"EBSCO Publishing has launched a Sushi-compliant server to automate the collection of usage data from EBSCOhost research databases."

Approaches to Selection, Access, and Collection Development in the Web World
(source: Library Resources & Technical Services, vol. 52, n° 3, 2008 / sur abonnement)

Academic and research libraries are well-versed in collecting material from the print world. The present and future collections that are being produced on the Web require urgent attention to acquire, preserve, and provide access to them for future research. Many of the skills that librarians have honed through years of collecting in the print-based world are applicable to digital collection development, but will require ramping up technical skills and actively embracing digital content in current and future collection-development work. This paper reports on an exploratory project that aims to apply existing skills and knowledge to collect materials from the Internet and lay the groundwork for collection development in the future.

Voir aussi, dans ce même numéro, les critiques des ouvrages: "Handbook of Electronic and Digital Acquisitions" (sur Amazon) et "Organizing Information from the Shelf to the Web" (sur Amazon).

Journal Prices, Book Acquisitions, and Sustainable College Library Collections (pdf)
(source: College & Research Libraries, à paraître / via ResourceShelf, 15/06/08)

"Library collections are economically sustainable only if the rate of increase in costs is no greater than the rate of increase in the library acquisitions budget. Because book prices increase at a much lower rate than journal prices, undergraduate libraries can achieve economic sustainability through a renewed emphasis on books rather than journals. Book centered collections are consistent with the goals of many undergraduate colleges, and books rather than journals may provide the best teaching resources even in those fields that rely heavily on journals for the communication of original research results."

Des étudiants de la University of Michigan School of Information ont réalisé deux vidéos à propos de LOCKSS intitulées Why Libraries Should Care About LOCKSS et Why Libraries Should Consider Joining:

Why Libraries Should Care About LOCKSS


Why Libraries Should Consider Joining


Via C.-H. Nyns

Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections (version 3)

Source: NISO

[ pdf ]

Via ResourceShelf

L'Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT) du JISC est un outil qui permet de comparer - dans le cadre de négociations - des agrégateurs de revues, des plateformes de bases de données ou de e-books. Voir la méthodologie ici.

Payne, Lizanne. 2007. Library Storage Facilities and the Future of Print Collections in North America. Report commissioned by OCLC Programs and Research.

"This report, commissioned by OCLC’s RLG Programs unit as part of its Shared Print Collections program, examines the current context and status of library storage facilities.
It reviews storage facility designs and the extent of their use; the context supporting the development and use of off-site storage facilities; the key trends of shared journal archives, last- and single-copy facilities, “virtual storage,” mass digitization, and local scanning and print-on-demand technology; and considers the future of library print collections, including the potential development of a distributed print repository network.
The author concludes that high-density library storage facilities have moved into the mainstream for collection management in academic libraries, and that this is the optimum time for the academic and library communities to leverage this collective capacity to develop a broader, system-wide approach to maintaining print collections across institutional boundaries.
Recommended actions for libraries currently making use of storage facilities include to move aggressively to archive print copies of selected journal titles where backfiles are available in electronic form; implement “last copy” policies for ongoing storage transfers at shared facilities; identify and disclose the facility’s stored journal and book holdings, and relevant access and preservation policies, to partner institutions and service providers; and explore local prototypes such as the Five Colleges model for subscription to stored holdings in a region.
Recommended actions for the academic library community are to support development of a common mechanism to disclose library storage holdings and the services associated with them; convene workshops among a variety of potential participants to explore issues related to establishing and operating a formal print repository network; and develop appropriate financial models.
The report includes two data tables, three charts, twenty-two endnotes with full citations, a suggested reading list, and an appendix suggesting areas for further research."

Via Lorcan Dempsey

Morgan, Eric Lease (2007), Catalog Collectivism: XC and the Future of Library Search. In Proceedings 27th Annual Charleston Conference, Charleston (US). (déposé sur E-LIS)

"Collections without services are useless, and services without collections are empty. The future of library search lies between these two statements. It is about making search smarter and putting search within the context of the user."

Le Publishers Communication Group a publié un rapport sur les tendances en matière de renouvellement des abonnements aux revues académiques au cours de ces quatre dernières années.

"Report highlights increased migration from print to online and faculty influence in libraries' selection process."

Le rapport peut être commandé auprès d'Emilie Delquié de PCG (aucune mention du prix...). Mais si l'un(e) ou l'autre parvient à l'obtenir d'une autre manière, merci de faire circuler...

Via PSLB

20 Maxims for Collection Building (Barbara Genco - Library Journal, 15 sept. 2007)

EMPOWERED PATRONS
1 The user and the ILS
2 Security and self-check
3 Tagging, not MARC?

MOBILITY AND DIGITIZATION
4 It's content, not containers, Stupid!
5 Moving materials smarter
6 Off-site storage and digitization
7 Downloadable and digital

TRANSPARENT HOLDINGS
8 Power of the OPAC
9 Logistics and process design are key
10 If it's not cataloged, it doesn't exist
11 “One big library”

RESPONSIVE ADMINISTRATION
12 Fewer librarians, more parapros?
13 Measuring productivity, use, and needs
14 Reference is dead; long live reference
15 Policies are still primary

E-CONTENT AND THE WEB
16 It's a Google world
17 Licenses and government documents

STREAMING SELECTION
18 Improving vendor relations
19 Staying out front
20 Libraries: The long tail writ large

Via Current Cites