Library Collections

As of July 1, 2012, the Libraries are sustaining partners of the Hathi Trust Digital Library.   The Hathi Trust is a shared repository of digital content scanned from over 50 research library partners across the United States and Europe.  It also includes content from Google Books and the Internet Archive.  As of January 2012, the repository had over 10m volumes, nearly 3m of which are in the public domain.

When set up is completed (by fall semester), VT patrons will be able to search across the full text of all volumes in the repository.  Using Shibboleth authentication, they can also download public domain volumes in their entirety.  Besides public domain volumes, partners have full viewing and downloading abilities for materials for which Hathi has received permissions.

Users with print disabilities can get specialized access to public domain and in-copyright materials. Hathi Trust facilitates other lawful uses of in copyright such as those afforded by US copyright law: Section 108 (print replacement copies, digital access to applicable works) and fair uses of in-copyright materials. Access to in-copyright materials, including for users who have print disabilities, is subject to laws of the country where the partner institution is located.

Currently, VT patrons can discover Hathi Trust items in Summon or in the native interface.  An API will allow us to link from Addison print records to a digital copy in the repository, if one exists.

More information on Hathi Trust will be forthcoming as we complete the set up steps of our partnership agreement.

Welcome to the Collection Management Newsletter. Expect to hear from us more frequently now that the blog is up and running.

There’s quite a bit of information to pass along since the last time I wrote in late May.  We’ve just wrapped up a fiscal year, so you will find below information summarizing our acquisitions and projects activity for the year–in addition to more recent information.

First for the Short and Sweet…

• Collection Management welcomes Tracy Hall to University Libraries! We’re happy to have her here with us (even if she is a Tiger fan).
• Monena Hall will now serve as selector for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
• Leslie, Ed, and I working to create a Collection Management priority list for 2013
• Our next Collection Management meeting will be held July 19, 10:30 a.m., in the boardroom.
• HathiTrust: We are working through the set up process for our partnership and should be ready by mid-July.
• Charleston: Don’t forget! If you plan on submitting a proposal for the Charleston Conference, proposals are due July 13, 2012.
• Connie Stovall (yes, me) will be the next co-chair of ASERL’s Collection Development Initiative beginning  July 2, 2012 through  June 30 – 2014.  Michael Arthur (U-Central Florida) serves as the other co-chair.  This initiative has built a strong sense of community across ASERL libraries, and has several innovative webinars in the pipeline for the coming year.
• Collection analysis—While we are always engaged in collection analysis of some kind, in July we will begin looking at usage  and cost data for existing  journal packages. Such data analysis will drive subscriptions cancellations and acquisitions.
• DDA, or demand driven acquisitions, pilot project: Ladd and his team have all the details worked out and will have DDA ready for July 1. We hope, eventually, DDA will reduce and replace a significant amount firm order and approval spending, varying by discipline, of course.

The Big Picture

• Interested in understanding where academic libraries are headed or what drives some of our initiatives?  College & Research Library News just published 2012 Top Ten Trends in Academic Libraries: A review of the trends and issues affecting academic libraries in higher education.

Resources Already Under Consideration for 2013

• We have  purchased the Springer Protocols Archive, 1980 to 2011, and the 2012 Protocols. This will allow us to cancel  print standing orders and eliminate Springer Protocols  from the approval plan.  The purchase could allow us to send over 1,000 print books to storage, while offering a comparable number of ebooks to our STEM faculty, students, and staff.

• We are considering the purchase of JSTOR Collections IX, X, XI, all of which can be purchased now using a one-time purchase model (versus paying ongoing costs for the collections). These collections will provide broad coverage in business and STEM fields, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities.

Fiscal Year 2012 Resource Acquisitions and Projects In Review

In past newsletters, we have talked quite a bit about the ASERL Cooperative Print Journal Archive Review.  We now have a table availablesummarizing the year’s work on this project.

Additionally, we compile a list of Total Acquisitions for 2012.

Until next time,

Connie