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Collections @ MTA

Collections @ MTA. Anne LePage Technical Services Librarian. Major Collections Projects. Science Periodicals (2013) Elsevier Backfile purchase Reference Collection (2015 ) Overlap Studies ASC/Wiley (2014) JSTOR Weed (Every 5 years) PQC Religion/ATLAS (2017).

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Collections @ MTA

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  1. Collections @ MTA Anne LePage Technical Services Librarian

  2. Major Collections Projects • Science Periodicals (2013) • Elsevier Backfile purchase • Reference Collection (2015) • Overlap Studies • ASC/Wiley (2014) • JSTOR Weed (Every 5 years) • PQC Religion/ATLAS (2017)

  3. Process for weeding evaluation • Spreadsheets • Reports from Sirsi, kbart • Stats (if any) • Title-by-title evaluation • Sorting by LC Call # • Passed on to subject librarians for decisions

  4. Process for overlap • Technical Services Assistant and Students • Kbart/title lists • Title-by-title comparison • Coverage, moving walls, embargoes • JSTOR Weeding • Titles sorted by LC Call # • Sent to Subject Librarians for approval

  5. Other Projects • Recon • Ongoing since we were automated • Finding, evaluating, adding/weeding material pre-1980 • Serials Item Project • Insurance and New ILS prep • Adding Item records and barcoding all volumes of print serials

  6. Other Projects • Ongoing weeding projects • Running out of space! • Within the jurisdiction and decision of subject librarians • Trial DDA in Spanish Literature • Result: Meh…

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