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Arrival of e-books on the scene has had a significant effect on the collection development activities of many academic libraries. Whilst some libraries have made the radical decision to ditch print books in favor of e-books, others are cautiously navigating the new terrain by acquiring both. The current study used the survey research design to study the collection development trends of print books and e-books in academic libraries in Malawi. The study found that academic libraries in Malawi are acquiring both print books and e-books. The trend has resulted from collection development decisions, practices, and budgetary constraints. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the availability of LGBTQ Spanish language nonfiction books among selected university libraries along the United States–Mexico border to measure access to materials for readers and researchers and identify what resources selectors might use to inform purchases. This study utilizes 37 titles and seven libraries for a comparison of holdings. It seeks to expand the body of knowledge available regarding LGBTQ literature while establishing a baseline regarding the availability of LGBTQ Spanish-language materials in academic libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article considers the distinct challenges that works of art pose for those managing non-art specialist research libraries across the United Kingdom. Using analysis of survey and case-study interview data, the article demonstrates that current approaches to the management of art in non-art specialist research libraries are uneven in such key areas as collection management; cataloguing; storage and access; and librarianship and training. This article seeks to build consensus on best practices with respect to the management of art in libraries and proposes practical recommendations for libraries seeking to improve the care and use of the art in their collections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2020 the University of Kansas Libraries began a year-long diversity audit of the circulating monograph collection. The study, which utilized the checklist method evaluated the Libraries' holdings based on a curated list of award winning and nominated titles. In addition to determining if specific titles were part of the collection, the study also sought to learn how these books were acquired. The study found that the library owned 60% of the 6,671 titles checked and of those with a known acquisitions method, 59% came via an approval plan. Titles and publishers not profiled by GOBI were significantly less likely to be in the collection as they were not included in the approval plan or highlighted by a slip notification. The Libraries' reliance on GOBI and efficient and streamlined selection and acquisition processes has resulted in a less diverse collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Library staff at the Vasche Library at California State University, Stanislaus used innovative collection development methods to identify potential acquisitions for the Vasche Library's Modern Assyrian Heritage Collection. They worked with a faculty subject expert and the donor, who provided the startup funds for the collection, to search the OPACs of university libraries that had substantial holdings in Modern Assyrian Studies. The potential acquisitions identified could grow the collection by 39%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Libraries recognize the necessity to continuously evaluate how well the collection supports the mission, goals, and priorities of the parent institution. This paper shares the results of the local citation analysis on engineering faculty research output from 2015 to 2019 conducted at De La Salle University. Scopus was used to harvest the documents published by the faculty as well as the list of all cited references in those records. The study aims to investigate how the engineering faculty are using publications, especially journals, for their research and determine how successful the collection is in supporting the research needs of the faculty. Findings will provide useful evidence for strategic planning in general and for making collection management decisions in particular [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This quantitative longitudinal study cross-analyzes a shared print repository's periodical supplement records against physical copies to determine the accuracy of bibliographic representation for bound supplements. The authors relate the study's findings to collection managers and library administrators by highlighting prominent issues discovered, and by discussing the challenges this descriptive disconnect may present for shared repositories, as well as any library collection containing periodical supplements. By requesting that participating libraries provide catalog records for materials set to be submitted, the shared print repository central to this study was well positioned to access and analyze large samples of records and materials from an assortment of independent library collections. It was discovered that many periodical supplement records failed to fully represent actual supplement content held, particularly when involving supplements that were bound together with serial volumes. As a result, the authors pose that if relying only on standard supplement cataloging requirements to represent periodical supplement holdings, it may be particularly difficult for those overseeing collection management to know exactly what supplement content is held and bound within or apart from the affiliated parent resource materials. In turn, this issue may result in libraries inadvertently mislaying or discarding valuable supplement content, particularly when supplement information is not recorded and cataloged at the item level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to determine how diverse the academic children's library picture book collection is at San Diego State University Library and how well it represents the members of the community who use it. Using the results of a Diverse BookFinder's Collection Analysis Tool (DBF CAT) report, the researcher compares ethnic group representation in a library's holdings to local patron demographics to analyze how well the collection represents the community that uses it. More specifically, the DBF CAT data were compared to demographic statistics of the university student body and to demographic statistics of local school children whose teachers use the collection to develop lesson plans. While this comparison broadly identified some strengths and gaps in the collection, the demographic category mismatch between the DBF CAT data categories and the demographic statistical sources was problematic. Assessment of the historical part of the picture book collection was also explored and led to a recommendation for further collection diversity assessment research using historical bibliographies and book reviews. