Report of the ALCTS CMS Collection Evaluation and Assessment Interest Group Meeting. American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, Boston, January 2016

Wiersma, Gabrielle

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“…In the paper written by Borin and Yi, they state, "In these tight economic and budgetary times it is becoming increasingly important to provide accountability for the way collections budgets are managed and spent" (Borin and Yi, 2011, p. 120). Other libraries, such as those of the University of California at San Diego and the University of Kansas, use assessment and analysis to evaluate their collections so that right materials would be retained and added to collections to meet patrons' needs (Currie and Morris, 2017;Wiersma, 2017). Research papers not only stated the importance of assessment and analysis of collections but also provided different methods and ways of assessment such as using user survey and course syllabi to assess collections and applying mixed-method approach of citation analysis and faculty interviews (Goodchild and Zhao, 2017;Liebst and Feinmark, 2016;Lukes et al, 2017).…”

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Department-specific collection assessment

Wang

Huang

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the pilot project of collection assessment performed by an academic library for the Computer Information Science (CIS) Department specifically and share the experience involved in this assessment. Design/methodology/approach In this descriptive research, the library gathered and analyzed a set of evaluation reports for CIS-related print and electronic materials. This assessment includes analyses of physical items, periodicals, electronic resources, peers’ databases, faculty syllabi, as well as departmental allocation fund. Findings This project shows the importance of collaboration between the library and academic departments on collection evaluation and assessment. It demonstrates that the assessments of a department-specific collection can provide the library with insights into the quality of the collection and help librarians better understand the information requirements of the faculty and students in the department. By analyzing the data collected in the assessment, the library can spend the tight budget on the most needed core materials related to the curriculum and research of the department. This project provides a good example for future routine assessments. Practical implications The procedure, results and future work of this assessment provide other academic libraries with insights into and practical solutions to department-specific collection assessments. Originality/value The study describes a set of collection assessment activities specific to a disciplinary department undertaken by Spiva Library. Few studies have been conducted to study department-specific collection assessments. This type of study can assist a university library to develop a core collection in support of teaching, learning and research for individual academic departments.

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Department-specific collection assessment

Wang

Huang

2019

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Report of the ALCTS CMS Collection Evaluation and Assessment Interest Group Meeting. American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, Boston, January 2016

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