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Journal articles on the topic "Library collections"

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Conant, Barbara M., and Louise W. Diodato. "Moving Library Collections." Collection Management 12, no. 3-4 (May 17, 1990): 135–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j105v12n03_11.

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Rathbun-Grubb, Susan. "Organizing Library Collections." Technical Services Quarterly 37, no. 2 (March 18, 2020): 219–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2020.1728151.

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Smith, Merrily A., and Karen Garlick. "Surveying Library Collections:." Technical Services Quarterly 5, no. 2 (June 28, 1988): 3–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j124v05n02_02.

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Johnson, Steven D. "Building library collections." Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory 10, no. 4 (January 1986): 351–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0364-6408(86)90041-4.

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Suhendani, Suhendani. "Pemanfaatan koleksi Perpustakaan Pusat Pendayagunaan Informatika dan Kawasan Strategis Nuklir BATAN menggunakan ISO 11620:2014." Jurnal Kajian Informasi & Perpustakaan 9, no. 2 (December 31, 2021): 161. http://dx.doi.org/10.24198/jkip.v9i2.29892.

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The library collection is an essential element of a library. The increasing turnover and collection usage by users in the library will affect the library's performance. The availability of collections in the library is an adequate number of collections and the availability of several collections owned by a library. This study aimed to determine utilization of the Central Library for Utilization of Informatics collection and the BATAN Nuclear Strategic Area using ISO 11620:2014. This study used a descriptive method with a quantitative approach, derived from numerical data of circulation services from 2017 to 2019. Results showed that the overall level of borrowing library materials decreased due to reduced direct user visits to libraries and digital libraries. The utilization level of library collections by the population to be served has increased significantly. Documents downloaded were six titles, and the highest download frequency was four times in 2018. Besides, documents downloaded were four titles, and the highest download frequency was 23 times in 2019. Users found the information they were interested in from electronic collections that were downloaded every year, namely radiography training exam questions. The presence of electronic documents is considered quite relevant and useful according to the user's information needs. Many collections of the Central Library for the Utilization of Informatics and the Nuclear Strategic Area of BATAN are not lent due to the availability of collections that are not yet relevant to users' needs. It significantly affects the turnover of the collection.
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Di Benedetto, Claudio. "The Uffizi Library: a collection that documents collections." Art Libraries Journal 35, no. 2 (2010): 4–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200016321.

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The Biblioteca degli Uffizi acts as a documentary ‘black box’ for all the notable collecting that has taken place in Florence during the past 500 years. The Library’s collections stretch from the autograph 22-year diary of the 15th-century painter Neri di Bicci and the different editions of Vasari’s Lives of the painters, through the inventories and lists of objects acquired and held successively by the Medici, the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine and the new Italian united kingdom, and to all the memoirs and plans and catalogues of the directors and ‘royal antiquarians’ of the Uffizi Gallery. In addition it contains major works on art history, artists, public and private art collections, exhibitions and many related topics. The Library holds 77,000 printed books and more than 440 manuscripts; its catalogue is shared with the IRIS consortium of art history and humanities libraries and contributes to artlibraries.net through this shared bibliographic database. Several digitisation projects have already been completed or are currently in progress.
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Bartley, Margaret. "WEEDING LIBRARY COLLECTIONS: LIBRARY WEEDING METHODS." Collection Management 24, no. 3-4 (September 1999): 335–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j105v24n03_24.

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Khan, Shajarul Islam, and Musheer Ahmad Khan. "Collections development of Maulana Azad Library (AMU) and Central Library of University of Delhi." Brazilian Journal of Information Science 4, no. 2 (July 17, 2011): 3–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.36311/1981-1640.2010.v4n2.01.p3.

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The collections development includes planning for a systematic and rational construction of the general collection. The process includes several activities such as the user’s needs, evaluation of current collections, determination of a selection policy, management of selected items, analysis and storage of collection items incorporated into the planning and resource sharing. Thus the collections development isn't a singular activity, but a group of activities. Organizationally, academic libraries have at least two structured patterns for the collections development: centralized and decentralized systems. In a centralized collections development the full responsibility is of the central library, for the other hand the decentralized collections development are the responsibilities of the sector or department academic. This research was conducted to obtain an overview of the collections development in the Maulana Azad Library of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and in the Central Library of Delhi University (DU).
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Wyly, Mary. "Chicago's Newberry Library – Independent Research Library and National Resource." Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues 7, no. 3 (December 1995): 181–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095574909500700305.

