- Prioritize collection development activities:
- Collection evaluation and user assessment:
- Assessment Committee's User Survey 1999 contained questions
related to collection and services (Available on the Administration Web
page under Committees-Access Committee)
- Database use statistics supplied by Systems Department
(Available on the Administration Web page under Committees-Access Committee)
- Howard Dess's Impact Factor Studies
- CDC Forum on Core Collections
2001 Objective: Develop at least two core serials lists for undergraduate programs
2001 Objective: Continue and refine efforts to evaluate collections
and to assess user behavior in view of changing nature of publication; work
with vendors, regional and national groups to improve user statistics so
there are more useful to us
- Prioritize subject collections in relation to the university's
strategic plan and prioritize development efforts for collections space (weeding and moving)
- Reviewed strategic plan and implementation reports and found them
somewhat useful in prioritizing collection development activities
2001 Objective: In regard to weeding and moving collections, seek further guidance from university and publishing trends; continue to gather data related to duplicate backruns in the Libraries in print, microfilm, and electronic format; develop and begin a systemwide plan to:
- weed and/or consolidate scatter and discontinued runs into one complete
run in one location where the research collection resides;
- weed other duplicate runs, especially when there is availability on in JSTOR
2001 Objective: Finalize RUL Gift Policies and Procedures
2001 Objective: Continue to monitor university statements on strategic plan
- Help review and prioritize uncataloged material for cataloging
- Reviewed and provided input into lists of uncataloged collections
developed by AULTAS
- Brief records are now available for uncataloged books in TSB backlog
- Improve electronic resources selection and procedures:
- Establish networked electronic resources teams
- Four teams (general, humanities, science, and social science)
were established. Electronic request for resources forms were set up.
Several new resources were considered and acquired through this process.
- TAS hired e-resources staff person
2001 Objective: Continue refining process
- Review CDRoms for networked availability
- Was done primarily at the unit level
2001 Objective: Expand review of CDRoms in a more systematic way and for all of RUL
- Develop systemwide preservation plan for all formats:
- Task Force on Preservation Planning was established and report
with recommendations will be available early in Fall 2000 semester
2001 Objective: Increase awareness of preservation issues and begin
implementation of recommendations of the Report
- Create more subject resource guides:
- Several new ones were prepared
- WAC established format guidelines for research guides and identified
areas where resource guides are needed
2001 Objective: Expand number of guides and increase selectors' user
education activities (for faculty and students) concerning electronic resources
in their areas of expertise
- Develop and implement document delivery plan by Jan. 2000
- Implemented in Summer 2000
2001 Objective: Monitor effectiveness and cost of Uncover document
delivery service and explore other document delivery services
- Revise and implement NEW approval plan
- All profiles were reviewed and updated
2001 Objective: Investigate pros and cons of complete coverage of
selected publishers and implement pilot program if seems effective
- Evaluate and revise SIRSI acquisition module to improve management information
- Nothing was done in this area
2001 Objective: Selectors need to become more familiar with current
capacities of SIRSI's WorkFlows in order to make suggestions for improvements;
get Reports module going and have training for it