>
> From:
> Kate Pitcher <pitcher_at_geneseo.edu>
>
>
> The GIST Team at the State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo
> College is releasing a free and innovative open-source tool called the
> GIST Gift & Deselection Manager (GDM), designed to manage and
> streamline library work-flow for processing gifts and evaluating
> materials for weeding.
> GDM will dramatically improve upon a time-consuming activity by:
>
> * Automating the gathering of data for evaluating donations
> including holdings, comparison of editions you hold, full-text,
> and other data,
> * Streamlining the work-flow; recommending “keep or do not keep”
> according to your collection building conspectus file, and if
> you keep an item, GDM can open and search the work in OCLC
> Connexion so you may attach holdings and download a record;
> * Automating donor letters with lists of donated items – no more
> keying in title information for acknowledgments and the data is
> now be stored in GDM’s database;
> * Evaluating data for weeding title by title or batch titles en
> masse GDM automatically creates a spreadsheet for evaluating
> tens of thousands of titles (we found that over 13% of our 31K
> items we evaluated were available full text in the Hathi Trust);
> GDM also works for evaluating journal titles across consortia.
>
> How does GDM work?
> GDM uses several APIs (application programming interface) to leverage
> important data about items so you don’t have to manually look them up
> in various web browser searches. GDM does all the searches when you
> wand in an ISBN or search by title, and gathers the data you need to
> the streamline your work-flow and make effective decision making.
>
> What GDM data and information are important for gift and deselection
> evaluation?
> GDM version 1 includes;
>
> * _Holdings informatio_n: your holdings (FRBRized), # of holding
> libraries in your local, consortia, and/or state,
> * _Item information_: your ILS item record to compare imprint,
> Worldcat link to see more about the item, Hathi Trust and Google
> Books full-text, Better World Books acceptance as library discard,
> * _Recommendation information_: GDM automatically recommends
> "Keep" or "Do Not Keep" based on a customizable subject
> conspectus – and override or recommend review are options too.
> * _Custom data_: import library enriched book lists to flag you
> with notes if the item is an award-winner or on some core title
> lists, Caldecott and Newbery awards are already loaded in the
> copy you download.
>
> *The Getting It System Toolkit (GIST) projects focus on optimizing
> work-flow by leveraging systems to do more work while reducing the
> staff time necessary to make informed decisions and process materials. *
>
> GDM Version 1 will be released on August 13, 2010.
> For more information, documentation, and to download, please visit the
> GIST Toolkit website:
> http://gettingitsystemtoolkit.wordpress.com/gift-deselection-manager/
>
> GIST Team
> Tim Bowersox, Cyril Oberlander, Kate Pitcher, Mark Sullivan
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Kate Pitcher
> Head of Technical Services & Collection Development
> Milne Library @ SUNY Geneseo
> Ph: 585-245-5064
> pitcher_at_geneseo.edu
Received on Tue Aug 17 2010 - 03:01:58 EDT