Materials budget allocation: A formula fitness review

This paper describes a formula fitness review project at a top college library. It was discovered that the collection policy was very outdated and the allocation formula was no longer a good fit. Calculations had become arbitrary expressions of years of ad hoc annual adjustments. Although the formula was supposed to support multiobjective allocation decisions, this was not actually happening in an unambiguous fashion. Formula decomposition, formula simplification and multiattribute utility theory suggest that a change from the traditional allocation formulas–including abandoning aggregate topical allocations and FTE—despite the popularity of these variables–is probably in order.     

A model for budget allocation in multi-unit libraries

This article addresses the problem of allocating funds for acquisition of periodicals among several interrelated units of an academic library. The paper outlines an optimization model for the problem with an objective of maximizing the usage of periodicals over all library units subject to a single collections budget. It further gives an insight into a decision support system in MS Excel based on this model, and it illustrates its successful application to the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.     

高校图书馆人力资源优化配置的程序及原则

人力资源的配置直接关系到所在组织的长远发展。文章以高校图书馆为例,对实现人力资源优化配置的程序及原则进行了探讨。     

The Divide and Conquer Exercise: Finding the Essence of Difficult Readings

Objective: In this exercise, students collectively summarize a long and perhaps difficult reading into a shorter, more condensed version of itself; in the process, students experience the virtues of teamwork (the divide and conquer approach), gain valuable reading and note-taking skills, and collectively distill the essence of a reading in class.

Courses: This exercise works best in any course with theoretical or complex readings assigned to students as outside reading, e.g., introductory courses in communication, communication theory, special topics in communication; the exercise requires 20–40 students.     

论印刷型资源在高校法律图书馆馆藏建设中的地位——以华东政法大学图书馆为例

在以印刷型资源与数字资源作比较的基础上,分析了印刷型文献在馆藏建设方面所具有的优势,并以华东政法大学图书馆馆藏建设为例,阐述了高校法律图书馆在馆藏建设中仍需要以印刷型文献作为主要馆藏。     

高职院校图书馆藏书发展现状及影响因素分析研究

文章调查了高职院校图书馆藏书发展的现状,并分析了影响藏书发展的因素,试图引起各方面对高职院校图书馆藏书发展的重视,落实科学发展观,促进高职院校图书馆藏书发展工作的开展。     

国外图书馆藏书发展政策面临的问题与走向

进入新世纪以来藏书发展政策在国外一些图书馆受到冷遇,其主要原因在于藏书发展政策没有及时反映信息环境的变化给藏书发展带来的影响。数字时代图书馆仍然需要制订藏书发展政策,而未来图书馆藏书发展政策的制订需要考虑数字资源可能涉及的设备、技术、知识产权及图书馆联盟等因素。     

网络环境下传记工具书的馆藏建设

传记资源始终是图书馆的基本馆藏，现在也成为因特网上一大热门资源，拥有不计其数的传记数据库，传记虚拟图书馆、专题网站和个人网页，其中许多资源在被传入的收录范围、内容和新颖性和完整性、使用的便利性方面，都超过了印刷版的传记工具书。因此如何科学地利用这些传记资源，形成印刷型传记工具书和网络传记信息资源的综合建设机制，已成为网络环境下图书馆传记资源建设面临的新课题。     

论高校图书馆藏书发展政策

阐述藏书发展政策的涵义,在分析我国高校图书馆藏书发展政策研究状况的基础上,提出了藏书发展政策在高校图书馆的现实意义及如何制定高校图书馆藏书发展政策。     

高校图书馆文献经费预算和配置现状及优化述略

高校图书馆文献资源建设经费是高校图书馆发展的基础,其预算和配置的方法及模式直接影响到图书馆的良性发展。随着文献价格涨幅增大、出版形式多样化、信息需求的多元化趋势,高校图书馆面临着优化文献经费预算管理和分配机制的重要课题。文章在调查分析国内高校图书馆文献经费分配现状的基础上,提出文献经费预算及分配的优化方略。     

Mission-Focused Collections: Rebirth of the Seminarbibliothek as an Ebook Collection

German universities built over the years highly specialized book collections for use by faculty and graduate students. The German term, seminarbibliothek, is often applied to these types of collections, although examples can be found in universities across Europe. The purpose of this article is to examine a similar type of collection using ebooks in veterinary science and to compare this collection to the standard subject classified ebook collections. Most collection development in college and university libraries focuses on academic subjects. The type of collection being described here focuses on a mission. A mission-focused collection increases the use of library holdings and greatly benefits the stakeholders within the institution. This study looks at how such a collection might be formed and defined and what possible effects this might have on the use of collections of this type.     

