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June 11, 2014 Council Meeting @SUNY Albany / BCC (SUNYBroome) Campus Updates
« on: June 10, 2014, 11:47:15 AM »
We weeded!
We collected data on our monograph collection using the Aleph X-services and the WorldCat Search API. The data was visualized using Tableau. We determined that over half (OK, 74%) of our collection was published before 1980, and that those books only accounted for 8% of the overall loans. Based on this data, we decided to weed books that were: older than our students, haven't left the shelf in 10 years, and are easily obtainable from IDS libraries. So far we have weeded around 11,500 books.
The collection analysis had some interesting responses from the teaching faculty. Some backed slowly away when shown the spreadsheets, but many helped the weeding process with wild abandon or careful deliberation ("How many other SUNYs have this edition?").
Once the dust and mold settles from weeding, we hope to purchase new shelving, and make the second floor of the library more student oriented (add some outlets?!?).
We collected data on our monograph collection using the Aleph X-services and the WorldCat Search API. The data was visualized using Tableau. We determined that over half (OK, 74%) of our collection was published before 1980, and that those books only accounted for 8% of the overall loans. Based on this data, we decided to weed books that were: older than our students, haven't left the shelf in 10 years, and are easily obtainable from IDS libraries. So far we have weeded around 11,500 books.
The collection analysis had some interesting responses from the teaching faculty. Some backed slowly away when shown the spreadsheets, but many helped the weeding process with wild abandon or careful deliberation ("How many other SUNYs have this edition?").
Once the dust and mold settles from weeding, we hope to purchase new shelving, and make the second floor of the library more student oriented (add some outlets?!?).