COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT at USC

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COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT at USC

• Judy Truelson, May 9, 2005

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• Collection Development Organization at USC,
  2005, as framed by
• USC Information Services Divisions Six
  Information Pathways to
• Excellence
• User-driven seamless collections access
• Interdisciplinary centers
• Virtual Campus Infrastructure
• Federal Support System
• Web-based Service Environment
• Strategic Facilities
• 2) Resources Services Re-Alignment
• Art Humanities Team
• Science Team
• Social Sciences Team
• Undergraduate Team
• Special Materials Team

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• SMART Goals S specific M measurable
• A attainable R realistic T tangible
• Collection Development SMART Goals
• Enhance and Update Serials Management Database
• Coordinate and Facilitate Interdisciplinary Teams
  review and possible reallocation of their
  materials budget allocations.
• Complete selector workflow process mapping

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Selector Mapping
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• Emphasis on Establishing Selector Competencies
  through
• Mapping CD Functions for systems Analysis
• Training
• Over Arching CD principles
• Monographic selection
• Approval Plans
• Firm Orders
• Subject Profiling

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• Questions? Discussion.
• ?Issues?, i.e.,
• How does professional autonomy stack up against
  efficiency and effectiveness?
• What are the core functions of Librarianship (?)
• What is the best way to bring about change?

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• Origins of the Statewide California Electronic
  Library Consortium (SCELC)
• Originally hosted by USC from 1986 through the
  late 1990s as the Southern California Electronic
  Library Consortium
• Administration gradually migrated to the
  University of Judaism Ostrow Library
• SCELC, in the late 1990s, expanded its membership
  from approximately 30 libraries to more than 75
  libraries
• SCELC covers nearly all the private academic
  libraries in California (except for Stanford)

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• Mission of SCELC
• The consortium seeks to explore issues related
  to electronic and digital information for the
  benefit of faculty and students in the member
  institutions. It further seeks to improve related
  library staff skills through development and
  training activities.
• Pricing Models
• FTE-based
• Size varies from lt100 FTE to gt30,000 FTE
• Tiered to number of sites
• Flat fee for all libraries regardless of size
• Carnegie classification of institution
• One lump sum price divided equally (rare)
• Minimum price per library with additional cost
  based on FTE for each library
• Materials budget-based (also rare)

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• SCELC A Model for Collaborative Collection
  Development
• Best Practices in collaborative Collection
  Development
• Formation and Founding
• History and tradition of successful cooperation,
  i.e., shared electronic licensing
• Commitment to provide funding to the cooperative
  project
• Shared commitment to the cooperative mission
• Decision Making, Organization and Administration
• Communication/Education
• Incorporation, with bylaws, an executive
  director and executive board
• Funding and Infrastructure
• Visible collections through web (or union
  catalog) SCELC
• Reciprocal interlibrary loan agreements
• Shelton, Cynthia, The New Dynamic of Cooperative
  Collection Development

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• Questions? Discussion.
• ?Issues?, i.e.,
• Would the SCELC model fit Arkansas?
• How much difference is there in collaboration for
  public vs. private institutions?

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• Collection Assessment Now and in Future
• LibQUAL
• What is LibQUAL ?LibQUAL is a suite of
  services designed to analyze users opinions of
  service quality. The programs centerpiece is a
  rigorously tested Web-based survey bundled with
  local training that helps libraries assess and
  improve library services.

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• Radar Charts allow gap analysis to interpret
  results

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• If scores are within the zone of tolerance, The
  service adequacy gap is positive because users
  perceptions are higher than their minimum
  expectations, although lower than their desired
  expectation

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• YBP Peer Reports GOBI2
• Peer Ranking
• Peer Comparison
• RLG Conspectus Guidelines for Collection
  Development Policy Using the Conspectus Method
• Overview of Approaches to Collection Assessment

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• Questions? Discussion.
• ?Issues?
• Who are the primary stakeholders in collection
  development?
• How well do assessment strategies address their
  issues?
• _______________________________________________
• Thank you for this opportunity to share
  information
• about collection development!