grappling with not only\u0000 assessing collections for the equity, diversity, and inclusivity, but also to place\u0000 those collection efforts in the broader picture of institutional values and\u0000 goals.","PeriodicalId":287918,"journal":{"name":"\"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things\"","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115141346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Due to impending campus-wide downsizing, the Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Libraries projected that a worst-case scenario would result in a 14% cut to the library’s collections budget for fiscal year 2020. In the same year, GVSU Libraries welcomed several new members of its leadership team, including the dean, two associate deans, head of systems, head of collections, business administrator, and a vacancy after the long-time acquisitions manager retired. Budget cuts and staff turnover are tough, but they prompted a much-needed reassessment of roles, culture, and priorities in the library. Different approaches to spending and curating the library’s collections were vital to counteract the budgetary challenges. Cara Cadena, the new head of collections, was charged with building a task force to recommend cancellations and a plan to communicate these changes across campus. Decisions were made based on feedback gathered from teaching faculty, liaison librarians, campus stakeholders, and usage data. Ultimately, the communication plan proved to be the most critical--and challenging--part of the process. In this session, Cara and Marcia will discuss successes, missteps, results, the importance of vendor relationships, and future plans for collection management at GVSU. Attendees will gain insights into leveraging stakeholder buy-in and grasping opportunities amidst constant change (and decreased funding) in order to evolve effectively. They’ll also learn how GVSU Libraries are reimagining the role of the collections team.
{"title":"When you don’t know what you don’t know: How two new collections librarians\u0000 right-sized a collections budget","authors":"Cara Cadena, Marcia Lee","doi":"10.5703/1288284317164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317164","url":null,"abstract":"Due to impending campus-wide downsizing, the Grand Valley State University (GVSU)\u0000 Libraries projected that a worst-case scenario would result in a 14% cut to the\u0000 library’s collections budget for fiscal year 2020. In the same year, GVSU Libraries\u0000 welcomed several new members of its leadership team, including the dean, two associate\u0000 deans, head of systems, head of collections, business administrator, and a vacancy after\u0000 the long-time acquisitions manager retired. Budget cuts and staff turnover are tough,\u0000 but they prompted a much-needed reassessment of roles, culture, and priorities in the\u0000 library. Different approaches to spending and curating the library’s collections were\u0000 vital to counteract the budgetary challenges. Cara Cadena, the new head of collections,\u0000 was charged with building a task force to recommend cancellations and a plan to\u0000 communicate these changes across campus. Decisions were made based on feedback gathered\u0000 from teaching faculty, liaison librarians, campus stakeholders, and usage data.\u0000 Ultimately, the communication plan proved to be the most critical--and challenging--part\u0000 of the process. In this session, Cara and Marcia will discuss successes, missteps,\u0000 results, the importance of vendor relationships, and future plans for collection\u0000 management at GVSU. Attendees will gain insights into leveraging stakeholder buy-in and\u0000 grasping opportunities amidst constant change (and decreased funding) in order to evolve\u0000 effectively. They’ll also learn how GVSU Libraries are reimagining the role of the\u0000 collections team.","PeriodicalId":287918,"journal":{"name":"\"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things\"","volume":"158 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116232781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
As is the case at most academic libraries, collection assessment has become an essential component of collection management and development work. Although much of the assessment focus has disproportionately fallen on e-resources, print collections remain fruitful areas for evaluation and review. At Emory, print collections, including a complex approval plan, continue to be a significant component of our overarching collection strategy (in volume and expenditure). However, shifting priorities for library space and the growth of interdisciplinary programs and centers within the University are placing a higher demand on subject librarians for communication and coordinated decision-making regarding print acquisitions. As a result, we are currently preparing for a comprehensive print collection review, of which the approval plan is an integral component. This assessment will inform a more coherent print strategy, which effectively and efficiently meets research and teaching requirements as well as administrative needs. Using data cleaning and visualization tools, such as R, Excel, and Tableau, we have enriched our local usage data with detailed Gobi approval data (e.g., series, publisher, subject, etc.) and profile parameters. Merging these data types and enriching local use data will allow us to analyze the print collection in a more nuanced fashion and ask questions that do not require the LC classification framework. This analysis considers the development of additional tools and approaches that facilitate subject specialist communication with collection management and overall collaborative decision-making, especially in cross disciplinary areas.
