Copyright (c) 2013 Grand Valley State University All rights reserved. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_proceedings Recent documents in Conference Proceedings en-us Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:48:19 PST 3600 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_proceedings/4 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_proceedings/4 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:31:29 PDT College students today flock to Wikipedia in droves, while at the same time academic libraries continue to pour time and money into print reference collections that are rarely used and take huge amounts of our libraries’ limited space. While libraries have responded to space and access concerns by turning to electronic books, title-by-title selection is a time-consuming affair for a collection that sees low use. In this paper we examine the factors that have led to the point where libraries need to reexamine how they collect and provide access to reference sources. Through a content analysis of reference transcripts and transaction logs, an examination of usage statistics and interviews with librarians and library school students we illustrate how these changes have altered the way reference sources are collected and used at Grand Valley State University. We also outline 10 characteristics of the “new” reference collection and discuss how we see reference collections continuing to evolve in the coming years.

]]> Doug Way et al. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_proceedings/3 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_proceedings/3 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:25:26 PDT Kim L. Ranger http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_proceedings/2 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_proceedings/2 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:15:57 PDT In planning for a new library that will include a limited number of open stacks, Grand Valley State University librarians were asked to identify what materials should be reserved for the browsable shelves. To accomplish this, librarians considered user behavior by discipline, material types, shelving options and the role of core collections. This paper will discuss these issues as well as differences in how library resources are located and the impact of new discovery tools, such as Innovative Interface's Encore, Bowker’s Syndetics, and Google’s Book Search on redefining browsability. The paper will also include a discussion of resources used in this process, such as the results from our recent LibQual study, WorldCat Collection Analysis' Circulation Analysis and Bowker Book Analysis reports.

]]> Doug Way et al. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_proceedings/1 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_proceedings/1 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:15:56 PDT Sarah Beaubien et al.