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Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library developed a multiyear comprehensive and strategic collection review of print monographs. In this paper, the authors focus on the operational components of the project, such as generating potential deselection lists with GreenGlass, convening working groups to plan the project, developing strategies for faculty outreach and faculty collection review, and analyzing deselection and retention data. The authors share decision-making processes as well as lessons learned that were involved in the project design and implementation phases throughout the extensive collection review project.

Catherine Oliver (coliver@nmu.edu) is Metadata & Cataloging Services Librarian and Assistant Professor, Library and Instructional Support, Northern Michigan University.

After serving as ALCTS President from July 2019 to June 2020, I have the privilege of presenting the final Annual Report for ALCTS as the division concludes its existence on September 1, 2020. The end of ALCTS’s more than sixty-year history under the name the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, and before that the Resources and Technical Services Division, is yet the latest milestone in ensuring that ALA provides an appropriate and sustainable organizational structure to support the work of library professionals and others who work with library collections. We now can celebrate the launch of the new ALA division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, as a member-driven venture created collaboratively by members of ALCTS, the Library Information Technology Association (LITA), and the Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA).

Providing access to literary works remains a challenge for catalogers and metadata librarians, notwithstanding modern advances such as the introduction of the Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama etc. and the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms. This study explores how harnessing the social cataloging of fiction and other belles-lettres might help meet this challenge. Samples of records from the catalogs of a university and a public library were compared with their equivalents in the LibraryThing (LT) platform, using a similar study reported in this journal ten years prior as a baseline. Most of the library titles were found in LT, and most were linked to tags that still offered additional access points of considerable value beyond the subject and genre headings included in the library records. However, the number of relevant and useful tags attached to each title varied considerably, as indeed did the quantity and quality of the headings. The authors analyze how the tags complemented the headings and identify genre, setting, theme, characters, and authorial attributes as key elements of description for social catalogers of literary works.

Le but de cet institut est d'aider les particuliers comme les institutions a integrer la culture de l'information dans le programme des etudes. Projets de l'institut. Description du site Web

Library Statistics: A Preliminary Report on Academic Libraries, 1966-67

Dans le cadre du congres annuel de la Modern Language Association (San Francisco, decembre 1987), la banque de donnees ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of French Language) fut presentee ainsi que les conditions de son acces. L'autre theme traite concerna la conservation des livres

Les modeles de leadership partage dans les bibliotheques d'enseignement superieur et de recherche presentent trois caracteristiques : donner le pouvoir a quelqu'un, la comptabilite et le partenariat dans la prise de decision. Dans un tel modele, le personnel est mieux a meme de repondre aux besoins des utilisateurs

Procedures mises en place dans une bibliotheque universitaire pour faciliter l'acces aux documents non encore catalogues

Etude comparative par une bibliotheque universitaire americaine, du cout de l'information juridique sur produit papier et sous forme electronique (base donnee en ligne ou CD-ROM)

Presentation des programmes d'enseignement pour les assistants-documentalistes, encore etudiants, qui travaillent dans les bibliotheques universitaires americaines

L'auteur explique comment les nouvelles technologies de l'information (traitement de texte, base de donnees) peuvent etre utilisees pour l'elaboration d'une bibliographie; avec l'exemple de la bibliography of Landscape architecture, environmental design and planning elaboree entre 1977 et 1987 par Oryse Press

Compte rendu du programme presente par le president de l'ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) lors du congres de l'ALA (San Francisco, juin 1987) concernant la participation des bibliotheques aux enseignements universitaires

Examen des conclusions de ce rapport controverse sur les orientations a donner a l'enseignement en bibliotheconomie et science de l'information

Presentation des resultats de l'enquete menee par le College and University Personnel Association (CUPA), sur les salaires des bibliothecaires universitaires americains en 1986-1987

Description d'une bibliographie d'etudes politiques sur les pays scandinaves, en cours de realisation et d'automatisation dans une universite des Etats Unis. Presentation du logiciel PRO-CITE avec lequel elle est elaboree

Techniques destinees a ameliorer la tenue de statistiques par le bibliothecaire charge de renseigner les utilisateurs a la bibliotheque universitaire de Louisiane