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This qualitative action research study investigated the influence that participating in a book tasting had on Pre K-4 pre-service teachers in their social studies methods course. The findings indicated that book tasting helped pre-service teachers to conceptualize what a text set is, learn how to create one using library resources, and incorporate quality children's literature successfully into lesson plans that are designed to meet the NCSS standards using the NCSS themes and the C3 Framework. The findings also indicated that book tastings changed the attitudes and perceptions that pre-service teachers had about using children's literature to teach content Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2021.1965685. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study assesses the content and usage of juvenile materials acquired via three acquisition methods by a research-intensive university library. The primary method of acquiring juvenile materials is an awards-based approval plan. Subject librarian selections and purchase suggestions from faculty, staff, and students are also used to acquire juvenile materials. Using acquisition reports, catalog records, and circulation data from four fiscal years (2017-2020), we examined how these three acquisition methods compared to each other in terms of title characteristics and patron usage. We found all three acquisition methods are needed to develop a collection that meets the needs of our users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many academic libraries make streaming video content available to their users on the Kanopy platform. This article explores how libraries have approached Kanopy's various access models, of which the most common are a patron driven acquisition (PDA) access model and a mediated access model. The author examines her institution's switch in models in light of budgetary concerns and concludes that the change to mediate access has not led to significant delays in providing access to requested materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article identifies a common problem in many academic libraries: users having difficulties finding library items. It suggests that a mapping system may help solve the problem if the difficulties stem from users who do not understand floor structures of the library or classification of the collections. The technology of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is proposed to build the system because of its ability to analyze spatial data of collection locations and dynamically present the analytical results in maps of varied detail. Such a GIS item-locating system could he integrated into current online catalog systems so that users would have search results in both textual display and visual demonstration. The article advocates that libraries take advantage of GIS for its inexpensive development and simple implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Traditional literature (including folk tales, fairy tales, and fables) is valued in academic children's literature collections for its value in both direct use (real or hypothetical) with children and the historical, cultural, and anthropological study of folklore. The "timeless" feel of these works, along with their distinctively liminal place between fiction and nonfiction, can lead them to be perceived as indefinitely useful, even beyond their unusually long standard retention period. Nevertheless, in a non-archival academic children's literature collection, routine assessment of traditional literature is necessary and even valuable. This article situates traditional literature in the context of children's literature and its academic study, then describes how the children's folklore collection in one academic library was bifurcated to improve access, browsing ability, context, and use of shelf space. Considerations, including thoughts on developing assessment and weeding criteria, are spelled out for collections considering a similar undertaking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Academic libraries serving education students have an obligation to provide exceptional offerings of current, decolonized, diverse, and inclusive children's literature, while also providing examples of historical juvenile writings to critique and compare. The first step is to update the juvenile collection policy to reflect decolonized changes by determining guidelines and parameters for which books stay in a collection, which will be removed, and which books will be moved to a "historical texts" collection. The policy should also reflect a more inclusive collation for new acquisitions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reports on a research project undertaken at a university in Iran to study the impact of academic libraries consortium on research productivity. The overall objective of study was to examine to what extent the subscribed resources meet the needs of users and to determine the quality of cited journals by researchers. It also examined the relationship between the access method to a cited journal, its quality and the average citing to it. The results of the present research can help decision makers for selecting and providing suitable resources and databases based on the users' needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fundamental functions of library: preservation cum conservation and access of the resources to its patrons on time. This study investigated the kinds of manuscripts available in this well-known library, and who are the users and what are the techniques incorporated by the library for preservation and conservation of manuscripts. A questionnaire was distributed among the seven library staff in manuscript section of Maulana Azad Library. Another questionnaire was distributed randomly among 80 research scholars from different departments of the University. Observation and interview methods were also entertained. The findings of the study are only limited to this library. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2015 RMIT University commenced a two-year building redevelopment project which included completely refurbishing the main library. Approximately 180,000 books were temporarily moved to off-site storage and this posed the challenge of how to manage a working collection so that there would be minimal impact on the university's students and staff still requiring 'just in time' access. In preparation, the library implemented a two-year project to enable it to continue to provide high-level services for the duration of the construction work. This paper considers if logistics processes could be applied to mitigate any access issues caused by off-site storage of library resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about the LGBTQIA population is difficult to collect because of the sensitive nature of the topic of sexual preference and gender identity. This paper examines our weeding project and collection development efforts to provide health care information for the LGBTQIA community at a Midwestern metropolitan university. The findings conclude that our collection was not providing sufficient, up-to-date health information for the personal and professional information needs of our patrons in the R-RZ Library of Congress range. The weeding process, strategies for working with department faculty, and the implications for an intersectional medical collection are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2016, The Claremont Colleges Library began to imagine what it might look like to provide access to our collections in ways that are informed by how our community uses those resources. From the beginning, this effort was a response to difficulties helping researchers connect our digital and physical resources, unsatisfactory storage space, and opportunities arising out of renovations and master planning. Through this work we aim to ensure the organization and presentation of our collections support how our researchers need to work with them and be inspired by them. To that end, we have engaged colleagues in other academic libraries on these questions. We have also convened task forces and conducted an in-depth, qualitative study to understand the different yet complementary engagements scholars have when browsing and searching print and electronic resources. In this case study, we will review provocative conversations at Claremont and beyond about the place of print in the digital age and discuss what we are learning from our local investigations of research behaviors. Building on this foundation, we will share plans for a fledgling program at Claremont that we expect will resonate with and be vital to the future of many academic libraries. The "Active Print" program includes a variety of approaches to enhancing the traditional stewardship role of the library by engaging our users in re-envisioning the organization and presentation of our physical collections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Patrons and scholars are increasingly likely to first encounter a collection in a digital space rather than a physical one. This article considers how to utilize data visualization in an academic library to promote a unique collection to remote visitors. In order to create awareness of the Valente Italian Library at Seton Hall University, one of the largest Italian collections in the United States, subject librarians considered ways to convey and describe the collection beyond the search box or the discovery filters of the catalog. After considering meaningful data points available in the records data, the authors harvested, cleaned, and mined the data for interesting collection facets. Visualizations were created from the data and the authors explore whether they offer a greater understanding of the collection and aid in telling its story, as well as recreate a sense of browsing for the online visitor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Streaming is an increasingly popular delivery method for audiovisual content in higher education and has been embraced by many libraries, sometimes without sufficient communication with faculty. The authors developed a survey with the primary purpose of determining whether faculty on their campus were aware of the library's streaming video services and what barriers might be preventing wider use. The study sought to gather contextual information on faculty preferences, interests, and awareness regarding library media collections, audiovisual delivery formats, and the use of streaming video for instruction. This information will inform actions and decisions about collections and outreach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When a scholarly monograph is made available in both print and electronic formats, which format will users prefer? This study analyzed monograph usage data from three university presses in the University of Toronto Libraries' collections, comparing print and ebook usage patterns of identical titles. The goal was to examine format preferences and determine whether there are differences in usage across subject disciplines or publishers. The study showed that although in many cases users preferred one format over another, they used books in both formats. If a subject was popular, usage tended to be high for both formats, and if unpopular, low for both formats. The data also indicated that there were some noticeable differences in ebook usage for particular subjects, and the authors concluded that format does matter and therefore it is desirable for libraries to provide both formats if possible. The study also highlighted how critical metadata are in promoting the use of electronic resources. If there were no ebook metadata within the library catalog, the ebook usage was low. This analysis adds to a growing body of literature in user preferences on book formats that can assist libraries in making better-informed decisions in collection building. