rethinking collection development: thinking way outside the box

RETHINKING

Sharon HoldermanCoordinator of Public Services

Tennessee Technological University

THINKING WAY OUTSIDE THE BOX

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

THE WAY WE WERE…. departmental liaisons

over-involved MIA

the yellow cards

THE WAY WE WERE…. the formula

THE WAY WE WERE…. what we allocated

College 82-83 allocation

12-13 allocation

Ag/Human Ecology $13,429.81 $3,564.00

Arts & Sciences $104,505.58 $28,808.00

Business $39,857.22 $9,476.00

Education $79,529.31 $29,090.00

Engineering $71,440.45 $13,222.00

Nursing $6,011.59 $1,831.00

Interdisciplinary Studies

$1,000.00

TOTALS: $314,773.96 $86,991.00

THE WAY WE WERE…. what people spent

College10-11

allocation

10-11 expenditure

s

Ag/Human Ecology $6,453.26 $3,414.22

Arts & Sciences $41,000.86 $33,354.00

Business $12,026.89 $10,677.73

Education $40,718.85 $22,727.32

Engineering $18,367.13 $13,129.61

Nursing $242 $3,158.70

Interdisciplinary Studies

TOTALS: $118,808.99

$86,461.58

72.8%

OH THE PROBLEMS YOU’LL SEE…. not based on need

non-academic departments

leftover money scramble

no more rollover

THE GREAT CHANGES OF 2013 goodbye formula hello new motto

goodbye departmental liaisons hello MyLibrarian program

goodbye yellow cards hello new purchase process

hello Get It Now (welcome back ILL)

“You want it? We’ll buy it!”

GET IT NOW (GIN) eJournals/databases vs. articles

the plan: offer GIN cancel journals with database overlap switch print+online to online only cancel low-use index databases cancel low-use eJournals/databases

cost savings: $498,872

GIN SEPT 2013 – AUG 2014 3304 ILL article requests filled 218 GIN requests filled

delivery time: shortest: 0 minutes longest: 9 hours average: 1.2 hours half are delivered in 20 minutes or less

cost: $5,465

HOW IT ALL AFFECTED SPENDING…

College10-11

allocated10-11 spent

12-13 allocated

12-13 spent

Ag/Human Ecology

$6,453.26 $3,414.22 $3,564.00$23,866.0

6

Arts & Sciences $41,000.86$33,354.0

0$28,808.0

0$31,199.8

7

Business $12,026.89$10,677.7

3$9,476.00 $1,314.26

Education $40,718.85$22,727.3

2$29,090.0

0$22,849.8

1

Engineering $18,367.13$13,129.6

1$13,222.0

0$10,504.8

9

Nursing $242 $3,158.70 $1,831.00 $1,613.58

Interdisc Studies $1,000.00 $0.00

TOTALS:$118,808.

99$86,461.5

8$86,991.0

0$91,348.4

7

72.8% 105%

DON‘T FORGET THE…. website

book request procedure

policies

communication

culture shift

WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER more purchase requests

more librarian involvement

better faculty connections

the budget

the collection

we are rock stars

OUR 20/20 HINDSIGHT reality wins

communication

changes multiply

affects subscriptions

what took so long???

QUESTIONS?

sholderman@tntech.edu