Cooperative Collection Development Research Articles

Cooperative Reference and Collection Development: The Science and Technology Group at the University of Tennessee Libraries

SUMMARY The science and technology subject group within the reference department of the University of Tennessee Libraries brings together librarians from reference and other departments who have collection development and subject liaison duties. The authors describe the group's composition and explain how the sci/tech librarians work cooperatively toward goals set by both the Libraries' Reference & Instructional Services and Collection Development & Management departments. The sci/tech group's primary cooperative functions are to facilitate librarians' mutual assistance in organizing projects, share insights for reference and collection development/management activities, plan instruction efforts, discuss web site development, promote mastery of resources and tools, and address other concerns. The subject group enables librarians to clarify plans and procedures and to come to grips with complicated budget matters. A fundamental benefit of group discussions is that they provide an opportunity to explore viewpoints from librarians outside the reference team, leading to more well-rounded decisions. Together with the other subject groups, the sci/tech librarians and their coordinator identify major needs for information and work to provide solutions that improve library services to the academic community.

Using Common Vendors. Joint Approval Plans, and Shared Acquisitions Databases to Enhance Cooperative Collection Development: The Africana Collections at the Libraries of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University

Using Common Vendors. Joint Approval Plans, and Shared Acquisitions Databases to Enhance Cooperative Collection Development: The Africana Collections at the Libraries of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University

LibStatCAT: a library statistical collection assessment tool for individual libraries & cooperative collection development

LibStatCAT: a library statistical collection assessment tool for individual libraries & cooperative collection development

LibStatCAT: a library statistical collection assessment tool for individual libraries & cooperative collection development

The following presentation to the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge focuses on LibStatCAT, a prototype collection assessment tool under development at Portland State University. Our presentation explores the current uses of LibStatCAT, as well as future developments of LibStatCAT as a regional library data farm for comprehensive assessment of library collections and services for individual libraries and cooperative collection development. We share a variety of other collection assessment tools in use at Portland State University Library.

LibStatCAT: a library statistical collection assessment tool for individual libraries & cooperative collection development

LibStatCAT: a library statistical collection assessment tool for individual libraries & cooperative collection development

Tools for small colleges: using Yankee Book Peddler to facilitate cooperative collection development

Tools for small colleges: using Yankee Book Peddler to facilitate cooperative collection development

Tools for small colleges: using Yankee Book Peddler to facilitate cooperative collection development

Tools for small colleges: using Yankee Book Peddler to facilitate cooperative collection development

The approval plan: what’s in it for small OhioLINK libraries?

Approval plans are not just for large academic libraries anymore. They can help selectors in small academic libraries identify titles in areas not traditionally covered by the major review sources. Development of a shared approval plan profile can also make cooperative collection development in consortia a reality.

Chinese genealogical research: coordination and resource-sharing with a global perspective

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of Chinese genealogical research in the United States with major emphasis on coordination and resource sharing with a global perspective, especially between the United States and China. It starts with an overview of Chinese genealogical and immigration history and provides an introduction to current trends in Chinese American genealogical research. The paper proceeds with discussions on various research barriers while doing research on the Chinese genealogical collections. The major section of this paper contains strategies for resource sharing and cooperative collection development in Chinese genealogies and offers recommendations for the cooperation and resource sharing of Chinese genealogical materials in the United States and China. The paper concludes with concerns on administrative responsibilities and recommendations for the future on implementation issues. A bibliography of suggested readings from books, articles, and Web resources is offered at the end of this paper for further consultation and research.

The California State University E-book Pilot Project: implications for cooperative collection development

The California State University conducted a year-long study of the use of a collection of NetLibrary e-books in its libraries. The purpose of the study was to introduce e-books, and develop a model for cooperative collection development of a shared electronic monograph collection. Title usage and subject usage statistics were examined, as well as a user survey. Challenges in analyzing e-book usage statistics are discussed, and positive user feedback is reported. Strategies are presented for cooperatively developing a shared collection of electronic monograph literature.

