#1
>From "Brian C. Gray" <bcg8_at_case.edu>
Re: CDL: Supplying popular, best selling collections in academic libraries
We use to set put some money each year into a popular/leisure collection. A
librarian who liked to read the newest stuff managed it in consultation with the
librarian that supported English. We stopped doing it as a it was a lot of work,
and we felt not used enough to justify.
Now, we teach people how to request from our Ohio consortia arrangements. People
can request through OhioLINK for those academics that are buying them. We are
also connected to several of the major public libraries through SearchOhio, so
items can be requested that way. We also teach our students how to use the local
public library offerings. Finally, we have partnered with Cleveland Public
Library to provide us a small collection of content in our main campus library
that is refreshed several times a year. See:
http://library.case.edu/ksl/facilities/cpl/
Thanks,
Brian
Brian C. Gray, MLIS
Team Leader, Research Services
Librarian: Chemical Engineering and Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Email: brian.c.gray_at_case.edu
Kelvin Smith Library 201-K
#2
>From "George E. Gottschalk" <curiousgeorgeloveslibraries_at_gmail.com>
Re: CDL: Supplying popular, best selling collections in academic libraries
Others may have already responded.
Baker & Taylor also has a lease program, and I believe the two programs are
roughly similar in how they function.
We are a much smaller regional university in northeast Oklahoma, and we do
provide popular fiction.
The lease program for us is exactly intended as you are describing here, to
provide a handful of popular titles that might not otherwise be available. It
allows us to tie it to objectives such as promoting a general atmosphere of
intellectual and cultural curiosity. However, it also imposes a limit so if
anyone asks we can state that we feel the popular titles are within reasonable
enough limits that do not detract from the purchasing of academic, curricular
titles.
We do mix both purely popular titles with contemporary literary titles. Last
year we selected the Orphan Master's Son through the lease program before it won
the Pulitzer Prize, for example.
Advantages of this are:
-relative speed of ordering and delivery
-access to titles for current events and cultural phenomena that might otherwise
get sifted out as not directly curricular
-we have the option of returning books to remove from our "lease inventory" if
they no longer serve a purpose, or of "buying out" the books if we decide they
are warranted for the permanent collection.
This fills our "new bookshelf" area, intermingled with some academic titles of
note.
It has had a kind of marketing side effect for prospective students' parents.
While prospective students are getting the tour spiel, I have had a couple of
prospective parents wander over to the new books area. A couple of times they
have even jotted down or taken phone photos of titles they find interesting.
This is an unintended side effect, but always fun when it happens.
All of that to say, while there may be some academic purists who find such a
notion anathema, for us it has worked well. As I said, it always helps, of
course, if you can tie such purchases to a university mission, objective,
commitment or whatever you have available in your context.
Hopefully this is helpful to you.
George E. Gottschalk
ggottschalk_at_rsu.edu
Librarian, Collection Development
Rogers State University
Claremore, OK
#3
>From Lonnie Beene <lbeene_at_mcneese.edu>
Re: CDL: Supplying popular, best selling collections in academic
libraries
Kenette, et al.,
This past spring semester we implemented Baker & Taylor's book leasing plan.
Although we chose probably not the optimum time to start it up (middle of spring
semester), it seems to be popular, and we've been pleased with it. The only
downside is that their reports website leaves a lot to be desired.
We considered McNaughton, but frankly, they weren't as responsive to our initial
inquiries. Also, we've had a long-standing relationship with B&T.
Here's info on the plan for academic libraries:
http://www.btol.com/promo_details.cfm?id=233
Feel free to contact me if you want to know more.
--
Lonnie Beene, M.L.S., M.A.
Acquisitions Librarian/Assistant Professor
Frazar Memorial Library
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, Louisiana
#4
>From "Sandra M. Barstow" <SBarstow_at_uwyo.edu>
RE: Supplying popular, best selling collections in academic libraries
We currently offer McNaughton books and audiobooks on CD for our campus
community. We are also in the process of rolling out our 3M Cloud Library
popular reading service for ebooks (although we purchase those items rather than
leasing them). Our McNaughton collection allows us 120 “slots” a month, up to a
collection size of about 2400 titles, but we are maintaining about 1500 titles
at any given moment. We weed older titles and lesser used titles and ship them
back to Brodart regularly. Right now our content is primarily 2012 and 2013
copyright dates. If an item has other interest for us we buy a permanent copy
through our regular book vendor (and sometimes we have some duplication between
our approval plan and our McNaughton plan, but we don’t try to avoid
duplication, particularly). The McNaughton books come cataloged and processed,
and we have a separate shelving area and location code (popular reading) for
them. If you would like to see the cataloging records we have for McNaughton
vs. those from 3M Cloud Library, take a look at our records for Michael Pollan’s
new book, Cooked, which we have available through both programs. In my opinion,
they are pretty robust records, but I’m not a cataloger.
As for the cost of the McNaughton plan, you can designate an amount you want to
spend (it’s an annual subscription, paid in advance – at least that’s how we are
doing it). They will recommend a cutoff cost per book (ours is $28.95). If you
select a book that costs more than your cutoff cost, you are charged two “slots”
for that book. We have found that 120 slots is more than enough for us to
select any popular title that anyone could possibly want to borrow from us.
We have been looking for other ways to provide popular reading materials, but
these are the only ones we currently have that are actually working for us.
Sandy Barstow
Head of Collection Development
University of Wyoming Libraries
Dept. 3334, 1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-5621
Fax: (307) 766-2510
http://www-lib.uwyo.edu
Received on Thu Jul 04 2013 - 09:58:14 EDT