I'll be interested to learn the same, Michael. Part of our previous
weeding documentation includes "criteria for 'reference-like' works that
should be moved to the stacks (circulating collection)". We aren't at the
point of considering integrating the entire reference collection into the
stacks, as this doesn't fit with our short-term space-planning options, but
I think there are cases where it makes more sense to incorporate reference
titles into the stacks where they'll be of more value for serendipitous
discovery.
Thanks,
Erin
Erin Gallagher
Director of Collection Services
Reed College Library
(503) 777-7552
gallaghere_at_reed.edu
On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 12:28 PM, Brewer, Michael M - (brewerm) <
brewerm_at_email.arizona.edu> wrote:
> I’d be curious to hear if anyone is rethinking their reference collections
> as a whole and either just integrating them into their stacks, moving them
> into the stacks (but keeping them as a cohesive collection), or recreating
> a greater reference collection (with all the reference content that has
> been moved to the stacks over the years), but housing that collection in
> the stack (rather than taking up the typical real estate used for reference
> collections).
>
>
>
> Because of a major renovation, we are in the process of moving ours in
> pieces to be adjacent to content in the stacks with the same call number
> ranges (toward eventually integrating it as we can make room). I can’t say
> I wouldn’t have wanted to do this even if we hadn’t been renovating, but it
> is making it easier. As a librarian and scholar, I love the idea of a
> reconstituted reference collection in the stacks (for browsing purposes),
> but doubt that would really be worth the effort or what the majority of our
> clientele would use.
>
>
>
> mb
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>
>
> Michael Brewer | Librarian
>
> Interim Senior Information Resources Officer
>
> University of Arizona Libraries, A349G | 1510 E. University Blvd
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> *From: *<colldv-request_at_lists.ala.org> on behalf of Erin Gallagher <
> gallaghere_at_reed.edu>
> *Reply-To: *Erin Gallagher <gallaghere_at_reed.edu>
> *Date: *Monday, June 4, 2018 at 12:14 PM
> *To: *"colldv_at_lists.ala.org" <colldv_at_lists.ala.org>
> *Subject: *[ALCTS-colldv] Strategies for weeding print reference
> collections
>
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> We are preparing to weed our print reference collection this summer. The
> collection is currently shelved separately from the main stacks and only a
> handful of titles are allowed to be checked out and used outside the
> library.
>
> We have weeding criteria we drafted in 2014 but would like to update these
> criteria. For other libraries who weed print reference collections, what
> criteria do you use for weeding? Are there any other strategies or
> suggestions that have worked for you?
>
> I'll be happy to synthesize our responses and share them.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Erin
>
>
>
>
> Erin Gallagher
>
> Director of Collection Services
>
> Reed College Library
>
> (503) 777-7552
>
> gallaghere_at_reed.edu
>
Received on Mon Jun 04 2018 - 15:41:26 EDT