scholarly journals Collection Development for Librarians in a Hurry: A Survey of the Physics Resources of the Libraries of the Association of American Universities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Physics Community ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Association Of American Universities ◽  
Astrophysics Data System ◽  
Resource Guides

This study is an examination of the databases, websites, journals, and monograph titles most frequently included in the library resource guides of 65 well-regarded research institutions. Through an analysis of library resource guides, this study enumerates the resources most frequently recommended to the physics community for study and research. Open access resources, such as arXiv, SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), and INSPIRE, are among the most included titles. Notably, websites of professional organizations and governmental agencies are also frequently named. The study is meant to assist librarians in developing and maintaining collections to recommend to the physics community.

scholarly journals Open access resources in the academic libraries’ collection development (The experience of RAS SB State Public Scientific and Technological Library)

2019 ◽  
pp. 78-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Lakizo ◽  
Natalya Podkorytova ◽  
Larisa Bosina
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Open Access Resources ◽  
Strategic Element ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Systematic Collection ◽  
Technological Model

The authors discuss the study findings and the Library’s experience in integrating open access resources into the resource base of the information support offered to Siberian researchers and scholars. The dynamic technology of resources organization and use calls for continuous monitoring of the open access resources. Using the open access resources as an object of collection development improves the effectiveness of user services and preservation of socially significant content which impacts the libraries’ importance within the system of scientific communications. The library collection as a library’s strategic element is transforming with widening the formats, generic and specific limitations, and integrating traditional collections with the open access resources. This results in the sophisticating organizational and technological model of collection development. The efficiency of integrated open access library services demonstrate the users’ interest to and demand for them. The open access resources have been being increasingly included into the relevant collection development at the academic libraries. The systematic collection of open access resources can operate as a compensational technological system against other expensive resources. Integrating the open access resources into the collections of the State Public Scientific and Technological Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch proves to be naturally determined and impacts the prospects for collection development.

scholarly journals Collection Development and Management

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen A. Lehman
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Collection Management ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
Development And Management

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

Graphic Design Collections

2012 ◽  
pp. 180-195
Author(s):  
Patricia Pettijohn ◽  
Allison Etzel ◽  
Anne Killenberg
Keyword(s):  
Graphic Design ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Strategic Development ◽  
Professional Programs ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Visual Properties ◽  
Digital Or

Library collection development in support of professional programs in graphic design involves acquisition of materials in all formats and media, with an emphasis on content with high quality visual properties, whether print, digital, or ephemeral. The integral role played by technology and software in graphic design means that meeting the ongoing information technology needs of students and faculty is a challenge. This chapter intends to guide the graphic design librarian in the strategic development of library collections by reviewing the major characteristics of the discipline and literature of graphic design, exploring core resources, genres and formats, and describing their acquisition and organization. An overview of the primary professional organizations in graphic design, along with a brief discussion of accrediting bodies and their requirements is included. Major publishers, content providers, and discovery tools are discussed, and the implications of emerging trends and controversies for collection development are considered.

A Question of Degrees

2012 ◽  
pp. 145-163
Author(s):  
Kathryn L. Zybeck
Keyword(s):  
Full Text ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Anatomical Models ◽  
Text Databases ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Further Development

Librarians responsible for allied health or health sciences materials collect and maintain resources, such as print and electronic books and journals, non-book materials, such as anatomical models and flashcards, citation and full-text databases, and point-of-care resources. To simplify the process, there are selection aids for all stages of collecting as well as methods of assessing a collection’s strengths and weaknesses. Librarians who are involved in the collection development process will find support from professional organizations that provide opportunities for further development of skills and knowledge, venues for presenting, and avenues for members’ to share advice and expertise. This chapter will provide guidance for the librarian new to collecting in the health sciences on each step of the process and point to best practices to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.

scholarly journals Opening up the Library

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Joanna Ball ◽  
Graham Stone ◽  
Sarah Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Open Content ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Instrumental Role

Momentum is building in the transition to open access for monographs, with a number of funders developing policies and mandates in recent years. The article argues that while libraries play an instrumental role in driving a transition to open science within their institutions this is not reflected in libraries’ approaches to collection development, which are still predicated on purchased content. Libraries are keen to demonstrate that their purchased content is relevant to users, often promoting ‘expensive’ purchased collections over open content. Rather than relegating open to a less-visible second place, the article calls for libraries to acquire and promote open content alongside, and where appropriate with higher priority, than paid-for content. In order to facilitate a transition to open access for monographs, cultural change and leadership is required within libraries to reimagine themselves around open content as the norm, with policies, practices and structures that communicate, enable and promote this shift. The article calls for a collaborative international approach.

scholarly journals Becoming more transparent: Collecting and presenting data on biomedical Ph.D. alumni

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher L Pickett ◽  
Shirley Tilghman
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
American Medical ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Career Outcomes ◽  
Scientific Training ◽  
American Universities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Career Trajectories ◽  
Association Of American Universities

For more than 20 years, panels of experts have recommended that universities collect and publish data on the career outcomes of Ph.D. students. However, little progress has been made. Over the past few years, a handful of universities, including those in the National Institutes of Health’s Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training consortium, and organizations, including the Association of American Universities and the Association of American Medical Colleges, launched projects to collect and publish data on biomedical Ph.D. alumni. Here, we describe the outcome of a meeting, convened by Rescuing Biomedical Research, of universities and associations working to improve the transparency of career outcomes data. We were able to achieve consensus on a set of common methods for alumni data collection and a unified taxonomy to describe the career trajectories of biomedical Ph.D.s. These materials can be used by any institution, with little or no modification, to begin data collection efforts on their Ph.D. alumni. These efforts represent an important step forward in addressing a recommendation that has been made for decades that will improve the ability of trainees to better plan for their careers and for universities to better tailor their training programs.

scholarly journals Open Access and Authors’ Rights Management: A Possibility for Theology?

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Kevin L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
General Public ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Rights Management ◽  
Theological Institutions ◽  
Dissemination Of Research

Several academic disciplines have begun to understand the benefits of open access to scholarship, both for scholars and for the general public. Scientific disciplines have led the way, partially due to the nature of scholarship in those areas and partially because they have felt the crisis in serials pricing more acutely than others. Theological studies, however, have largely been insulated from the push for open access; considering the reasons for that is the first task of this article. It is also the case, however, that the missionary impulse that stands behind much theological scholarship is a strong incentive to embrace the opportunities afforded by digital, online dissemination of research and writing. After discussing this imperative for global distribution, the bulk of the article focuses on how theological institutions, and especially their libraries, can encourage and support scholars in making their work freely accessible. Copyright issues, including the elements of a successful copyright management program, are discussed, as are some of the technological elements necessary for an efficient and discoverable open access repository. Options for licensing, both at ingestion of content and at dissemination to users are also considered. Finally, it is argued that the role of consortia and professional organizations in supporting these initiatives is especially important because of the relatively small size of so many theological institutions.

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