Why Implement SUSHI?
Manually gathering usage statistics is time-consuming
Better use of Alma functionality
Central access of statistics
Better management of statistics
A webinar for ASERL members on the development and implementation of Emory’s Open Access Collection Development Policy. A video of the webinar is available at https://vimeo.com/169905536, or by clicking on Final Published Version above. Like other academic libraries, Emory University has been approached by a number of open access collection initiatives seeking funding. In this webinar, Lisa Macklin & Chris Palazzolo discuss that while all of these initiatives may have merit, how should Emory choose which to support, and why. Emory's Collection Management and Scholarly Communications Office drafted an Open Access Collections Policy which outlines basic principles and processes regarding the addition of open access content to the libraries collections. It defines the criteria for the library to provide financial support for emerging open access initiatives, as well as the process for the identification and selection of open access content for the collection. The speakers discuss the process of creating the policy, the questions they asked, and how this OA collections policy relates to other collection policies and library Open Access initiatives.
Beginning with a discussion of how collections diversity has been conceptualized and assessed within the literature, we then analyze four areas in which professional practices and modes of thinking create barriers to collecting materials from historically marginalized voices. Specifically, we discuss how metadata practices can obscure these materials from acquisitions workflows and user discovery, how relying on use statistics can reinforce existing inequalities, and finally, we discuss how understaffing in key areas and budgetary constraints impede libraries from recognizing and addressing the full scope of the problem.
A substantial number of bibliometric studies have focused upon analyzing the circulation dynamics of print titles in academic library collections. A significant focus of this data collection and investigation is on the use of new, or approval titles or firm orders over certain time increments, as a means to assess the efficacy of such approval plans and/or of librarian anticipatory selection. A few studies have begun to approach such collection assessment on e-books to determine if their circulation (use) parallels print book circulation and use over time. For example, do e-titles chosen by selectors have a higher use than those in broad subject or publisher packages? Does the proportion of use of a package over time mirror that of a “package” of approval titles over the same amount of time? Of course, there are significant differences in e-book vs. print use (and what one can measure), so any conclusions will remain very tentative. This presentation will focus on several e-book packages, as well as e-book firm ordering, at Emory to see if any discernable circulation dynamics can be found, and what, if any, similarities there are with print circulation studies.