Trying Something New: Developing New Tools for Educational Resource Assessment

Jessica Minihan Rigg; Jeffrey M. Mortimore

doi:10.3998/nasig.4023

Trying Something New: Developing New Tools for Educational Resource Assessment

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Abstract

In response to university-wide budget cuts, librarians at Georgia Southern University were charged with evaluating the libraries' collections in preparation to make $300,000 in cuts for 2022. Past initiatives to assess the libraries' collections have had mixed results and few true successes. The library faculty have struggled to present information about resources in a comprehensive yet easy to understand way that encourages participation by departmental faculty. In light of previous experiences, the library faculty decided to scrap the old way of collecting feedback and instead develop a new process to present data in a clear and precise manner. Throughout this process, the library faculty strove to balance usage data and other metrics with faculty input to make renewal decisions. This presentation showcased tools and templates that Georgia Southern librarians developed during this assessment and highlighted what we learned.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	NASIG Proceedings
Publisher	NASIG
Pages	42-54
Number of pages	12
Volume	37
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3998/nasig.4023
State	Published - Nov 2023
Event	NASIG Annual Conference - Baltimore, United States Duration: Jun 5 2022 → Jun 8 2022 Conference number: 37 https://2022nasig.sched.com/ (Link to conference website)

Publication series

Name	NASIG Proceedings
ISSN (Print)	2995-214X

Conference

Conference	NASIG Annual Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore
Period	06/5/22 → 06/8/22
Internet address	https://2022nasig.sched.com/ (Link to conference website)

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

Disciplines

Higher Education
Library and Information Science

Keywords

Big Deals
Collection Analysis
Collection Assessment
Collection Development
Electronic Resource Life Cycle
Electronic Resources Management
Unbundling

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Trying Something New: Developing New Tools for Educational Resource Assessment

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