Best Practices in OhioLINK Cooperative Collection

Management

Fall 2004 Road Shows

Sponsored by CIRM’s Collection Building Task Force

“To acquaint attendees with tools to make cooperative collection management a reality in OhioLINK”

Welcome & Announcements____________________________________________

– Two general sessions:• Morning: Presentations on “Best Practices” with

some hands-on exercises• Afternoon: GOBI 2 Training and Profiling

Refresher• Lunch: On Your Own

– Organized by CBTF– New Website– GOBI

• OhioLINK pays for Option 2 features (including GoBeyond)

• Rush Service

Book Profiling 101:

Getting the Books You Want

The Small Library Perspective

Rob KairisLibrary Director

Kent State University, Stark

The Large Library Perspective

Melissa SpohnCollection Development Librarian

Kent State University

Defining the OhioLINK Collection____________________________________________

• Can be considered a Core collection:– Small libraries with limited resources may actually

rely more on OhioLINK materials for their users than their own materials

• For example, last year for KSU-Stark more books were borrowed from other libraries than checked out from its own collection (Annual Report)

– Libraries need to define their collection and their role as a contributor to the Shared Collection

KSU-StarkKSU-Kent

NEOUCOMOhio State

Defining the Library’s Role____________________________________________

Approval Plans (Slips)____________________________________________

• MORE Appropriate for Small Libraries:– Profile helps funnel a subset of books appropriate for the

library from all books available (Gen-AC only)– Fewer books to review (helpful when staff size is small)– Facilitates faculty participation in selecting

slips separated by department criteria used:

highly relevant to the courses taught somewhat relevant and NOT widely duplicated in OhioLINK not relevant

– Other Strategies Check GobiTween before ordering Wait 3-4 months after receiving slips and check OhioLINK

– Results Last year KSU Stark book lending was up 45% Lending is up 90% from 2 years ago (Annual Report)

Approval Plans (Books)____________________________________________

• Just As Appropriate for Large Libraries:-Our job is to populate the OhioLINK catalog

Caution: Watch out for duplication

Customize profile to bring in the books you want-books that directly support faculty research and teaching-fewer yellow slips to review-save time and money

Suggested ways to customize:• Series instruction

– Publishers’ series

• Keywords/LC Subject Headings-LC Class Web– Gobi2 (Search, Standard then define year published and LC subject

heading)