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Rightsizing the Academic Library Collection (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Rightsizing the Academic Library Collection (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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By learning how to rightsize, you will ensure that both the
collection and your institution's available physical spaces meet
the needs of your library's users. Honored with many accolades,
including a starred review in Library Journal, the first edition of
this book demonstrated the power and flexibility of "rightsizing,"
an approach that applies a scalable, rule-based strategy to help
academic libraries balance stewardship of spaces and the
collection. In the five years since Ward's first edition, the
shared print infrastructure has grown in leaps and bounds, as has
coordination among programs. With this revision, Miller addresses
new options as well as the increasing urgency to protect at-risk
titles as you reduce your physical collection. Readers will feel
confident rightsizing their institution's own collections with this
book's expert guidance on the concept of rightsizing, a strategic
and largely automated approach that uses continuous assessment to
identify the no- and low-use materials in the collection, and its
five core elements; crafting a rightsizing plan, from developing
withdrawal criteria and creating discard lists to managing workflow
and disposing of withdrawn materials, using a project-management
focus; moving toward a "facilitated collection" with a mix of
local, external, and collaborative services; six discussion areas
for decisions on participating in a shared print program; factors
in choosing a collection decision support tool; relationships with
stakeholders; how to handle print resources after your library
licenses perpetual access rights to the electronic equivalent; and
future directions for rightsizing
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