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One of several independent research libraries in the United States, the Newberry Library in Chicago, which is over 100 years old and has about 100 fte staff, has nationally significant collections in history, the humanities and music. Four special collections, each accompanied by an endowment for continuing acquisition, stand out: the Ayer Collection, now comprising more than 100,000 volumes, on early contacts between the Indian and the white man; the Greenlee Collection on Portuguese and Brazilian history; the Graff Collection on the American West; and the Wing Collection on the art of printing and graphic design. The library has pioneered in the field of preservation, and its Conservation Department presents training sessions and public programmes on the care of personal libraries and book handling. Access to the collections is gradually being automated, and a wide range of services and programmes for diverse audiences is offered. Its academic and educational programmes have made it a centre for advanced study in the humanities. Adult education seminars are held regularly, enrolling nearly 2,000 people.
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Kohler, Andrew S. "“Aaron Copland Collection,” Digital Collections, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/collections/aaron-copland/." Journal of the Society for American Music 15, no. 1 (February 2021): 138–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1752196320000541.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Library collections"

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Kott, Tama I. "An index of excerpts and an overview of published Orchestral Bassoon excerpt collections with a comparison of three collections /." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488196781733201.

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Anderson, Susan. "Resource Sharing: A Study of Florida's Shared-Used Library Collections." NSUWorks, 1988. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/388.

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Designed to provide library service for two or more different groups of library users in one library facility, shared-use or joint-use libraries are a unique aspect of library resources sharing. Thirteen examples of shared-use library collections in shared or joint-use library facilities in Florida were examined in this investigation. Special focus was placed on the perceptions of librarians who work in these libraries in order to determine how well the libraries meet the information needs on users and how successful the libraries are in conserving financial resources as a result of combined collections. A design of a special resource collections for one of the institutions participating in a shared-use library was formulated to demonstrate the planning process for collections sharing. Guidelines and contractual agreements relative to collection development that exist between the various shared-use libraries in Florida were evaluated and used to develop a model for agreements and a mission statement for shared-use libraries. Four types of shared-use library facilities in Florida were included in the study: community college/school libraries, community college/public libraries, community college/university libraries and school/public libraries.
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Clamon, Travis. "Marketing Book Collections: Creating Digital Displays Using Alma Analytics." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4869.

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Libraries purchase and subscribe to many new book titles each year. Instead of waiting for patrons to find these new titles in Primo, East Tennessee State University decided to develop automated book sliders using data from Alma Analytics. These sliders are now deployed in our subject guides, website, and on our digital displays. This presentation will give participants a high-level overview of our workflow and the tools we used. I'll first go over Alma Analytics, defining collection scopes and required fields. Next, I'll cover our process of retrieving the data via API and formatting the data into a JSON array. The last section will cover the implementation of slider widgets and use of book covers.
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Norton, Daniel. "Mixing the library : information interaction and the DJ." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2013. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/0d76d345-7bfc-4487-9d72-ab102a35784a.

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Digital collections have been amassed by institutions and individuals for over two decades. Large collections are becoming increasingly available as resources for research, learning, creativity, and pleasure. However, the value of these collections can remain elusive. Systems and methods are needed to unlock the potential held within collections, to access the knowledge and to make new discoveries with the available information. The aim of this research is to identify and describe a system for interacting with large volumes of digital material that supports both learning and creative development. This is done by investigating the Disc Jockey (DJ) who works with electronic media files. DJs have worked with large digital collections since the birth of file sharing in the 1990s. Their activities necessitate a library system that supports retrieval, creative play, and public presentation of material. The investigation will develop a model of information interaction from their activities. To examine the practice, the research employs an autoethnographic diary study, video interviews, and a practice-led method that combines Grounded Theory with digital interface development. Findings indicate a model of interaction which facilitates learning through the development of a personal collection, and allows creative innovation through key information behaviours of selecting and mixing. The research distinguishes fundamental interface requirements that support the process, and demonstrates transferability of the model to other data representations.
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Wall, Terry K. "Studies on frequency distributions of recorded use for students using academic library collections." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1987. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10938.

