CD Practitioner Interest Group at ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas --
join us for an interesting conversation
From:
Jo Crawford <jocraw_at_ksu.edu>
**Please excuse cross-posting**
ALCTS Collection Development for the Practitioner Interest Group
Lightning Round Discussion Topics in Las Vegas
When: Saturday, June 28, 2014, from 1:00-2:30pm
Where: Las Vegas Conference Center, Room N203
*/There are forces of change requiring new approaches by collection
development practitioners. Join us for a whirlwind discussion of some
current trends.../*
*1)**Who should be the selector? The librarian or the users? *
Moving from philosophical to the practical implications of
user-selection models, how do collection development practitioners
handle this important question? Which DDA/PDA/POD models work the
best? How to shape profiles to get the most of these opportunities?
What are the budgetary implications? Which assessment approaches are
the most useful?
*2)**What are successful methods to predict coming collection needs? *
**Your collection is a living organism that must be adapted to changing
needs on your campus. Past usage, ILL statistics, and anecdotal
evidence from users has its place. Beyond this, how do you stay
informed on needs and what additional data do you collect to predict
collection needs? Are you able to use your predictive data for the
purpose of budget development and collection expansion?
*3)**To collect or not to collect: collection decisions of open source
materials *
Open source content is growing in importance in selection decisions yet
has hidden budgetary and user impact. What approaches are in play at
academic institutions? How are various disciplines managing this
dynamic area of publishing? What next steps can you take to make the
most of this lasting publishing trend?
/Questions? Suggestions? Would you like to help lead one of these
discussion topics?/
/Please contact Josephine Crawford (IG chair) at jocraw_at_k-state.edu/
Received on Thu Jun 19 2014 - 03:08:10 EDT