Ah yes, everyone's favorite annual tradition: explaining why a database is both indispensable and impossible to afford.
If that hits a little too close to home, join us for Cost-Per-Use Isn't Enough: Building a Defensible, Values-Driven Collection Rubric that University Administrators Can't Ignore, a hands-on pre-conference at the Charleston Conference.
Together, we'll explore a practical, rubric-based approach to evaluating online resources that goes beyond cost-per-use to create collection decisions that are more transparent, collaborative, and easier to explain to faculty, administrators, and other stakeholders.
We'll spend three hours talking about collection evaluation. Somehow, it'll be more fun than it sounds. You'll work through real-world scenarios, compare decisions with colleagues, and leave with practical ideas you can adapt for your own library.
Learn more and register for Charleston pre-conference sessions: https://www.charleston-hub.com/the-charleston-conference/welcome/preconferences/.
Hope to see you there,
Ashley
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Ashley Cole | '08
Pronouns: she/her
Director of Collection Strategies
Eastern Kentucky University Libraries
ashley.cole_at_eku.edu<mailto:ashley.cole_at_eku.edu>
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Received on Tue Jul 07 2026 - 10:40:02 EDT