Collection Analysis When the Budget Decreases

This article begins with a discussion of the rationale behind an in-depth analysis of specific areas of a law library collection and a synopsis of selected past efforts and possible reasons for such an analysis. The majority of the article details the exact steps in the analysis process, as performed by the librarians at the William A. Wise Law Library at the University of Colorado Law School. The main purpose of the Wise Library's analysis was to identify materials that could most easily be cancelled if budget cuts warranted such actions. Finally, collection development considerations that may arise when deciding if and when to cut specific materials and alternative strategies that may be employed are discussed.     

Leaving the “Big Deal”: Consequences and Next Steps

Many libraries are facing difficult fiscal climates with serials inflation, budget cutbacks, and reductions in allocations requiring difficult collection management decisions. Libraries may find their flexibility to plan and react unduly restricted due to being contracted to one or more “Big Deals,” in which they are obligated to buy large, inflexible title lists from big publishers for a set price. This presentation discusses the experience of Southern Illinois University–Carbondale and the University of Oregon in leaving “Big Deals,” provides data on impacts on interlibrary loans, community response, and collection budgets, details the steps required before and after the decision, and describes the benefits that other libraries could achieve by following the example of these two members of the Association of Research Libraries.     

谈期刊文献资源的管理与利用

本文对四届毕业班204名学生复印文献情况进行了调查、统计,在充分比较的基础上,对期刊复印情况进行了分析、评价,并提出了高校资料室期刊管理与利用的方法与途径。     

Pre-1950 Serials in OCLC

To investigate the use by OCLC member institutions of database records for pre-1950 serial publications and to compare the value of those records with the ones in the long standard Union List of Serials and the newly completed National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints, a residue of 50 titles found in a random sample of 200 serials drawn from OCLC in 1978 were examined in the database again in 1981 and searched in the printed tools. The 2 OCLC records were compared to find bibliographical modifications, last time of use, and additional libraries reported. The 1981 record was compared against records from ULS and NUC Pre-1956 for the number of libraries with ownership reported and the inclusion of selected bibliographical data. OCLC participants had made some use of more than half the records and appeared to be updating the bibliographical content as necessary. Almost all the titles were in one of the printed tools, but a substantial number were not in both. NUC Pre-1956 carried more of the titles than ULS, but ULS appeared to be the most comprehensive of the 3 tools for those serials it listed. OCLC followed ULS as a bibliographical resource while NUC Pre-1956 came second for identifying holding libraries. OCLC was concluded to have strength and potential as a pre-1956 serial information tool by its capacity to correct and add data while ULS and NUC Pre-1956 were concluded to be valuable backup sources for the older serial publications also having an online record available.     

电子期刊对期刊工作的影响

本文主要讨论了电子期刊对期刊工作各个环节的影响,提出了相应的对策,展望了未来的期刊工作。     

新形势下高校图书馆期刊工作探讨

本文针对目前不少高校图书馆取消期刊部这一现象,提出了自己的见解,并对当前形势下高校图书馆期刊工作进行了探讨。     

试论高校图书馆期刊工作的变革

本文分析了高校图书馆期刊工作变革的外在基础和内在因素,论述了高校图书馆期刊工作迎接变革的挑战应当采取的对策和措施。     

高校图书馆对校内连续出版物的管理及收藏

文章从文献收藏角度出发,对校内连续出版物以及高校图书馆进行了定性的客观因素剖析,探讨了收藏原则和宏观措施,从双向角度解读其收藏实践的意义。分析表明,校内连续出版物具有连续性、规范化和丰富的内容,适合作为文献收藏中心的图书馆收藏;在收藏规范化和可持续性原则的指导下,通过纵向和横向实施收藏方案,逐步实现文献的数字化。此举可以推动图书馆特色文献建设,促进校内连续出版物的发展,实现校园文化的传承。     

The Dark Side of Collection Management: Deselecting Serials from a Research Library's Storage Facility Using WorldCat Collection Analysis

To address the situation of its nearly full storage facility, the Purdue University Libraries developed guidelines for the deselection of very low–use serial titles and conducted a pilot project to identify material for withdrawal. The library school intern hired to conduct the pilot used WorldCat Collection Analysis to create subject lists of titles to be considered for withdrawal. These lists also contained value-added information about how many benchmark institutions owned and duplicated the local holdings of each title. Working with subject specialists, the intern developed criteria to guide a major serials deselection project. After the success of the internship in six subject areas, the libraries funded a longer-term position to complete the deselection project.