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News from Collections Analysis, Hub
Collections Access and Analysis Hub
The Hub had its second meeting on January 8th where members worked together to finalize a draft of their mission statement, which is now available open to view by all employed within the University Libraries. Open with this link or click on mission statement: https://docs.google.com/a/vt.edu/file/d/0B5jDmSKSgyssX1VGdFVDY19RMjQ/edit
The next meeting will occur February 6, 3 pm in the Tech Services conference room. All subsequent meetings will occur on the first Friday of the month at 1 pm—same place! Please feel free to suggest items for upcoming agendas, even if you are not a current hub member.
Ongoing Collections Analysis Work
Several members of the EAT (Electronics Access Team) are working with Jeremiah Puryear to determine the best next steps in updating or converting our existing database containing journal usage and cost data. The longer range plan includes building a database to manage more and more data (big surprise, right!). In addition to looking at usage and cost of journals, we plan to collect and analyze data from our ebook vendors about demand driven acquisitions of those ebooks. Further, we’re looking into collecting and analyzing data from less traditional forms of scholarship and typical providers. To see a beginning overview of these altmetrics, a topic you will certainly hear about again, visit www.altmetrics.org
In other news, many members of EAT have been working together to create print-electronic journal overlap reports. Collection managers are using these reports to identify titles to free up space for new initiatives.
About Space and Collections
Leslie, Ed, Charla, Christopher, and I will meet January 22nd to discuss ongoing plans for collection shifting. Main points to discuss include:
- Weeding on 3rd floor so that 2nd floor collections can be shifted upstairs and corresponding, projected time-frame
- Potential plan for moving Gov Docs (and perhaps Census) collection to 5th floor Work together to submit budget proposal to make these move a reality
Lastly, Collection Management will be holding its quarterly meeting Thursday, January 17, 10:30 -11:30 in the boardroom.
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