Collection Development Process Research Articles

Collection Development and Censorship in Torah Studies Libraries in Israel

A Torah studies library is a type of Jewish library specializing in biblical and rabbinical literature. One of its characteristics is its process of collection development and censorship. This study primarily aims to discuss the collection development policies in Torah libraries, particularly censorship implemented as part of a policy, with an emphasis on how prohibited books are rejected. A qualitative-narrative research technique was used, allowing the viewpoints of the “selectors” to be examined. To present a broad picture, various types of Torah studies libraries were chosen for the study.

Emerging business models: Usage-driven acquisition

Gale was founded in 1954 as a publishing company. Our flagship publication, the Encyclopedia of Associations, began a tradition of excellence in reference that has continued for more than sixty years. Gale’s focus on innovation and quality has led to expanded and increasingly/digital products, including online research databases, digital archives, virtual education courses, and, of course, Library Journal’s 2012 Best Overall Database, the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL). GVRL, Gale’s proprietary eBook platform, features reference works from a variety of authoritative publishers, including more than one hundred partners. Content from these partners, including ABCCLIO, Sage, Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Encyclopaedia Britannica and DK Publishing, makes up the majority of the more than 13,000 titles available on GVRL, all of which are sold through an unlimited, simultaneous access purchase (perpetual access) model. In 2013, Gale developed an alternative purchase model, Usage-Driven Acquisition (UDA), in response to the challenges expressed by our customers. First, collection development is extremely timeconsuming. Librarians worry about spending large amounts of money on resources that may or may not be used; the risks can be large, and it is difficult to predict what titles or content will be most useful to students. Moreover, with all the options for purchase available in the marketplace – patron-driven acquisition (PDA), demand-driven acquisition (DDA), subject collections, a la carte title selection, single-user, multi-user – making a single simple purchase can be overwhelming. While these existing models are targeted at simplifying the collection development process, none resolve the unique challenges presented by reference materials. “What I like about [Gale’s UDA program] is that . . . you’re not automatically bumped into purchasing it if someone looked at it 12 times if it doesn’t fit your curriculum”, says Robin Bernstein, Senior Director of Library Services at Bellevue University, as opposed to a patron-driven acquisition model (PDA), which does trigger purchase based on a set number of views. DDA, or demand-driven acquisition, features the same trigger model. Instead, UDA offers a simple four-step process. First, libraries select an amount to deposit in their UDA account, with the caveat that increased levels of investment merit increased title bonuses. For example, for $20,000 down, libraries will receive $26,000 in deposited funds. Second, libraries receive unlimited access to a collection of up to 2,000 reference titles for a full six months. This includes all titles from all Gale imprints: Gale, Lucent Books, Charles Scribner’s Sons, UXL, St. James Press, MacMillan Reference USA, Schirmer Reference, Information Plus and Green-

What criteria do consumer health librarians use to develop library collections? a phenomenological study.

The criteria for determining whether resources are included in consumer health library collections are summarized in institutional collection development policies (CDPs). Evidence suggests that CDPs do not adequately capture all of these criteria. The aim of this study was to describe the resource review experience of librarians and compare it to what is described in CDPs. A phenomenological approach was used to explore and describe the process. Four consumer health librarians independently evaluated cancer-related consumer health resources and described their review process during a semi-structured telephone interview. Afterward, these librarians completed online questionnaires about their approaches to collection development. CDPs from participating libraries, interview transcripts, and questionnaire data were analyzed. Researchers summarized the findings, and participating librarians reviewed results for validation. Librarians all utilized similar criteria, as documented in their CDPs; however, of thirteen criteria described in the study, only four were documented in CDPs. CDPs for consumer health libraries may be missing important criteria that are considered integral parts of the collection development process. A better understanding of the criteria and contextual factors involved in the collection development process can assist with establishing high-quality consumer health library collections.