{"title":"Collections Data, Tools, and Strategy: Applying R, Tableau, and Excel to Print\u0000 Assessment","authors":"L. Jahnke, C. Palazzolo","doi":"10.5703/1288284317141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317141","url":null,"abstract":"As is the case at most academic libraries, collection assessment has become an\u0000 essential component of collection management and development work. Although much of the\u0000 assessment focus has disproportionately fallen on e-resources, print collections remain\u0000 fruitful areas for evaluation and review. At Emory, print collections, including a\u0000 complex approval plan, continue to be a significant component of our overarching\u0000 collection strategy (in volume and expenditure). However, shifting priorities for\u0000 library space and the growth of interdisciplinary programs and centers within the\u0000 University are placing a higher demand on subject librarians for communication and\u0000 coordinated decision-making regarding print acquisitions. As a result, we are currently\u0000 preparing for a comprehensive print collection review, of which the approval plan is an\u0000 integral component. This assessment will inform a more coherent print strategy, which\u0000 effectively and efficiently meets research and teaching requirements as well as\u0000 administrative needs. Using data cleaning and visualization tools, such as R, Excel, and\u0000 Tableau, we have enriched our local usage data with detailed Gobi approval data (e.g.,\u0000 series, publisher, subject, etc.) and profile parameters. Merging these data types and\u0000 enriching local use data will allow us to analyze the print collection in a more nuanced\u0000 fashion and ask questions that do not require the LC classification framework. This\u0000 analysis considers the development of additional tools and approaches that facilitate\u0000 subject specialist communication with collection management and overall collaborative\u0000 decision-making, especially in cross disciplinary areas.","PeriodicalId":287918,"journal":{"name":"\"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things\"","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114219682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This poster looks at the circulation rate for literary primary texts, which constitute a unique area of collecting in academic libraries: while they do not in most cases meet immediate research needs, it is assumed that libraries ought to acquire them, for reasons including future research needs, preservation of the cultural record, and the ability of members of the intellectual community to stay current, those these remain primarily tacit. The circulation trends of contemporary literary works in ten areas of literature (English, American, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin American, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian) over the past twenty years at the University of Oregon Knight Library are presented and the circulation turnover rate (CTR), for each of these subject areas are presented. Sample graphs allow for the comparison of circulation rates and numbers of books across time, and serve as examples of the utility of such visualizations of the numbers. The key question raised by the study is what makes a good CTR for a particular region of the collection? The poster concludes by summarizing the considerations that bear on the interpretation of the CTR as an index of how the collection is “working.”
{"title":"The Forest, The Trees, The Bark, The Pith: An Intensive Look at the Circulation\u0000 Rates of Primary Texts in Ten Major Literature Areas at the University of Oregon\u0000 Libraries","authors":"J. Staiger","doi":"10.5703/1288284317145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317145","url":null,"abstract":"This poster looks at the circulation rate for literary primary texts, which\u0000 constitute a unique area of collecting in academic libraries: while they do not in most\u0000 cases meet immediate research needs, it is assumed that libraries ought to acquire them,\u0000 for reasons including future research needs, preservation of the cultural record, and\u0000 the ability of members of the intellectual community to stay current, those these remain\u0000 primarily tacit. The circulation trends of contemporary literary works in ten areas of\u0000 literature (English, American, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin American,\u0000 Chinese, Japanese, and Russian) over the past twenty years at the University of Oregon\u0000 Knight Library are presented and the circulation turnover rate (CTR), for each of these\u0000 subject areas are presented. Sample graphs allow for the comparison of circulation rates\u0000 and numbers of books across time, and serve as examples of the utility of such\u0000 visualizations of the numbers. The key question raised by the study is what makes a good\u0000 CTR for a particular region of the collection? The poster concludes by summarizing the\u0000 considerations that bear on the interpretation of the CTR as an index of how the\u0000 collection is “working.”","PeriodicalId":287918,"journal":{"name":"\"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things\"","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125263270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Allen Jones, Cynthia Schwarz, Hannah McKelvey, Rachelle M McLain, Christine Stohn
Discovery services have evolved to include not just books and articles, but databases, website content, research guides, digital and audiovisual collections, and unique local collections that are all important for their users to be able to find. Search and ranking remain at the core of discovery, but advanced tools such as recommendation, virtual browse, ‘look inside‘, and the use of artificial intelligence are also becoming more prevalent. This group of panelists discussed how content in their discovery systems can change based on the context of the user, using as examples Primo and Blacklight, and how content is populated, discovered and requested by users through differing customizations and workflows. The session also explored what tools are available today or may become available in the coming years that may be used to highlight different collections and material types in a library discovery system. As this topic impacts many stakeholders—libraries who need to make content discoverable and satisfy the needs of their users, content providers who want to make sure that their content is visible and used, and discovery providers who need to develop their systems to support the changing needs—the panelists posed questions to the audience to encourage conversation around the challenges they face with making their unique content collections discoverable and to share solutions.
