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Restructuring Collection Development for Empowerment and Accountability

Restructuring Collection Development for Empowerment and Accountability. Charleston Conference November 2004 Stefanie Wittenbach University of California, Riverside Libraries. Old and New Collection Development Models. Old Model Humanities/Social Sciences and Science funds

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Restructuring Collection Development for Empowerment and Accountability

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  1. Restructuring Collection Development for Empowerment and Accountability Charleston Conference November 2004 Stefanie Wittenbach University of California, Riverside Libraries

  2. Old and New Collection Development Models • Old Model • Humanities/Social Sciences and Science funds • Bibliographers approved all orders and approval books • New Model • Separate funds for 75 disciplines/subject areas • Subject Specialists place orders and make approval book decisions

  3. Old Fund Structure • One fund for humanities/social sciences approvals • One fund for sciences approvals • Bibliographers balancing disciplines

  4. New Fund Structure • Determining disciplines • Creating the fund code structure • xxxxa, xxxxf, xxxxv, xxxxo, xxxxs • e.g., antha, anthf, anthv, antho, anths • Determining discipline allocations • Setting up funds and budget • Changing existing orders

  5. Approval Plan Changes • Coding approval profiles with fund codes • Approval Room workflow changes

  6. Do’s and Don’ts • Do plan before the FY starts • Don’t assume knowledge on the part of subject specialists • Do know your academic programs • Don’t neglect training bibliographers or collection coordinators • Do make time to evaluate the process

  7. Training Issues • Philosophy of the collection • Working together more closely • Faculty liaison work • Procedures • Approval plan • Acquisitions procedures • Financial reports

  8. This Fiscal Year • Review approval profile • Continuations recoding • Fiscal close procedures • Discipline profiles • Monitoring the work of the subject specialists • Reviewing budget allocations

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