E-book phenomenon

The emergence of the e-book as a major phenomenon in the publishing industry is of interest, world-wide. The English language market, with Amazon.com as the major player in the market may have dominated attention, but the e-book has implications for many other languages and book markets. The pre-e-book publishing world can be seen as a system in which authors delivered texts to publishers, who evaluated, edited, printed and distributed the published text to bookshops and thence to libraries and individual readers. This process has been going on since Gutenberg’s re-invention of movable type in about 1439 (following its original invention in China in the 9th century, and the use of metallic type in Korea in 1234), in other words, for about the past 550 years. The invention of movable type was an instance of a disruptive technology: eventually putting monastic scribes out of business altogether. Similarly, the e-book has the potential to disrupt the processes for the production, distribution and use of authorial texts, and is already in the process of doing so. First, the phenomenon of self-publishing has emerged as a serious contender to the more formal process; secondly, publishers may derive significant economic benefit from the reduction in printing and distribution costs, as well as the ability to sell directly to the consumer through their own Websites; thirdly, the impact on booksellers may result in a further reduction in the number of independent stores – a decline already in process as a result of online bookselling; fourthly, user demand is resulting in libraries wrestling with the problems of how to manage e-books within their collection development and management processes; and, finally, the behaviour of readers is changing as the devices available for using e-books become more numerous and cheaper. Only someone blessed with absolute certainty in forecasting the future can know exactly how things will change, but there is little doubt that the development of the e-book will bring about substantial changes in the processes of book production, distribution and use – and many of these changes will surprise us.

Prepare to Be Challenged!

An examination of the controversy at the West Bend Community Memorial Library over homosexual materials in the young adult collection, and an informal survey of the collection development plans, challenge procedures, and challenge forms of more than sixty Wisconsin public libraries, raise questions about the challenge process itself. The survey shows widespread support of intellectual freedom principles but great variety in procedures to address patron concerns. Boards should consider policies that specify who may file a challenge, require an intermediate staff committee to document reviews and circulation statistics, and make a recommendation, set an expeditious timetable, and decide when or whether a public hearing is needed. A process that focuses on the offending item, not the offended patron, and asks whether the work meets the criteria of the library’s collection development process might enhance the process itself and the public’s understanding of why the library’s provision of diverse viewpoints benefits the entire community.

Automation in Library's collection development and acquisition process in academic institutions in Delta Central, district of Delta State, Nigeria.

It is absolutely essential for a library to posses the resources that will enable it to meet its goals. Automation can therefore help in better management of the library collection and acquisition process. However, the use of computers and other peripherals to do what has been done with the justification of reduced cost and better performance form the nucleus of this paper. In Conclusion, Librarians must analyses their needs and plan the selection and implementation of automation system (Information and Communication Technology) that support the mission and priorities of the institution

Innovative collection development for e-books at the TU Delft Library

Thanks to new technologies libraries worldwide go digital and are accessible 24/7 from remote locations.The innovation is even more visible in traditional library tasks such as collection development and acquisitions. Those tasks are undergoing rapid transformation as well. One of the reasons is the current economic climate, leading to shrinking library budgets. The common “just in case” acquisition model becomes outdated. The TU Delft Library takes this challenge seriously and has a hybrid, “just in time” acquisition model, described in this paper.The new model combines Patron Driven Acquisition PDA, introduced by Ebook Library EBL, with our current approval plans for paper books at Blackwell Book Services.Our aim is to get our users involved in the collection development process, whilst maintaining our standard of service and controlling our budget in an efficient way.

Collaborative Modeling to Evaluate Water Management Scenarios in the Rio Grande Basin

AbstractThis article describes the collaborative modeling process and the resulting water resources planning model developed to evaluate water management scenarios in the transboundary Rio Grande basin. The Rio Grande is a severely water stressed basin that faces numerous management challenges as it crosses numerous jurisdictional boundaries. A collaborative process was undertaken to identify and model water management scenarios to improve water supply for stakeholders, the environment, and international obligations of water delivery from Mexico to the United States. A transparent and open process of data collection, model building, and scenario development was completed by a project steering committee composed of university, nongovernmental, and governmental experts from both countries. The outcome of the process was a planning model described in this article, with data and operations that were agreed on by water planning officials in each country. Water management scenarios were created from stakeholder input and were modeled and evaluated for effectiveness with the planning model.

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Collection Development is one of the most demanding professional functions of a library that involves deeper understanding of the users’ needs, organisational eco-system in which a library functions, and the supply-chain of information and publishing industry. The importance of this function to library’s usage value continues to be more demanding in the e-content world. However, the multitude of choices offered and controls exercised by the content creators and providers (authors, publishers, aggregators, and distributors) and the laws that regulate the ownership, pricing, and usage rights of e-content makes the collection development process one of the most challenging functions in the libraries of digital world today. It is a very different process demanding the libraries to redefine their purpose and functions. This article is a broad sketch of emerging challenges of e-collection development and the changes it will bring in other key functions of the libraries. The scope of discussion is limited to journals and books in the digital format. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.2.4198

Establishing Digital Libraries in the Technical Institutions: A Case Study

Today in this modern world from childhood to old age, everyone is using internet in everywhere. Right from home to research centers, Internet are used In order to keep pace with this trend and meet user needs it is essential that libraries must incorporate criteria for the selection of materials in new formats, while also maintaining traditional collections. The librarian is also forced to use IT tools effectively to render services and to redefine the process of collection development. This articles deals with various issues related to establishing the digital library involves acquisition, preservation, copyright, licensing and access to these electronic resources which are for more critical that the print format.

