Pub Date : 2022-01-24DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2022.2030839
Elizabeth Webster, Autumn Faulkner
Abstract The Children’s and Young Adult Literature Collection at Michigan State University is more than five years old and was born out of a need to support the teacher education curriculum. The collection focuses on award-winning books as well as those with a diverse aspect either in author, character, and/or subject. The collection was started in collaboration with faculty in the College of Education’s teacher education department and initially funded through a diversity grant. At the time the collection was built, it was decided that it would be classified in LCC call numbers as it is housed within a main academic library as a specialty sub-collection (rather than in a curriculum materials center or a dedicated education library). This collection is among the most widely circulated in the library and is robustly used by students in the program. The focus for these past few years has been on building the collection and maintaining the relationships that the collection supports. Over time, the collection has grown substantially and more space was allotted to accommodate it. Using LC classification made sense initially but as the collection expanded, it became somewhat unwieldy. After observing students using the collection, it was apparent that a reorganization of the collection would remove numerous pain points including obstacles to discovery. The timing was serendipitous; a new education librarian with teaching experience and expertise in children’s literature had just started and was eager to undertake such a project. This case study will explain all the steps of undertaking this project and include both public services and technical services perspective. Both are essential in considering such an undertaking. Early discussions of the project resulted in a decision to reclass titles from LCC to Dewey, and to abandon the somewhat arbitrary division of picture books and chapter books in favor of an array of shelving categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and graphic novels, with age range designations of children’s, middle grade, and young adult. These decisions involved cataloger re-training, changes to labeling and shelving procedures, and space considerations. The authors will explain the rationales behind these decisions and methods used to implement them.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2022.2030096
Judith M. Nixon, Cara List
As collection management librarians, our responsibilities, in a nutshell, are to buy the books/journals/databases, etc., to organize them, and to evaluate them for retention – always with our users’ needs in mind. This issue, like most of our issues, deals with these. However, another important aspect of acquiring is working with gifts and donors. And we also have an article on donor relations. This issue of Collection Management begins with three peer-reviewed articles that are case studies. Therefore, each looks at how an individual library handled a collection project. The first two address the collection evaluation process of downsizing projects. Zachary Valdes, at Sam Houston State University, describes his library’s methods and workflow in moving library materials to the Texas A&M Joint Library Facility. Those libraries considering consolidating collections into joint repositories will want to read the challenges and successes of this case study. The second article also addresses the evaluation process, this time evaluation of subscription databases. Summer Durrant’s article goes beyond just looking at “cost per use” statistics and describes an evaluation grid used at the University of Mary Washington Libraries to assess the more holistic value of the databases to their users. The third article will be of interest to libraries using Kanopy to provide streaming videos. Because Kanopy has two major access models, Sandra Urban’s library investigated which model to choose. They choose the mediate access model and found that this has not led to significant delays in providing access to requested materials. The fourth peer-reviewed article is on the important aspect of acquiring materials, donor relations. Alison Day and Maja Krtalić looked at the donor relationships at five New Zealand galleries, libraries, archives and museums institutions. The author interviewed nine participants to study the policies and procedures related to donors. The issue concludes with a non-peer reviewed article in our “Tools of the Trade” column. This article is also a case study on weeding. Adrienne Hieb and Sian Seldin describe weeding the government documents collection at the Research Library at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-22DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2021.2015500
A. Hieb, Sian Seldin
Abstract Libraries of all sizes are daunted by taking on a major collection review project, especially conducting the process in an efficient manner. This case study discusses a medium-sized government library’s successful data-driven weeding project. It explains how we planned the project, established goals, and created and executed workflows, all while considering the unique characteristics of our collection. Our project used two innovative and interconnected components: (1) a process using various criteria to systematically remove from consideration the titles we needed to keep, and (2) a data-driven process using different inputs and automation strategies that ensured we made high-quality decisions efficiently.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-20DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2021.2018376
Mitchell Scott
Abstract Like many academic librarians, St. Norbert College collection librarians have been trying to find the right configuration of e-book acquisition strategies to meet our users’ needs. Since 2017, St. Norbert’s strategy had been a combination of a subscription to a large vendor package, multiple evidence-based acquisition (EBA) programs, and one-time orders of e-books purchased as a part of faculty departmental requests. In Fall 2018, St. Norbert Library started a partnership with the campus bookstore, began receiving the list of course adopted texts (CATs), and launched a new and parallel e-book strategy of purchasing unlimited access e-books for CATs. This study provides data on the reach and growth of St. Norbert Library’s CATs e-books program, including the number of courses and types of courses affected by library supplied CATs e-books, and the types and publishers of library supplied CATs. As the CATs program grew so did the costs to support it and St. Norbert determined to investigate the usage of the CATs e-books compared to its concurrently licensed EBA content and evaluate the compatibility and sustainability of its CATs and EBA programs. Discussions detail why St. Norbert came to value CATs e-books over EBA e-books, how, despite the potential for symbiosis, St. Nobert’s determined its EBAs to be incompatible with its CATs program, and why the St. Norbert Library decided not to continue both the EBA and the CATs programs. Conclusions discuss CATs e-book successes and how developing, sustaining, and continuing to evolve the CATs e-book program has been integral to St. Norbert Library’s collection moving in new strategic directions.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-08DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2021.1975594