Presentation de sites Internet donnant des informations sur les pays d'Asie : Chine, Hong Kong, Japon, Macao, Coree du Nord, Coree du Sud, Taiwan, Thibet. Les informations concernent tous les domaines

Sous chaque vedette matiere, les documents sont classes chronologiquement, les plus recents d'abord

Presentation d'une liste de sites Web consacres a l'Intelligence en information: directives, programmes, travaux pratiques, organisations, associations et revues electroniques concernant ce theme. Cette liste s'adresse plus particulierement aux bibliothecaires de bibliotheques universitaires ou de recherche

L'article presente une liste de ressources de l'internet selectionnees a l'usage des photojournalistes professionnels et etudiants : sites generalistes, journaux et magazines electroniques, sites d'ethique, sites de photographes connus, sites d'associations, ressources historiques dont les collections relatives au 11 septembre 2001.

Dans le cadre de la renovation et de l'expansion de leurs bâtiments, les bibliotheques de la Central Michigan University ont decide de doter toutes leurs stations de travail publiques de traitements de texte, de tableurs, d'outils de presentation, d'acces a l'internet, de graveurs de CD et de lecteurs DVD, tout en offrant une assistance pour le maniement de ces logiciels, avec l'aide d'etudiants experimentes. Le succes de ce type de plan de soutien technique et logiciel repose sur les precautions suivantes : engager des etudiants possedant des competences technologiques aussi bien qu'humaines ; placer le bureau des services d'assistance en un lieu tres visible ; etre flexible et savoir experimenter.

Libraries across Canada and United States are adopting diversity initiatives to encourage inclusive library environments and services. Many policies and frameworks have a user-centered approach. However, there is little focus on encouraging diverse service providers in the library. The aim of this study is to determine the strategic approaches that academic libraries are using in their efforts to recruit and retain diverse librarians. Systematic review methodology involved searching Library & Information Science Abstracts, Library & Information Science Source, Gender Studies Database, Race Relations Abstracts, Google, and grey literature composed primarily of information from library associations’ and organizations’ websites. The primary search terms (and their variations) include diversity, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomics, academic library, librarians, recruitment, and retention. Publications were included if they were about the recruitment and/or retention strategies used by academic libraries to improve diversity among librarians. Nineteen publications and one ALA website were included in the review. All 20 publications were based in a North American context, and the interventions included targeted recruitment strategies, internship or residency programs, mentor- ship, and professional development opportunities. Using a modified version of the CASP Qualitative Checklist, the publications were critically appraised to evaluate the validity of the findings. Fifty percent of the publications included an assessment component to determine the value of the intervention. Although a number of programs exist to recruit minorities to academic librarianship, the number of visible minorities in the field has remained stagnant for decades.

As inclusion becomes a growing standard for universities in the United States, data extracted from OCLC suggest that university libraries in the United States build their Spanish-language collections with books purchased primarily in Spain and Mexico. This overlooks presses from 19 other Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas. This research is concerned with the representation of books published in these Hispano-American countries and examines the holdings of 88 university libraries. The article discusses the drawbacks in neglecting purchase of literature published in Hispano-American countries and the benefits of changing collection practices into a more inclusive design, including recommendations for best practices.

As part of a larger collections analysis study, this project outlines why a particular, underserved museum unit at the Smithsonian Institution is underutilizing the Smithsonian Libraries’ facilities and resources, and how the library can better support this unit’s unique research needs. Using a holistic methodology that weds quantitative and qualitative approaches, this study highlights the unit’s distinct research profile that includes the various logistical, emotional, and collection-related barriers that impede their usage of the Libraries. Findings from this study signal the utility of a holistic, user-centric methodology to gather pertinent data and facilitate ongoing, interpersonal dialogues between the Smithsonian Libraries and its diverse internal users.

The extent of U.S. librarians’ collaboration with international partners in the area of scholarly activity and research publications is still unexplored. Guided by Jane Knight’s “At Home” framework for international research and scholarly activity, this study examines the extent of scholarly activity between librarians from the United States and international institutional and individual collaborators (that is, conference attendance, collaborations and staff exchanges, publications and collaborative authorship). A total of 193 U.S. academic librarians participated in an online survey. The results show that international research and scholarly activity is rare among U.S. librarians. Among the librarians who do participate in these activities, the results indicate that their participation in international conferences is associated with more internationalization activities.