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Frequency distributions of recorded use for students using academic libraries were analysed using statistical models not previously employed for the purpose. The suitability of the data for such analysis is discussed. Evidence suggested that frequency distributions of recorded library use reflected real differences in amounts of library use by users. A computer simulation of library use by students was used to investigate the effects of competition among users upon distributions of use. Negative binomial probability distributions were found to reproduce some of the observed patterns of user activity, but were rejected on grounds of fit and applicability. Other two and three-parameter probability distributions were considered. A novel modification of the negative binomial distribution (being a Neyman Type A-gamma distribution instead of a Poisson-gamma distribution) gave good fit to frequency distributions of recorded use from various libraries. The fitted parameters appeared to be related to statistics of use for the observed populations, but the diversity observed in reality among users was clearly simplified in a stochastic model with only three parameters. In the second part of the study, methods of using the model were explored. Given stability in two of the three parameters, the model could be scaled with time to predict future frequency distributions. The extrapolation of numbers of non-users from one set of data is described. The effect upon the uptake of titles from a library collection of distributions of activity among students was also considered. By simplifying the model, relationships between the mean use by a group of users and maximum amounts of use by individuals, and between numbers of uses and numbers of titles used are suggested. A key factor in relating user activity to uptake is the extent to which users diversify in their use of titles.
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Sekikome, Patrick. "Developing a strategy and action plan for sustainably digitising specific special collections : a case of Buganda Kingdom collection at the Makerere University Library, Uganda." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58605.

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The focus of this study was to develop a strategy for sustainable digitisation of the Buganda kingdom special collections at Makerere University Library, Uganda. A number of questions were formulated to guide the researcher in finding answers to the research question. A literature review based on the research sub-questions was carried out. The review covered the approaches used when planning digitisation projects. These included the selection criteria, processes and technology requirements for digitising archival materials, resource requirements for sustainable digitisation initiatives, skills and competencies, possible framework for digitising archival materials, an overview of the Buganda Kingdom collection as well as the current digitisation equipment available at the Makerere University Library. The study took a qualitative approach with a case study design. This was due to the need to collect in-depth and detailed views and experiences regarding digitisation projects. A purposive sampling technique was used to identify three institutions, located within the Kampala area, which are actively involved in digitisation of collections. Data were collected, using semi structured interviews, from three participants; one from each institution. The participants were selected because of their knowledge about digitisation and semi-structured interviews were preferred due to their flexibility. An interview schedule was used as the data collection instrument. Data was transcribed into Microsoft Word and later entered into Microsoft excel for easy analysis. For ethical considerations, the researcher obtained clearance from the University of Pretoria and sought the consent of the participants before data were collected. Findings that answered the research question and sub-questions were presented and interpreted in chapter four and conclusions as were well recommendations discussed in detail in chapter five of this research report
Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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Information Science
MIT
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Morris, Alan. "Digital technologies and photographic archives Birmingham Central Library : a case study." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/126505.

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This thesis considers the use and potential of digital technologies for those responsible for photographic collections in public libraries. Using the Birmingham Central Library as a case study, the research has explored how information comn1unication technologies have impacted on the way in which photographic in1ages are created, stored and disseminated. The study provides an overview of both the British library service and the role of archives within this public provision. Following an examination of the characteristics of digital media and a range of issues relating to the preservation, dissemination and economic exploitation of photographic il1aterials in digital form, the thesis goes on to adopt a variety of research strategies, including a number of empirical projects used to assimilate information relating to the practical application of information communication technologies by those working in public libraries. The major outcome of the research, identified in the later sections of the thesis, has been to n1ake a unique contribution to the field of knowledge relating to the provision of digital resources by those responsible for photographic collections residing in archives within public libraries in the United Kingdom. The conclusions to emerge from the theoretical and empirical research contribute to knowledge by providing current information about the utilisation of digital technologies for the purposes of enhancing access to photographic material held within public library archives, whilst also considering possible future developments relating to the area of investigation.
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Akbar, Monika. "Integrating Community with Collections in Educational Digital Libraries." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25139.

