1st Edition

Assessment of Library Collections in a Consortial Environment Experiences From Ohio

Edited By George Lupone Copyright 2009
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

The consortial environment provides librarians with new ways to manage collections at their home institutions. Academic libraries in Ohio have been participating in OhioLINK since 1988, and the consortium has had an effect on shaping local collections for more than one decade. While each institution pursues its own collection management strategy, the shared resources and delivery system provided... Read more
  1. Preface
  2. Do economic factors really matter in the assessment and retention of electronic resources licensed at the library consortium level?  Tom Sanville
  3. Playing the numbers: an exercise in complimentary cooperative collection development  Ruth R. Cornell
  4. Assessment in a tight time frame: using readily available data to evaluate your collection  Alice Crosetto, Laura Kinner and Lucy Duhon
  5. Managing collections between the chemists and the consortium: assessment, engagement, and creativity  Celeste Feather, James K. Bracken and Jose Diaz
  6. Comparing circulation rates of monographs and anthologies of literary criticism: implications for cooperative collection development  Ken Irwin
  7. Book reviews by the numbers  Liz Johnson and Linda A. Brown
  8. The importance of 'Focusness': focus groups as a means of collection management assessment  Fran Mentch, Barbara Strauss and Carol Zsulya
  9. Ohio regional depositories: moving from warehousing separate collections to servicing shared collections  Phyllis O'Connor and Melanie F. Smith
  10. Collection development assessment for new collection development librarians  Richard Wisneski
  11. The OhioLINK OCLC collection analysis project: a preliminary report  Anne T. Gilliland

Biography

George Lupone is Librarian Emeritus at Cleveland State University, serving as a consultant and engaging in professional service activities. Prior to his retirement, he was Associate Director at Cleveland State for many years, overseeing the assessment of library collections, services, and student learning outcomes using national standard instruments, focus groups, and local tools.