Standards Collection for Academic Libraries

Musser, Linda

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“…In addition, Dowell (2005) discusses how Iowa State University began documenting the acquisition of standards in 1950 and formally obtained a subscription to ANSI approved standards in 1982. Musser (1990) wrote one of the earliest articles dedicated to standards collections in academic libraries, discussing the general importance of standards and the challenges of trying to build a standards collection, many of which still exist today, including high costs, the vast numbers of standards in existence, and the lack of a comprehensive index to the standards literature. In addition, Musser (1990) highlighted the Union List of Technical Reports, Standards, and Patents in Engineering Libraries, an American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) publication that contained lists of member library holdings materials that were difficult to find to facilitate inter-library lending (Byers 1986).…”

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“…According to OCLC Worldcat, four editions of the Union List were published from 1986 to 1999. Since Musser's (1990) article, several case studies have been published describing various aspects of standards collections at individual institutions (Taylor 1999;Matylonek and Peasley 2001;Melgoza 2002; Papin-Ramcharan, Dolland, and Dawe 2011; Murphy, Strong, and Sewerin 2011; Kozak 2014; Dunn and Xie 2017). In addition, both Pellack (2005) and Matthews (2006) conducted surveys of academic libraries standards collection practices, with Pellack focusing mainly on ARL libraries with an engineering collection and Matthews on libraries of top engineering schools, as ranked by America's Best Graduate Schools in 2004.…”

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“…With regard to discovery, Musser (1990) described the vast numbers of standards in existence and the lack of a comprehensive index to the standards literature as challenges. Thompson (2001) noted in November 2000 that 14,650 ANSI approved standards and 12,524 ISO standards were in effect.…”

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“…It is well established in the literature that developing standards collections in academic libraries is challenging from a cost perspective (Musser 1990;Schlembach 2000;Melgoza 2002;Pellack 2005; Murphy, Strong, and Sewerin 2011; Dunn and Xie 2017). Dunn and Xie (2017) describe how a working group, comprised of several librarians, is dedicated solely to evaluating and making decisions about standards collection development, suggesting how complex standards collections can be compared to other resource types.…”

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Standards Collections: Considerations for the Future

Phillips¹

2019

Collection Management

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Technical standards are a form of gray literature that describe consensus for a wide variety of applications. They promote safety, quality, and interchangeability of parts. In academic libraries, standards have largely been associated with engineering collections, despite having connections to many disciplines. Engineering and technology accreditation bodies and employers continue to expect graduates to have knowledge and experience with standards upon graduation. This article provides a brief history of standards collection development in academic libraries, discusses the challenges of standards collections, shares a case study of standards information literacy curricula integration, and offers considerations for the future of standards collections.

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Section: Standards Collections In Academic Librariesmentioning

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Standards Collections: Considerations for the Future

Phillips¹

2019

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“…Many published articles have discussed the role of industry standards in academic libraries and provided guidelines for developing these collections (Musser, 1990;Ricci, 1990;Schlembach, 2001;and Taylor, 1999). "Although in many respects standards are no different than any other collection of material on a specific subject, they do present a challenge because of the diversity of organizations which publish them, the variety of formats in which they are published and a frequent lack of adequate description of the needed standard" (Ricci, 1990).…”

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Industry standards in ARL libraries: electronic and on‐demand

Pellack

2005

Collection Building

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Purpose-Little is known about the current state of industry standards subscriptions in U.S. libraries. In this age of electronic access and tightening budgets, many libraries are re-examining whether or not to alter paper subscriptions of standards to electronic versions and/or switch to on-demand delivery.Design/Methodology-Two surveys were conducted in an attempt to gauge the extent to which other libraries are currently collecting standards in electronic format, or providing on-demand purchasing for industry standards.Findings-The number of libraries purchasing electronic standards or providing on-demand purchasing in 2003 appears to be incongruous with comments from both surveys. In the 2001 survey, librarians could not find ways to fund on-demand purchasing and in the 2003 survey, a number of libraries were purchasing some sets on an irregular basis to save money. A little over half (51%) of the responding libraries provide electronic versions of standards and sixty percent indicated they provide on-demand purchasing of individual standards.Originality/Value-Survey responses resulted in several local changes to improve patron success rates at acquiring industry standard including: created a publicly-searchable database of locally-available standards, initiated a purchase on-demand process, worked with Interlibrary Loan (ILL) staff to determine which standards would be better to purchase versus request on ILL, and became more adept at reference interviews involving requests for standards. including: created a publicly-searchable database of locally-available standards, initiated a purchase ondemand process, worked with Interlibrary Loan (ILL) staff to determine which standards would be better to purchase versus request on ILL, and became more adept at reference interviews involving requests for standards.

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Making engineering standards available at the University of the West Indies: perspectives of a developing country

Papin-Ramcharan

Dolland

Dawe

2011

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PurposeThis paper aims to continue the discussion of the difficulties that librarians face in creating a relevant and useful collection of standards. For developing countries the magnitude of the available standards and the huge costs make this task daunting.Design/methodology/approachThe types of standards, their role in ensuring that the World's structures, facilities, goods, etc. conform to ensure health and safety, the ranges and finally the needs of the University of the West Indies (UWI) are discussed. The UWI Main Library's approaches to grappling with the relevant issues are then explored.FindingsThe electronic age offers speedy access to information resources provided that there are financial resources. Electronic access to such documents as and when they are needed (just‐in‐time philosophy) seems the most viable option, given the cost constraints. Other options could be customised collections crafted to suit the needs of students and faculty, or electronic clearinghouses externally subsidised by a philanthropic body to obtain the articles via an Internet system. Any of these could be developed and ensure cost‐effective seamless access, so giving a world‐class service anywhere in the World. Of course, knowledgeable librarians and good abstracts are also essential.Practical implicationsThe cost of these technical documents is prohibitive for a developing country library to be able to have a large collection of standards but, if there is good internet access and a sound database to obtain abstracts, and if sufficient funds are in place, an efficient procedure could be developed for “just‐in‐time” access.Originality/valueThe paper examines some of the best options available to the Main Library of The University of the West Indies to ensure that engineering students gain access to current standards.

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Standards Collection for Academic Libraries

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Standards Collections: Considerations for the Future

Standards Collections: Considerations for the Future

Industry standards in ARL libraries: electronic and on‐demand

Making engineering standards available at the University of the West Indies: perspectives of a developing country

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