{"title":"Resource Discovery in a Changing Content World","authors":"Allen Jones, Cynthia Schwarz, Hannah McKelvey, Rachelle M McLain, Christine Stohn","doi":"10.5703/1288284317157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317157","url":null,"abstract":"Discovery services have evolved to include not just books and articles, but\u0000 databases, website content, research guides, digital and audiovisual collections, and\u0000 unique local collections that are all important for their users to be able to find.\u0000 Search and ranking remain at the core of discovery, but advanced tools such as\u0000 recommendation, virtual browse, ‘look inside‘, and the use of artificial intelligence\u0000 are also becoming more prevalent. This group of panelists discussed how content in their\u0000 discovery systems can change based on the context of the user, using as examples Primo\u0000 and Blacklight, and how content is populated, discovered and requested by users through\u0000 differing customizations and workflows. The session also explored what tools are\u0000 available today or may become available in the coming years that may be used to\u0000 highlight different collections and material types in a library discovery system. As\u0000 this topic impacts many stakeholders—libraries who need to make content discoverable and\u0000 satisfy the needs of their users, content providers who want to make sure that their\u0000 content is visible and used, and discovery providers who need to develop their systems\u0000 to support the changing needs—the panelists posed questions to the audience to encourage\u0000 conversation around the challenges they face with making their unique content\u0000 collections discoverable and to share solutions.","PeriodicalId":287918,"journal":{"name":"\"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things\"","volume":"2014 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125892355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mind the Gap: A Landscape Analysis of Open Source Publishing Tools and\u0000 Platforms","authors":"John Maxwell","doi":"10.5703/1288284317209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317209","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":287918,"journal":{"name":"\"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things\"","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121831550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic law libraries face some challenges that are consistent with larger trends in higher education. However, there are unique aspects that shape the way collections are selected, evaluated, managed, and promoted. Most electronic resources designed for legal research do not generate COUNTER compliant usage data. Many subscription resources and services that libraries provide access to are primarily geared towards non-academic customers, such as law firms and corporations. Patrons increasingly need and request research products that rely on data collection, personalization, and non-IP access controls, which complicates law librarians’ professional commitment to things like preserving patron privacy and providing walk-in access. Law library technical services departments are perpetually negotiating these and other challenges to ensure the needs of law faculty and students are met as seamlessly as possible. Some of these methods and strategies might be applicable to other types of libraries navigating unfamiliar issues.
{"title":"Wrangling Weirdness: Lessons Learned from Academic Law Library Collections","authors":"Courtney McAllister, Megan Brown","doi":"10.5703/1288284317168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317168","url":null,"abstract":"Academic law libraries face some challenges that are consistent with larger trends\u0000 in higher education. However, there are unique aspects that shape the way collections\u0000 are selected, evaluated, managed, and promoted. Most electronic resources designed for\u0000 legal research do not generate COUNTER compliant usage data. Many subscription resources\u0000 and services that libraries provide access to are primarily geared towards non-academic\u0000 customers, such as law firms and corporations. Patrons increasingly need and request\u0000 research products that rely on data collection, personalization, and non-IP access\u0000 controls, which complicates law librarians’ professional commitment to things like\u0000 preserving patron privacy and providing walk-in access. Law library technical services\u0000 departments are perpetually negotiating these and other challenges to ensure the needs\u0000 of law faculty and students are met as seamlessly as possible. Some of these methods and\u0000 strategies might be applicable to other types of libraries navigating unfamiliar\u0000 issues.","PeriodicalId":287918,"journal":{"name":"\"The Time Has Come . . . to Talk of Many Things\"","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133883744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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