From: "George, Mary Ellen" <georgem_at_ohiodominican.edu>
We are in the midst of trying to figure out what appropriate
quantitative and qualitative resource levels are appropriate for
our collection when new courses and programs are introduced
into the curriculum. We've come up with more questions than
answers and thought we'd turn to this group for thoughts and
feedback. Your help is much appreciated.
Our main question is: How does your library determine the
level of resources needed, quantitatively and qualitatively? Do
you use a formula, such as the Clapp-Jordan formula, a
methodology, such as the RLG Conspectus, or some other
approach?
Some other questions that would be helpful to hear from
many of you about are these:
o Does your collection policy address the level
of library support necessary to support new academic programs?
o Do you have a set of procedures outlining how
you determine resource levels?
o Does your institution have a form that the library
must complete indicating that the library conducted an evaluation
of resources to determine support levels for new academic programs?
Thanks for your response and efforts in providing us with this
urgent information/need.
--Mary Ellen George
Collection Services Librarian
Ohio Dominican University
georgem_at_ohiodominican.edu
Received on Sat Nov 23 2002 - 14:56:55 EST