Leadership played a critical role during the COVID-19 crisis. During the first ten months of the crisis, the library leadership at the Norman Girvan Documentation Centre at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, had to make some serious decisions that impacted all stakeholders. This article outlines some of the key library leadership lessons drawn from the experiences of the library leader that other librarians can reflect on, especially as another wave of the virus looms in the near distance.

A partir d'une opportunite telle que «l'annee du lecteur», la bibliotheque universitaire du Western Kentucky a organise sa propre promotion sur le campus par une serie de manifestations

Differentes pratiques permettent aux bibliotheques de creer un systeme de relations publiques avec les corps constituants de leur environnement

Initiatives pour attirer les etudiants des grandes ecoles vers la bibliotheque universitaire

Critique de la position adoptee par l'ALA (American Library Association) sur l'acces au WEb: cette position vise a deresponsabiliser les bibliothecaires pour savoir ce qui est approprie pour les usagers- pour les jeunes adultes et les enfants en particulier. Cette attitude risque de marginaliser les bibliothecaires

Comment les bibliothecaires peuvent-ils developper l'enseignement de la culture de l'information et atteindre plus d'etudiants, dans plus de disciplines, en travaillant avec davantage d'enseignants ? Etablir des contacts avec les professeurs est essentiel a la promotion de la culture de l'information. L'offre de formation personnelle et specialisee dans une discipline donnee doit egalement permettre de mieux repondre aux besoins des etudiants.

Activite des bibliothecaires dans le cadre de l'aide a des etudiants appartenant a une minorite ethnique: programme APT (Africans Americans Partnering Talent). Formation de ces etudiants dans le domaine des sciences de l'information et des bibliotheques

Cette recompense a ete attribuee, lors du gala annuel des amis de la LSU(Louisiane State University) Library an AWIC(Animal Welfare Information Center) qui depend de la National Agricultural Library. Le role de ce centre-de relations publiques pour la protection des animaux- est redit a l'occasion de cette recompense.

Rarely does a resource speak as candidly and frankly about the experience in the field as Sustaining and Enhancing the Scholarly Communications Department . This volume communicates with the reader like a trusted colleague, anticipating potential questions and interweaving a generosity of wisdom. It also fearlessly leans into forthright conversations on management, a topic less frequently explored and developed in the literature of the discipline.

In recent years, academic publishing has seen an explosion of works for librarians on information literacy instruction, yet surprisingly few book-length works have emerged presenting instructional design principles from within the field of library and information science (LIS). Melissa A. Wong, an adjunct instructor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science, has sought to fill that gap with a well-organized and informative book presenting both the theoretical context and practical applications of learning theory to the design of library and information science courses. The book is targeted at librarians and information science professionals teaching graduate courses in library and information science; it is thus an important acquisition for those involved in LIS education. In addition, the explanations and descriptions of theories, best practices, and common challenges of teaching more generally, alongside numerous practical examples and helpful reading suggestions, make this book extremely valuable as an instructional design textbook or reference resource for graduate students or early-career instruction librarians. What is more, Instructional Design for LIS Professionals gives equal attention to the design of online and in-person instruction, which makes the text an important addition to the extant instructional design literature geared toward librarians, which has tended to focus more heavily on in-person modalities.

Copyright law is a complex and powerful set of regulations that establishes rights of creators and outlines the ways in which others may or may not exploit these products. For librarians, informed decision making related to copyright is essential to their institutional missions and their daily work. Copyright Conversations: Rights Literacy in a Digital World contextualizes copyright for academic librarians, offers advice on how to interpret and navigate the law, educate others, and establish leadership and authority within their communities. Published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, there is a clear focus on United States law with some essays included to offer Canadian and other international perspectives for American readers. It is important to remain current and up to date regarding the effects of copyright law on the work of the academic library. Regardless of one’s role in the library, this is a valuable text to have available for consultation.