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The University of Namibia was established in 1992 and started as a one-campus institution with fewer than 2,500 students to a university with twelve (12) campuses and nine (9) centers and more than 25,000 students. This study examines the profiles of the UNAM Library collections and the historical dynamics that have impacted it. New programs, schools, and campuses were introduced at a rapid pace and the library could only attempt to keep track with all new developments surrounding it. The role of collection assessment, collection development policy, and e-books were investigated within this scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the six strategic planning goals of Northern Arizona University (NAU) is to strengthen its relationship with Native Americans and to become one of the nation's leading universities serving Native American students. Considering its close geographic proximity to several tribal communities—particularly the Navajo Nation, which represents 44% of Native American Students at NAU—several programmatic and collection management activities have been instituted at the university's Cline Library as a response to this broader university goal. The library's outreach efforts, though, extend beyond the university's Native American student population and include activities designed to collaborate with tribal communities in a more direct and inclusive manner. Furthermore, incorporating concepts of critical librarianship into the library's teaching, learning, and public programming helps provide a progressive theoretical framework for improving relationships between the university and Native American communities. This case study provides an overview of existing programmatic and policy-based initiatives at the library and discusses where improvements could be made to help foster a closer and more meaningful relationship with Native American students, faculty, and patrons. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In libraries and archives, efforts to document underrepresented communities and diversify collections can be fraught with political tension. We explore an interdepartmental collaboration to create and preserve a digital collection documenting the Urban Native Relocation Program of the mid- to late-twentieth century in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Involving the Grand Valley State University Libraries, the Kutsche Office of Local History, and the university's Native American Advisory Board, the project serves as a model not just for collaborative collection development but also for community engagement and outreach. We find that process is as important as product in developing collaborative digital collections. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

While many libraries have built new high-density storage facilities, fewer academic libraries have repurposed and renovated an existing building for that new end. This article details Kansas State University Libraries' experience renovating an existing structure for high-density storage purposes and the improved collection management options that resulted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study looked at the degree to which the online availability of U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps affects academic libraries' decisions to withdraw the print versions of those maps. Other factors in making the decisions, such as usage, user preferences, support of academic programs, user discovery, shelving location, and printing options, were also investigated. Results show that while in 40% of the cases the online USGS historical topographic maps influenced the decision to weed, the need for space was the overwhelming driver of print USGS topographic map collection weeding within the past ten years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work analyzes selected Protestant college libraries' holdings of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) content in order to measure access to materials for readers, determine the nature of the materials, and identify what resources selectors might use to inform purchases. The study identifies twenty titles and ten libraries for a comparison of the holdings. Ten Lambda Award–winning titles deemed affirming of the relationship between religion and homosexuality and ten titles identified as non–GLBT-affirming in nature are used to make these determinations. This article seeks to expand the body of knowledge available on Protestant college libraries while specifically documenting the presence of GLBT materials in such libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Collection managers should analyze and control the quality of digital collections by active weeding of e-books. Certain print weeding strategies apply to digital material even though digital material does not take up physical space. One such strategy is the removal of outdated content, especially in the subjects of health and technology, in order to maintain updated and accurate collections. However, the e-book format presents some additional and different quality control challenges. In this article, the authors describe an e-book weeding project at the Louisiana State University Libraries that addresses and demonstrates these challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Circulation statistics are a traditional starting point for selecting books to withdraw. Rules-based weeding, based on multipoint data, enables librarians to make better-informed choices about the collection. Using a decision support tool forced Olin librarians to make weeding decisions based on multiple data points such as rarity, statewide repository candidates, or inclusion on recommended lists for college libraries. This article summarizes retention criteria rationale, consortial implications of weeding, and quantitative differences between single and multipoint data. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article examines methods of selection and acquisition for European (as opposed to Canadian) French-language print monographs for a research-level law library collection in North America based on the study of the practices and techniques locally developed in the Nahum Gelber Law Library, McGill University. These techniques represent a combination of non–approval plan–based methods: blanket order, standing orders, online slip service in WorldCat, use of other libraries’ acquisition lists, and firm orders. The methods described in this article are not exclusive to the selection in the subject area of law and could be applied in other academic disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As collection budgets have dwindled, library acquisitions has become a data-driven field that relies on hard numbers. Libraries are struggling with the demands of adapting to a numbers-driven environment, both from a personnel and a data management perspective. This article includes a literature review, survey results, and practical advice that can be applied to most library environments. A model of transferable outcomes is introduced that encourages libraries to create a data pool of statistical information that can be applied to collections decisions in a variety of ways to quantify the impact of library resources to the broader community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Because the mission of smaller academic libraries serving fewer than 10,000 full-time enrolled students is mainly to serve the curriculum-based needs of students and faculty, collection management in these libraries needs to be directly related to changes in the curriculum of the parent institution. A look into applicable collection management literature, combined with one library's experience, offers insights about effective curriculum-based collection building in a smaller academic library setting. To achieve efficiency, collection managers must maintain up-to-date knowledge of changing instructional and research needs at their institutions, the needs new programs have for library materials, appropriate collection assessment tools, and the tasks involved in a focused expansion project. By optimizing consultations with faculty and evaluation procedures scaled to its needs, the library at North Georgia College & State University, a modestly sized academic institution, established a model for becoming an active participant in new course and program planning during the application stage, ensuring appropriate library support for new courses and programs of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The issue in academic libraries of format duplication for the same title in print, microfilm, and electronic formats continues to strain library budgets, facilities, and staff. This article reviews the criteria used by a medium-sized academic library for deciding what formats of the New York Times to continue to collect and maintain. A research study was conducted to ascertain the completeness of coverage in both the online and microfilm formats of this title, with the results used as additional decision criteria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study, conducted at the Indiana University School of Dentistry Library using citation analysis, examined graduate dental student theses citations to determine the nature of materials cited, journal ownership, journal citation frequency, and citation age distribution. The results were compared to other scientific discipline citation analyses. Study results indicated that for the period studied, masters dental students, like medical and science students, cited recently published scholarly dental journal literature. The majority of the journals cited were owned by Indiana University system libraries. Areas for further research include faculty resource usage, e-journal impact, and interdisciplinary resource use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Academic Libraries, like all types of libraries, are in transition as they move from books on shelves to bytes on computers. Academic libraries, limited by space and staff to cover their hours of operation, have created 24-hour, digital information commons. The librarian locus on the millennial undergraduate features a virtual library that highlights extensive software suites and modules with computers where students can work collaboratively 24 hours a day. an expanded center for writing instruction, and a center for computer training, technical assistance, and repair. To transition to this type of library can be a challenge for a profession not noted for the embrace of dynamic change initiatives and paradigms. This chapter looks at a number of change-management initiatives and models taken from private industry, looks at how digital resources impact and challenge traditional library workflows, and focuses on new ways these workflows can be altered to accommodate the new electronic information format in the academic library that has rapidly become the norm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San Jose, California is a unique dual-use library serving the students of San Jose State University and the community of San Jose, California. The reference collections of the two libraries are merged and interfiled to promote ease of access for both populations served. Economies of scale were realized through collaborative collection development activities for major reference purchases between the two institutions. This article describes the planning and creation of the King Library's merged reference collection and reviews the literature of collaborative collection development and merged or interfiled collections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the challenges faced by the librarians in collection development for interdisciplinary studies, due to increasing electronic information resources in academic libraries. It explains the concept of interdisciplinary and mentions various issues, facing the libraries including the refusal of students to use the print sources and the copyright issues of scholarly communication system. It mentions the information required by the interdisciplinary librarians and the problems they encounter in finding relevant documents due to scattered sources of electronic information. It discusses the necessity of evaluating interdisciplinary materials due to large number of available electronic titles. It suggests proper education and training for the interdisciplinary librarians.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including future of the academic library, statistical analysis of the print and e-books, and mention about analysis of citations in master theses of serial use.