Wyoma vanDuinkerken, Zach Valdes
Abstract This quantitative longitudinal study cross-analyzes a shared print repository’s periodical supplement records against physical copies to determine the accuracy of bibliographic representation for bound supplements. The authors relate the study’s findings to collection managers and library administrators by highlighting prominent issues discovered, and by discussing the challenges this descriptive disconnect may present for shared repositories, as well as any library collection containing periodical supplements. By requesting that participating libraries provide catalog records for materials set to be submitted, the shared print repository central to this study was well positioned to access and analyze large samples of records and materials from an assortment of independent library collections. It was discovered that many periodical supplement records failed to fully represent actual supplement content held, particularly when involving supplements that were bound together with serial volumes. As a result, the authors pose that if relying only on standard supplement cataloging requirements to represent periodical supplement holdings, it may be particularly difficult for those overseeing collection management to know exactly what supplement content is held and bound within or apart from the affiliated parent resource materials. In turn, this issue may result in libraries inadvertently mislaying or discarding valuable supplement content, particularly when supplement information is not recorded and cataloged at the item level.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-31DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2021.1971588
Alison Day, Maja Krtalić
Abstract Donors are important contributors to collection development in GLAM institutions, yet interactions and communications around policy and procedures with donors are under researched. Using a case study research design to investigate donor relationships nine participants from five New Zealand GLAM institutions were selected for interview. Participants were found to value their trust-based donor relationships, investing time into their continued development. A content analysis of donation webpages found differences between them, emphasizing the range of institutional views regarding website communication value. This research offers constructive insights into the processes and challenges selected New Zealand GLAM institutions face in managing personal donations.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-26DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2021.1965685
Karen Wanamaker, A. Bestwick
Abstract This qualitative action research study investigated the influence that participating in a book tasting had on Pre K-4 pre-service teachers in their social studies methods course. The findings indicated that book tasting helped pre-service teachers to conceptualize what a text set is, learn how to create one using library resources, and incorporate quality children’s literature successfully into lesson plans that are designed to meet the NCSS standards using the NCSS themes and the C3 Framework. The findings also indicated that book tastings changed the attitudes and perceptions that pre-service teachers had about using children’s literature to teach content Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2021.1965685.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-19DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2021.1960668
Linda Salem
Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine how diverse the academic children’s library picture book collection is at San Diego State University Library and how well it represents the members of the community who use it. Using the results of a Diverse BookFinder’s Collection Analysis Tool (DBF CAT) report, the researcher compares ethnic group representation in a library’s holdings to local patron demographics to analyze how well the collection represents the community that uses it. More specifically, the DBF CAT data were compared to demographic statistics of the university student body and to demographic statistics of local school children whose teachers use the collection to develop lesson plans. While this comparison broadly identified some strengths and gaps in the collection, the demographic category mismatch between the DBF CAT data categories and the demographic statistical sources was problematic. Assessment of the historical part of the picture book collection was also explored and led to a recommendation for further collection diversity assessment research using historical bibliographies and book reviews.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-13DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2021.1958723
S. Durrant
Abstract When evaluating subscription-based databases, academic librarians primarily rely on cost-per-use statistics to guide their decision-making. Although this metric is useful, it does not provide a complete picture of a resource’s value to the institution. To adopt a more holistic approach, the University of Mary Washington implemented an evaluation grid, which was used to assess 61 products the library subscribed to during the 2019–2020 academic year. In addition to product cancelations, results were used to identify areas for improvement. Using an evaluation grid enabled UMW Libraries to make high-quality renewal and cancelation decisions in an objective and transparent manner and effectively communicate these decisions to various stakeholders. Libraries wishing to holistically assess their databases can adapt the evaluation grid to meet their local needs.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-29DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2021.1958400
Alison Lehner-Quam
Abstract An education librarian and faculty member collaborated on research grants to study teacher education student’s experiences with diverse books and to develop library collections. This study explores the development of internally grant-funded linguistically and culturally sustaining children’s book collections and assesses the impact of the grants with a model that analyzes research guide use, library instruction sessions, and reflection on grant-funded research, among other components. Intentional collection practices, including grant-funded collection development; faculty partnership; nontraditional bibliographic tools; and alternative forms of access, discovery, and shelving led to a vital and linguistically and culturally sustaining collection which reflects education student’s diverse identities.
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