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Rightsizing Your Collection: Make the academic collection management process more intentional and user-centric.

Authors :
Miller, Mary E.
Ward, Suzanne M.
Source :
American Libraries; May2022, Vol. 53 Issue 5, p40-44, 5p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

The article offers information on the academic librarians have long grappled with issues of collection size, quality versus quantity, and maintaining a core collection. It discusses that the realities of space and resource availability and the demand for new services are forcing even the largest and best-funded academic libraries to acknowledge that they cannot, in fact, keep everything.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00029769
Volume :
53
Issue :
5
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
American Libraries
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
156753126