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Some classes of Internet users have specific information needs and specialized information-seeking behaviors. For example, educators who are designing a course might create a syllabus, recommend books, create lecture slides, and use tools as lecture aid. All of these resources are available online, but are scattered across a large number of websites. Collecting, linking, and presenting the disparate items related to a given course topic within a digital library will help educators in finding quality educational material. Content quality is important for users. The results of popular search engines typically fail to reflect community input regarding quality of the content. To disseminate information related to the quality of available resources, users need a common place to meet and share their experiences. Online communities can support knowledge-sharing practices (e.g., reviews, ratings). We focus on finding the information needs of educators and helping users to identify potentially useful resources within an educational digital library. This research builds upon the existing 5S digital library (DL) framework. We extend core DL services (e.g., index, search, browse) to include information from latent user groups. We propose a formal definition for the next generation of educational digital libraries. We extend one aspect of this definition to study methods that incorporate collective knowledge within the DL framework. We introduce the concept of deduced social network (DSN) - a network that uses navigation history to deduce connections that are prevalent in an educational digital library. Knowledge gained from the DSN can be used to tailor DL services so as to guide users through the vast information space of educational digital libraries. As our testing ground, we use the AlgoViz and Ensemble portals, both of which have large collections of educational resources and seek to support online communities. We developed two applications, ranking of search results and recommendation, that use the information derived from DSNs. The revised ranking system incorporates social trends into the system, whereas the recommendation system assigns users to a specific group for content recommendation. Both applications show enhanced performance when DSN-derived information is incorporated.
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Schofield, Alice. "Evaluating the intellectual assets of the Scholarship and Collections Directorate at the British Library." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/20801/.

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This thesis aims to provide an evaluation of intellectual assets for the Scholarship and Collections Directorate (now Collections) at the British Library. Intellectual assets are assets which belong to and benefit an organization but do not have any tangible net worth, thus making it difficult to provide evidence of their value. An organization such as the British Library which is entirely dependent on the expertise of its staff, the way its collections are used and the relationships it forges with external stakeholders relies heavily on its intellectual assets and therefore a method for identifying and evaluating them in relation to the Library’s strategic aims is vitally important. This project is especially timely due to the financial constraints placed on the Library by the recent financial crisis and the changes to the Directorate’s infrastructure which have taken place since 2010. The data for this project was gathered on site at the British Library, using largely qualitative methods. Several in-depth interviews were conducted with Scholarship and Collections staff and stakeholders, and this was supported by a questionnaire distributed to all employees of the Directorate which was designed to collect further qualitative data as well as some quantitative data to support the findings. A phenomenographical approach was used during the data analysis process. This entailed focusing on the ways that individuals experience and interact with a particular phenomenon, in this case how Scholarship and Collections staff and stakeholders interact with intellectual assets. Several suggestions were made based on the collected data for how the Directorate could improve its utilisation of intellectual assets, which were largely concerned with encouraging a matrix culture within the Library and greater promotion of staff expertise and the services they could offer. An evaluation tool was developed which would enable users to use KPIs to generate qualitative data for evaluating intellectual assets. As a case study, this research is naturally limited to a particular location and period in time. Limited resources also prevented certain ethnographic groups, such as British Library users, from being included. However, the model which has been developed can be adapted for application to other organisations wishing to perform an intellectual asset evaluation. This project has formulated an intellectual asset evaluation tool which relies on qualitative methods, something which has not been fully accomplished before. It also provides a basis for the evaluation of IAs in libraries, an area of study which had not garnered much attention previously. The evaluation tool was designed so that it might be adapted for the use of other similar organisations.
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Kahn, Michelle. "The growth of e-book collections at South African academic libraries : a case study of the Western Cape." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11153.