North American Mammals and the American Black Bear, <i>Ursus Americanus</i>

In the Spring 2010 issue of RUSQ (volume 49, number 3), Stefanie R. Bluemle introduced an occasional series for The Alert Collector on delineated bibliographies, columns that illustrate the working method behind bibliographic creation. Ella L. Ingram and Kelly Myer Polacek offer The Alert Collector readers the second such column, explaining their process of collection building, working from the broad to the specific. Ingram and Polacek begin by creating a core list of works relating to North American mammals and end with a focus on the American black bear. Their model can be applied to a wide range of subjects and offers a framework for collection development librarians who must craft collections without the support of expert bibliographers. Ingram and Polacek met as graduate students at Indiana University in Bloomington. Ingram holds a PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior and works at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, where she is an associate professor of applied biology. She spent her sabbatical as a volunteer at the North American Bear Center in Ely, Minnesota. While there, she worked on a variety of projects relating to the available research and trade publications relating to black bears. Polacek combines her MLS and MS in biology with her work as a reference librarian at Montana State University. This work is her second contribution to the Alert Collector column. She has a special interest in understanding cognitive development as it relates to overcoming misconceptions students have in the sciences. Ingram and Polacek have published together in the education literature; however, this work is their first joint effort in librarianship.--Editor The diversity of North American mammals merits their consideration for inclusion in both small and large library collections. Here we summarize the best works of the late-1990s through the 2000s and note early works that remain as important now as in the past. This guide has a wide breadth of coverage that includes annotations of books, periodicals, reference materials, web resources, important publications, and videos. It includes instructions on how to build a general North American mammal collection, and provides an example of how to use the guide to develop a subcollection for the American black bear. It serves as an annotated bibliography, a collection development tool, and a springboard for scholars new to the field. Mammals large and small are among the most recognizable parts of the natural world. In urban areas, companion animals, residents of the local zoo, even various rodents can be identified by name; in rural areas, parents invariably point out cows, pigs, and sheep to children. Many individuals travel to protected or wild places specifically to encounter North America's remaining megafauna. This fascination with mammals is not new: indigenous Americans revered many mammals and our country's forefathers wrote extensively about America's mammalian richness. Today, some mammals flourish from human interaction (e.g., urban rats) while others suffer the consequences of human activity (e.g., the 36 mammals listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Americans are drawn to stories and images of North American mammals in a wide variety of contexts--children's books feature mammals as main characters, the polar bear is the symbolic representation of climate change, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) stages regular high-profile protests, and outdoor or nature magazines regularly include stories of close encounters with mammalian wildlife. The more than 400 mammals existing today compose a major component of the biological milieu and human history of North America. To provide insight into the general collection development process implemented, we targeted a single mammal for special treatment. The American black bear regularly makes the evening news or the morning newspaper--there have been almost one thousand articles referencing the black bear in U. …

A dual approach to assessing collection development and acquisitions for academic libraries

With a growing interest in evaluating the effectiveness of libraries, it is increasingly important that libraries find efficient ways to evaluate the collection development and acquisitions process. This requires a dual approach to explore both what was collected and actually used and also what was not collected which should have been. This study presents a way that both of these areas can be studied for smaller academic libraries and suggests ways these results can be interpreted and used to reallocate scarce budgetary resources or provide evidence for more funds for further developing the collection.

Power and Practice in Academic Library Materials Selection Paradigms

Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/slissrj Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Acknowledgements I would like to thank Dr. David Gross of SJSU for guiding me and the rest of my class through the process of writing academic articles, Dr. Afshin Marashi and Dr. Erika Gasser of CSUS for introducing me to Foucault, my supervisor Jennifer Ware, MLS, for encouraging me to think critically about the collection development process, and my family and boyfriend for tolerating with my maunderings about power and the library.

A Descriptive Study on the Collection Development Processes in Small Libraries

A Descriptive Study on the Collection Development Processes in Small Libraries

Development of a questionnaire to assess experience and preference of intranasal corticosteroids in patients with allergic rhinitis.