台湾地区公共图书馆馆藏发展政策研究

台湾地区的国立中央图书馆台湾分馆、台北市立图书馆、台北县立图书馆、林口乡立图书馆均制定了馆藏发展政策。这些馆藏发展政策的内容包括政策说明、本馆简介、馆藏概述、馆藏资料选择、馆藏资料采访、馆藏维护、对外活动7个方面。我国大陆地区公共图书馆在制定馆藏发展政策时,应借鉴台湾地区的实践经验,研究并拟定政策编制指南,并在具体政策文件中突出电子资源建设和馆际合作等问题。     

高校图书馆数字资源绩效评价体系的建立及数字资源的科学配置

通过建立高校图书馆采访绩效评价机制以及绩效评价体系,探索保证效率与公平的数字资源优化配置模式,结合牡丹江医学院图书馆对数字资源进行的绩效评价,提出了数字资源优化配置方案,供高校图书馆科学配置数字资源。     

高校图书馆资源配置机制问题探讨

市场机制对高校及其图书馆具有基础配置作用,但在转型发展期,市场机制是不完善的,市场信息不充分,高等学校缺乏足够的办学自主权,各个高校图书馆也缺乏相应人、财、物充分的支配权,这就严重制约了市场机制基础作用的发挥.因此,必须转变政府职能,确立高校的自主权,重塑图书馆资源宏观配置的微观主体,保证高校图书馆相应的自主权,为市场机制作用的发挥创造必要的条件.     

学术电子图书联盟模式——大中华地区英文图书采购的多重案例研究

本文简介香港城市大学邵逸夫图书馆与ERALL(香港8所大学图书馆)、Cicada(香港与台湾48所大学图书馆)以及CASHL(香港与大陆15所大学图书馆)的案例。透过多重案例研究,提出跨校学术电子图书联盟的运行模式,包括:(1)对采购对象的讨论;(2)对每一电子图书供应商所提出之价格、质量和内容的调查;(3)对权限、回溯年份、刊物数量的谈判;(4)组团;(5)选书;(6)推广教育;(7)技术报告;(8)研讨会;(9)不同地区的人力成本等因素。建议未来研究:重组图书馆人力与业务以提升整合纸本图书、电子图书、纸本期刊、电子期刊的服务。对图书馆员和图书供应商而言,这份调查或可作为发展馆际合作、联合采购与相关服务的重要参考。     

Incorporating electronic products into the acquisitions workflow in a small college library

Electronic products have changed the number of options available for individualizing the acquisitions workflow. Individual preferences and cost-effectiveness determine the mix of print with electronic products for each selector, with some advantages of the electronic medium being desktop availability at each workstation, the ease of electronic transfer of bibliographic information for ordering, access to the latest ordering information available, electronic searching capability, and e-mail alerts. Some of the electronic products choices used at Saint Mary’s College, a small, liberal arts oriented college, are discussed briefly.     

数字资源选择标准研究:基于国内外馆藏发展政策的考察

选择国内外30家图书馆及协会、联盟发布的馆藏发展政策**为文本,对国内外图书馆采用的数字资源选择标准进行内容分析,探讨其特点与不足,以期为我国图书馆数字资源选择工作提供借鉴,提升数字资源选择工作的科学性和规范化。     

Reevaluating Point-of-Care Resources: Community Engagement in Difficult Collection Choices

Rising collection costs sometimes necessitate tough decisions regarding cancellation of popular products. In 2015–2016, the East Tennessee State University Medical Library subscribed to UpToDate and DynaMed Plus, both clinical point-of-care products, with the understanding that one product would be canceled at the fiscal year end. The librarian team undertook a year-long community engagement campaign to inform library users about the pending product cancellation decision. Ultimately, DynaMed Plus was selected and UpToDate was cancelled. The campaign generated user engagement with the decision making, along with perceived benefits including increased awareness of the library's budget constraints, increased discussion of scholarly publishing, and greater faculty/student knowledge of evaluating evidence-based products.