rethinking collection development: thinking way outside the box
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Presented at GaCOMO14 by Sharon Holderman, Tennessee Technological UniversityTRANSCRIPT
RETHINKING
Sharon HoldermanCoordinator of Public Services
Tennessee Technological University
THINKING WAY OUTSIDE THE BOX
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
THE WAY WE WERE…. departmental liaisons
over-involved MIA
the yellow cards
THE WAY WE WERE…. the formula
THE WAY WE WERE…. what we allocated
College 82-83 allocation
12-13 allocation
Ag/Human Ecology $13,429.81 $3,564.00
Arts & Sciences $104,505.58 $28,808.00
Business $39,857.22 $9,476.00
Education $79,529.31 $29,090.00
Engineering $71,440.45 $13,222.00
Nursing $6,011.59 $1,831.00
Interdisciplinary Studies
$1,000.00
TOTALS: $314,773.96 $86,991.00
THE WAY WE WERE…. what people spent
College10-11
allocation
10-11 expenditure
s
Ag/Human Ecology $6,453.26 $3,414.22
Arts & Sciences $41,000.86 $33,354.00
Business $12,026.89 $10,677.73
Education $40,718.85 $22,727.32
Engineering $18,367.13 $13,129.61
Nursing $242 $3,158.70
Interdisciplinary Studies
TOTALS: $118,808.99
$86,461.58
72.8%
OH THE PROBLEMS YOU’LL SEE…. not based on need
non-academic departments
leftover money scramble
no more rollover
THE GREAT CHANGES OF 2013 goodbye formula hello new motto
goodbye departmental liaisons hello MyLibrarian program
goodbye yellow cards hello new purchase process
hello Get It Now (welcome back ILL)
“You want it? We’ll buy it!”
GET IT NOW (GIN) eJournals/databases vs. articles
the plan: offer GIN cancel journals with database overlap switch print+online to online only cancel low-use index databases cancel low-use eJournals/databases
cost savings: $498,872
GIN SEPT 2013 – AUG 2014 3304 ILL article requests filled 218 GIN requests filled
delivery time: shortest: 0 minutes longest: 9 hours average: 1.2 hours half are delivered in 20 minutes or less
cost: $5,465
HOW IT ALL AFFECTED SPENDING…
College10-11
allocated10-11 spent
12-13 allocated
12-13 spent
Ag/Human Ecology
$6,453.26 $3,414.22 $3,564.00$23,866.0
6
Arts & Sciences $41,000.86$33,354.0
0$28,808.0
0$31,199.8
7
Business $12,026.89$10,677.7
3$9,476.00 $1,314.26
Education $40,718.85$22,727.3
2$29,090.0
0$22,849.8
1
Engineering $18,367.13$13,129.6
1$13,222.0
0$10,504.8
9
Nursing $242 $3,158.70 $1,831.00 $1,613.58
Interdisc Studies $1,000.00 $0.00
TOTALS:$118,808.
99$86,461.5
8$86,991.0
0$91,348.4
7
72.8% 105%
DON‘T FORGET THE…. website
book request procedure
policies
communication
culture shift
WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER more purchase requests
more librarian involvement
better faculty connections
the budget
the collection
we are rock stars
OUR 20/20 HINDSIGHT reality wins
communication
changes multiply
affects subscriptions
what took so long???