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Libraries are still unsure of the value e-books can add to their collections and subsequently to their users’ research. E-book integration into library collections is made difficult by complicated purchasing and lending models and ever-changing technological requirements. Additionally, it is unclear what exactly library users want from their e-books. In this study, research into the obstacles facing the growth of academic library e-book collections was carried out by reviewing the literature on the topic, found in print and electronic reference works, monographs and journals, and on blogs and websites. Secondly, an investigation was conducted into patrons’ attitudes to e-books, their current use of e-books, and their expectations of e-books in their libraries, to examine the current and potential use of e-books at South African university libraries. The investigation employed both qualitative and quantitative research methods to discover library users’ attitudes towards e-books. Surveys were run on the campuses of the four universities in the Western Cape of South Africa. A sample of potential participants, totalling 1,539 staff members and 45,849 students, was invited to participate in the survey via email or a website link. Data was collected by means of a self-administered, online questionnaire distributed using SurveyMonkey software.
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Books on the topic "Library collections"

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Curley, Arthur. Building library collections. 6th ed. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1985.

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Gorman, G. E. Evaluating library collections. London: Aslib, 2003.

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Weeding library collections: Library weeding methods. 4th ed. Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited, 1997.

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Weeding library collections: Library weeding methods. 3rd ed. Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited, 1989.

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Agency, Illinois Environmental Protection. Library: Collections, services, subjects. Springfield, IL: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Administration, 2004.

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Library of Congress. Collections Services. [Washington, D.C.?]: The Library, 1995.

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Library of Congress. Collections Services. [Washington, D.C.?]: The Library, 1995.

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Broadbent, W. Special collections in Central Library. Manchester: MPL, 1986.

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Newberry Library. An uncommon collection of uncommon collections: The Newberry Library. 3rd ed. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1985.

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Office, Library of Congress Collections Policy. Library of Congress collections policy statements. Washington, D.C: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1994.

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Book chapters on the topic "Library collections"

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Milanesi, Carlo. "Standard Library Collections." In Beginning Rust, 295–311. Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3468-6_20.

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Milanesi, Carlo. "Standard Library Collections." In Beginning Rust, 337–54. Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7208-4_21.

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Doubleday, W. E. "Graphic Records." In Library Local Collections, 73–78. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003228882-6.

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Doubleday, W. E. "Our Purpose." In Library Local Collections, 15–23. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003228882-1.

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Doubleday, W. E. "What is Collected." In Library Local Collections, 24–30. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003228882-2.

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Doubleday, W. E. "The Housing and Filing of the Collection." In Library Local Collections, 97–103. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003228882-9.

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Doubleday, W. E. "Miscellaneous. Libraries of Municipal Reference Material. Copies. Exploiting the Collection. Notable Catalogues. Conclusion." In Library Local Collections, 104–10. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003228882-10.

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Doubleday, W. E. "Photographic and Regional Survey Records." In Library Local Collections, 79–91. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003228882-7.

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Doubleday, W. E. "Arrangement and Cataloguing." In Library Local Collections, 48–63. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003228882-4.

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Doubleday, W. E. "The Cost and Methods of Collection." In Library Local Collections, 31–47. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003228882-3.

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Conference papers on the topic "Library collections"

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Cadena, Cara M., and Marcia Lee. "When you don’t know what you don’t know: How two new collections librarians right-sized a collections budget." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317164.

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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.
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Backowski, Roxanne Marie, and Timothy Ryan Morton. "Something to Talk About: the Intersection of Library Assessment and Collection Diversity." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317148.

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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.
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Mays, Antje, and Oya Y. Rieger. "Legacy Missions in Times of Change: Defining and Shaping Collections in the 21st Century." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317167.

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Despite the rapidly changing information and technology landscape, collections remain at the heart of academic libraries, signifying their enduring importance in providing access to our cultural heritage. Given broader trends in research and the current information ecology of an increasingly networked, distributed, and licensed environment, building collections and developing collection polices is increasingly ambiguous. These trends impact librarians in form of ever-expanding portfolios, diffusion of effort, weakened sense of focus, and a rising sense of persistent yet unmet needs for developing new skills. This paper outlines current research on collection trends and summarizes the interactive exchanges from the 2019 Charleston Conference Lively Session (https://sched.co/UZR5). Through live polling, session participants identified key trends in libraries and collections: Key trends included business models, budget constraints, consortium deals, continued importance of subscribed content, access vs. ownership, digitization of unique local collections, digital humanities, digital scholarship, library publishing projects, growing library investments in Open Access (OA), and collection diversification efforts with a view to equity and social justice. Among emerging library services, data services and digitization ranked highest in importance. The most-cited wish-list items included transformative deals, stronger campus partnerships, more OA projects, reduced copyright barriers in sharing homegrown digitized video content, as well as skill development in Counter 5 and data analysis. Existing physical and digital preservation programs received only lower-middle strength ratings. Among long-established library characteristics, collection policies, subscribed content, interlibrary loan, and consortial borrowing and lending retained enduring value and high rankings in importance. Tensions continue between ownership, borrowing, and access.
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Jahnke, Lori M., and Chris Palazzolo. "Collections Data, Tools, and Strategy: Applying R, Tableau, and Excel to Print Assessment." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317141.

