Responsive General Collection Management: Integrating Stakeholder Input 2013

Key Topics

• Gathering Data for Weeding Policies
  • Avoiding data pitfalls
  • Prioritizing data
• Establishing Purpose for Data Collection
  • Current barriers to mission (space issues/outdated collections)
  • Library mission
  • Connecting general collection weeding policies to mission
• Aligning Data and Stakeholder Input with Weeding Policy
  • Establishing criteria for evaluation of policies
  • Finding key areas of faculty/student alignment
  • Creating a "healthy cycle" of general collection auditing
• Gathering Stakeholder Input for Weeding Policies
  • Faculty - Pro-Active communication (articulation of opposition, policies and mission, and material value), Faculty committee (sample meeting agendas)
  • Students - Academic/Curricular needs, Surveys (survey samples)
• Five Key Takeaways for Establishing a Strong Weeding Policy

Who should Attend

Administrators involved in:

• Library acquisitions
• Libraries/information services
• Academic information services
• Learning resources