Background:Allergic rhinitis affects 10%–20% of the US population. Its chronic nature, combined with patients’ perceptions of safety/efficacy, administration, and sensory attributes of nasal sprays (corticosteroids), impact patient adherence to therapy. The purpose of this study was to develop a measure of experience with and preference for corticosteroid therapy for treatment of allergic rhinitis.Methods:Questionnaire development was conducted through qualitative research including concept elicitation and content testing in 153 patients with allergic rhinitis. Patient focus groups (n = 66), in conjunction with content confirmation and saturation in additional groups (n = 87), provided research data. A literature-based conceptual framework was incorporated into the interview guide. An iterative process of data collection, analysis, and theory development yielded the conceptual framework.Results:Consistent comments from the focus groups combined with those from cognitive debriefing interviews led to the incorporation of 14 finalized attributes into the Experience with Allergic Rhinitis Nasal Spray Questionnaire (EARNS-Q) items. Between the first and second cognitive debriefing interviews, researchers revised the EARNS-Q for retesting. Face and content validity tests indicated that the items, responses, and instructions were understood by study participants. The EARNS-Q is comprised of two modules that measure patient experience with nasal sprays (experience module), and patient preference for a nasal spray relative to another (preference module).Conclusion:The EARNS-Q accurately measured patient experience with and preference for nasal sprays used in treating allergic rhinitis. A potential application of this questionnaire may be as a patient-reported outcomes endpoint in clinical trials of intranasal corticosteroids in patients with allergic rhinitis.

A Study of Circulation Statistics of Books on Demand: A Decade of Patron-Driven Collection Development, Part 3

The Purdue University Libraries was an early implementer of purchasing books requested through interlibrary loan rather than borrowing the requested books. The service, called Books on Demand, began in January 2000. An analysis of the requests at the end of the first two years of service indicated that these patron-selected books were more likely to have repeat circulations than the books acquired through normal collection development processes. When the program reached its tenth year, the authors analyzed and compared the books purchased through Books on Demand with all other purchased books during the same period. Findings indicate that books acquired through this user-initiated program have higher circulation rates than books acquired through the normal selection channels. The difference is quite large, a mean of 4.1 compared to a mean of 2.4, when the first interlibrary loan use is included as a circulation. Therefore, the authors recommend that libraries investigate a service of purchasing books requested via interlibrary loan as a complement to other collection development efforts.

Giving Patrons What They Want: An Analysis of a Thesis and Dissertation Purchase-on-Demand Project at East Carolina University

Joyner Library's Interlibrary Loan Department has been purchasing theses and dissertations that it could neither borrow from other libraries nor find freely available online to fulfill patron requests. Purchased documents are reviewed by Collection Development for possible accession after the patron has finished consulting the works. The background, interlibrary loan process, collection development process, and technical services process are discussed. Summary data and analysis are presented.

Data-Driven Collection Management: Through Crisis Emerge Opportunities

This study describes a library's transition from a just-in-case monograph collection development process to one that is data driven. Five disciplines were selected for review, with circulation data correlated with a number of variables including number of editions, number of pages, Doody's Core Titles rating, book type, and physical characteristics. E-book usage was also compared with print counterparts. The results demonstrate the need to conduct a discipline-specific usage analysis on an annual basis to ensure the best use of limited collection development budgets for new acquisitions.

Odd girl in: expanding lesbian fiction holdings at Barnard College

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a case study of a specialty collection implementation: lesbian fiction, in the Barnard College Library.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs a multistep approach to implement the development of a lesbian fiction collection. First, a collection profile was created to assess the current state of collection, and then a checklist was developed to serve as a collection development tool.FindingsThe collection profile provides important information for the collection development process. Consistent subject heading access control is essential for collection assessment and maintenance.Practical implicationsThe collection proposal and the suggestions drawn by the study were adopted by Barnard Library for collection development and maintenance. The methodology applied and the resources consulted in the study can serve as references for academic librarians with similar collection development goals.Originality/valueVery few studies have been done to discuss issues related to the collection development of GLBT themed fiction, particularly lesbian fiction in an academic library. This paper provides a concrete example of how Barnard Library carried out the selection of lesbian novels.

Personal Archives in the Library of the University of Botswana

The 1998 University of Botswana Collection Development Policy compiled by J.O. Asamani, the then Acquisitions Coordinator, is explicit on materials generated through purchase. It is also clear on acceptance of gifts and donations. The policy was not specific on the collection of private archives even though it did not sanction the function. The whole process of collection development has since been narrowly confined to published collections and papers that are either published in journals or those that have been presented at workshops and conferences. It is the view of the present paper that for the sake of the interested user it is important for the collection development policy to stretch beyond published material.The University of Botswana library has been in existence since 1971. The UB Library system consists of the main library on the Gaborone Campus and three branch libraries.