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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.
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Pascual, Laura, John Abresch, and Anna Seiffert. "Communicating Collections: Strategies for Informing Library Stakeholders of Collections, Budget, & Management Decisions." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317142.

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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.
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Ohler, L. Angie, Leigh Ann DePope, Karen Rupp-Serrano, and Joelle Pitts. "Canceling the Big Deal: Three R1 Libraries Compare Data, Communication, and Strategies." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317171.

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Canceling the Big Deal is becoming more common, but there are still many unanswered questions about the impact of this change and the fundamental shift in the library collections model that it represents. Institutions like Southern Illinois University Carbondale and the University of Oregon were some of the first institutions to have written about their own experience with canceling the Big Deal several years ago, but are those experiences the norm in terms of changes in budgets, collection development, and interlibrary loan activity? Within the context of the University of California system’s move to cancel a system-wide contract with Elsevier, how are libraries managing the communication about Big Deals both internally with library personnel as well as externally with campus stakeholders? Three R1 libraries (University of Maryland, University of Oklahoma, and Kansas State University) will compare their data, discuss both internal and external communication strategies, and examine the impact these decisions have had on their collections in terms of interlibrary loan and collection development strategies. The results of a brief survey measuring the status of the audience members with respect to Big Deals, communication efforts with campus stakeholders, and impacts on collections will also be discussed.
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Ward, Caryl, and Jill E. Dixon. "Change: Watch For The Right Time." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317177.

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Collection budgets are an essential tool for building collections yet the amounts of allocations can ebb and flow over the years. Modifying the budget structure is an intimidating, exhausting exercise with administrative and political ramifications that affect the workload of collections librarians as well as the workflows in acquisitions departments. External and internal forces such as impending budget cuts and serials reviews, a new library system, new department heads, newly minted librarians’ learning curves, and the creation or demolition of big deals seem like roadblocks to a budget revision process. They can also be seized as opportunities to look at new models. Libraries get by with the allocations provided in any given year, but would it be better for the collections if the approach to allocations was more flexible from the beginning, more of a proactive allocation instead of reactive? At Binghamton University Libraries, the hiring of a new Head of Collection Development and migrating to a new library system necessitated collaborative conversations concerning structures and roles for the two departments. This paper presents scenarios and recommendations for determining when and how to collaboratively evaluate a legacy budget structure, redefine allocations, and review staff roles.
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Visser, Alie, Erin Johnson, and Christina Zoricic. "Matching Made in Heaven: Collections and Metadata Collaboration for Print Preservation." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317176.

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Following the trend of repurposing library space to meet modern user needs, Western University is undergoing a planned revitalization and renovation of its largest library on campus. As a result, 500,000 items will need to be shifted to other locations or off-site storage. In this session we will outline the impact of metadata work in shifting this large collection of material to a shared print preservation storage facility, in coordination with Western University’s Keep@Downsview partnership (https://downsviewkeep.org/). Keep@Downsview is a partnership of five universities to preserve the scholarly record in Ontario in a shared, high-density storage and preservation facility. We will demonstrate the importance of collaboration and communication between Collections Librarians and Metadata Librarians to improve identification of materials for shared print preservation. While past Charleston conference presentations have discussed weeding legacy print collections, this session will focus on the importance of metadata matching processes. Speaking from experience at Western University, we will identify the types of tools and skills that we use to facilitate this work (such as MarcEdit, Excel, Python, OpenRefine, Google Sheets, and regular expressions). In highlighting the value of metadata for collections based projects, attendees will walk away with talking points to advocate for quality metadata at their institution and with vendors.
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McAllister, Courtney, and Megan Brown. "Wrangling Weirdness: Lessons Learned from Academic Law Library Collections." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue Univeristy, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317168.