The California State University E-book Pilot Project: implications for cooperative collection development&

The California State University E-book Pilot Project: implications for cooperative collection development^&

"The New Dynamic and Economics of Cooperative Collection Development" Conference co-sponsored by The Center for Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries, November 8-10, 2002

"The New Dynamic and Economics of Cooperative Collection Development" Conference co-sponsored by The Center for Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries, November 8-10, 2002

Biz of Acq -- Part I -- Cooperative Collection Development in Consortium College Libraries: The CONSORT Experience

Biz of Acq -- Part I -- Cooperative Collection Development in Consortium College Libraries: The CONSORT Experience

Think Globally, Act Locally

Summary Despite numerous cooperative collection development endeavors, the building of library collections has remained a highly individual and local practice. The physicality of bound volumes has posed a distinct limitation on our ability to share collections, although libraries have made huge strides in recent years. Electronic resources and the ability to digitize our physical holdings offer the potential to redirect our investments in collection building to the creation of a global network that would serve an international community of scholars. By facilitating the creation of discipline-based portals to knowledge resources, librarians can channel their efforts to the benefit of many without sacrificing the quality of local relationships. To accomplish this, libraries need to develop collectively built and managed Web sites that supplant the need for autonomous, selector-created “webliographies” and that greatly expand the number of sources that can be identified and described. Selectors, freed of the individual responsibility to shoulder the increasingly heavy and ultimately unsustainable load of tracking a proliferation of resources in a variety of formats and states of publication, can turn their attention to the capture of more elusive, but important, material; to more detailed evaluation of the use of information resources; toward improvements in the user interface of portals; or toward the transformation of scholarly communication, with the discipline-based portal serving as a magnet for attracting new forms of scholarly thought and research.

Some Musings on the Aberdeen Woods Conference and Law Library Cooperation

Taking as her starting point the ideas presented at a recent conference on cooperative collection development, Ms. Hinchcliff discusses their applicability to the academic law library world. The issues under scrutiny are some of those most under consideration today, topics like new initiatives in scholarly publishing, cooperative purchasing of electronic resources, and preservation. Many of these ideas are examined in light of recent proposals made by the American Association of Law Libraries.

Cooperative Collection Development Programs in Law Libraries

A number of cooperative collection development programs are described and analyzed in this article. Factors such as economics, geography, and institutional culture are examined and used to discuss the dynamics of these programs. The author stresses that while many of these endeavors are successful they should not be seen as solutions to larger overarching problems.

Your Place or Mine?

ABSTRACT This article describes undergraduate use of OhioLINK, Ohio's patron-initiated interlibrary loan system. Undergraduate requesting patterns from Ohio's various colleges and universities were examined as well as other data, such as undergraduate use of their local collections, institution size, and library size. Correlations were calculated in order to determine which of these factors were associated with high and low OhioLINK use by undergraduates; the results varied according to school type (college vs. university). Supplementing this overall study was a detailed survey of students and faculty at Wittenberg University who had made OhioLINK requests. The conclusions have implications for cooperative collection development plans.

Making one size fit all: Minnesota state colleges and universities manage a legislative mandate for cooperative collection development

Making one size fit all: Minnesota state colleges and universities manage a legislative mandate for cooperative collection development

The German Resources Project: the promise of technology in fostering international collaboration

The American Association of Universities/Association of Research Libraries (AAU/ARL) German Resources Project was reorganized in 1998 to include formal working partnerships with German research libraries in pursuing its objective of cooperative collection development. The intent has been to make use of technological developments in telecommunications and computing in addressing the serious challenges arising from stagnant collection development budgets and rapidly rising prices of library materials. Because of their rich traditions and strong support, as well as their sharing similar aims with their American counterparts, German research libraries represent valuable international partners for ARL member libraries in fostering innovative research services for scholars. Explores the conceptual and historical background of cooperative collection development in North America, as well as of German publishing and library history, and in so doing delineates the many points of contact between American and German research libraries.

Cooperative Collection Development in PORTALS

ABSTRACT Libraries are forming consortia and making commitments to cooperate. Librarians are using new computer technology to form the basis for cooperative activities and to communicate between libraries. The libraries in PORTALS have participated in projects including a serials weeding agreement, cooperative purchasing with matching grants, and a large-scale project to acquire more titles listed in the 1988 third edition of Books for College Libraries. This article discusses the possibilities and the drawbacks of these projects.