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ALCTS Webinar: Floating Collection: How It Can Work in a Large,
Multicampus, Academic Library
Date: October 2, 2013
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.
Description: “If our libraries’ collection is ‘one collection,
geographically dispersed,’ why do we have to ship books back to the library
of origin after they are returned by a patron?” In response to this
question, Penn State University Libraries’ began a floating collection
pilot program among four campuses. A floating collection is a group of
items not housed permanently at one specific library, but instead are
shelved in the library where they were most recently discharged.
This webinar will discuss the challenges of making a floating collection
feasible within a multicampus environment and its successful implementation
at nineteen campus locations. Issues such as deciding which books should
float, evaluating shelf space and adapting the concept to the ILS, as well
as the discovery of unintended benefits, will be shared.
Learning outcomes: At the end of this session, participants will have a
better understanding of:
- the benefits of a floating collection
- steps needed to implement a floating collection in an academic library
Who should attend? Academic libraries with multiple library locations
interested in finding new ways to share collections.
Presenters: Barbara Coopey is associate librarian, assistant head for
Access Services, and head of Interlibrary Loan for Penn State University
Libraries. She oversees all aspects of resource sharing activities
conducted on multiple systems among Penn State’s thirty-eight libraries
located across twenty-four campuses and the Penn State World Campus. In
2009 she received the ALA Virginia Boucher OCLC ILL Distinguished Librarian
Award and in 2012 received the Pennsylvania Library Association Certificate
of Merit Award.
Barbara Eshbach, a graduate of Clarion University (MSLS, 2000), is the Head
Librarian at Penn State York and a recent participant in the Pennsylvania
Library Association’s Academy of Leadership Studies. Formerly, she was the
reference and instruction librarian at the York campus.
Registration Fees: ALCTS Member $43 ; Non-member $59 ; Group rate
(members/non-members) $99/$129 ; International $43
For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/100213
ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or emailregistration_at_ala.org. For all other
questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS
Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce_at_ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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