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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.
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Jensen, Kristin H., and Carla H. Lee. "Rapid Collections Surveying With Book Traces @ UVa." In Charleston Library Conference. Purdue University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284316266.

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Reports on the topic "Library collections"

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Kennedy, Marie, Aisha Conner-Gaten, Jamie Hazlitt, Javier Garibay, and Marisa Ramirez. Assessing the Diversity of the E-collection of the William H. Hannon Library; a Phased Project. William H. Hannon Library, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15365/whhl.librarian.2018.1022.

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The American Library Association’s 1982 statement on Diversity in Collection Development reminds librarians of our professional responsibility “to select and support the access to materials on all subjects that meet, as closely as possible, the needs, interests, and abilities of all persons in the community the library serves. This includes materials that reflect political, economic, religious, social, minority, and sexual issues.” The William H. Hannon (WHH) Library’s vision statementaffirms that the library views itself as Bridge, Gateway, Agora, and Enterprise. To ensure that our materials collection aligns with our institutional vision and meets the research needs of our diverse campus population, the project team proposed an assessment of our electronic collection through the lens of diversity. The assessment was to determine if the library’s online databases (most often the first point of research consultation for our students and faculty) are adequately “bridging disciplines” (Bridge) and “representing diverse topics and perspectives” (Gateway). What the team learns will inform the library collection strategy, to ensure that it builds collections that deliberately and positively contribute to an inclusive campus climate. [1] http://library.lmu.edu/aboutthelibrary/libraryvisionmission/
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Chiochios, Maria, Janelle Hedstrom, Katie Pierce Meyer, and Mary Rader. Library Impact Practice Brief: Relationship between Library Collections and the Recruitment and Retention of Faculty at UT Austin. Association of Research Libraries, August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.29242/brief.utaustin2021.

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As part of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Research Library Impact Framework initiative, The University of Texas (UT) at Austin Libraries conducted a study to examine the impact of library collections on the recruitment and retention of faculty to the university, and to understand the relationship between institutional resources—especially libraries—and career decision-making of faculty. This practice brief describes the UT team’s literature review and the data gathered through an online survey and one-on-one semi-structured interviews with newly recruited and newly promoted faculty members.
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Lewis, Nicholas. Legacy of Metropolis continues through new materials donated to classified library collections. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1825399.

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Burri, Margaret, Joshua Everett, Heidi Herr, and Jessica Keyes. Library Impact Practice Brief: Freshman Fellows: Implementing and Assessing a First-Year Primary-Source Research Program. Association of Research Libraries, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.29242/brief.jhu2021.

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This practice brief describes the assessment project undertaken by the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University as part of the library’s participation in ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative to address the question “(How) do the library’s special collections specifically support and promote teaching, learning, and research?” The research team investigated how the Freshman Fellows experience impacted the fellows’ studies and co-curricular activities at the university. Freshmen Fellows, established in 2016, is a signature opportunity to expose students to primary-source collections early in their college career by pairing four fellows with four curators on individual research projects. The program graduated its first cohort of fellows in spring 2020. The brief includes a semi-structured interview guide, program guidelines, and a primary research rubric.
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Sheptunov, M. V. Innovation interdisciplinary: a Method of optimizing the performance of production lines for the digitization of Museum objects and archival library materials and collections. Science and Innovation Center Publishing House, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/ofernio.2017.23132.

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Daher, Mary Ann. A Study on the Feasibility of Creating a Web-Accessible Marine Mammal Sound Library Based upon the Collections at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, September 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada488220.

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Steeves, Brye. Classified library critical in Lab’s Annual Assessment of weapons to U.S. President National Security Resource Center’s collections are the foundation to stockpile confidence By the National Security Research Center staff. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1773326.

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LaBrie, Rita Y. Relocation of the Donner Library collection. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/842988.

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Carr, Alan. Classified Library Completes Large Digitization Project of Patent Collection. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1776721.

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Bond, Gerard C., and Ramona Lotti. Curating and Maintenance of the Sediment Library and Dredge Collection. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, September 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada613045.

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