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Hello, all. You are cordially invited to attend the following ALA
Midwinter program sponsored by the ALA ALCTS Continuing

Resources Section College and Research Libraries Interest Group.

ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College & Research Libraries
Interest Group Midwinter Meeting
Date: Sunday, 1/17/2010
Time: 10:30 am -12:00 noon
Location: Westin Waterfront (WEST) - Burroughs
Program:

1. What to Withdraw? Print collections management in the wake of
digitization
Presenters : Roger C. Schonfeld, Manager of Research, Ithaka S+R; and
Ross Housewright, Analyst, Ithaka S+R

As digitized journal backfile sets become available online, they fulfill
the lion's share of user access needs at academic libraries, leading
many librarians to call into question the need to retain print. Can
libraries securely reassign the stack space occupied by decreasingly
used print versions without risking preservation? This talk will examine
several key questions: Does print preservation still matter, and if so,
for how long will it remain a relevant priority?  What sort of
preservation framework is needed for legacy print collections? And, for
which journals is this preservation framework already in place, allowing
for responsible withdrawal today? Drawing from a report recently
released by Ithaka S+R, this talk will conclude with some remarks about
how the set of materials appropriate for withdrawal can be expanded to
allow libraries additional flexibility in their collections management.

2. To Have and to Hold: MARC Format Holdings Data
Presenter: Sandy Chen, Electronic Resources & Serials Management
Librarian, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

The goal of the presentation is to describe the concepts behind and
importance of standardized holdings in library processes, particularly,
MARC Format for Holdings Data (MFHD) and Z39.71: what they are, how they
function, and how they help academic libraries to serve patrons. Sandy
will provide specific examples of challenges in Clarion University of
Pennsylvania Libraries' implementation of these standards, along with
descriptions of better practices that other research libraries can use
to represent holdings data.

3. Pay-Per-Use Article Delivery at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Presenters: Mindy King, Serials Librarian, University of Wisconsin --
Stevens Point Library; and Aaron Nichols, Access Services Librarian,
University of Wisconsin -- Stevens Point Library

Exponentially increasing journal costs are a fact of life. Libraries can
no longer afford to purchase expensive, low use  journals "just in case"
an article is needed. Recently, the University of Wisconsin - Stevens
Point Library conducted a pilot, pay-per-use article delivery program
that offered "just in time" access to articles our patrons actually
need. Pay-per-use article delivery requests are submitted by completing
a standard Interlibrary Loan request. Over a three month period,
pay-per-use users were surveyed regarding the convenience and quality of
the service. Positive survey results and feedback from university
faculty were used to cancel high cost/low use journals in favor of the
pay-per-use model, resulting in over $50,000 savings in journals
subscriptions. Cancellations are to begin January 2010, at which time
the survey will be reopened to gain feedback after the print version is
no longer available.

4. Brief Business Meeting: New members are welcome!

Hope to see you there!

Rebecca and Beth

Rebecca Kemp, Co-Chair, CRS C&RL IG
E-Resources Acquisitions Librarian
CB#3938 Davis Library
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
rkemp<at>email<dot>unc<dot>edu
ph: 919-962-0162
fax: 919-962-4450

Beth Bernhardt, Co-Chair, CRS C&RL IG
Electronic Resources Librarian
Jackson Library
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402
Beth_Bernhardt<at>uncg.edu
336-256-1210

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Rebecca Kemp
E-Resources Acquisitions Librarian
CB#3938 Davis Library
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
rkemp<at>email<dot>unc<dot>edu
ph: 919-962-0162
fax: 919-962-4450