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What to Withdraw? Print Collection Management in the Wake of Digitization

19 Apr 2011-Serials Librarian (Taylor & Francis Group)-Vol. 60, pp 141-145
TL;DR: Ithaka S+R's What to Withdraw study focuses closely on the preservation considerations associated with print for scholarly journals where print no longer serves an important access role.
Abstract: For scholarly journals, the academic community is today in the midst of a major format transition away from print and toward an electronic-only future. Ithaka S+R's regular Faculty Survey, most recently conducted in the fall of 2009, indicates that faculty members have grown increasingly comfortable with relying on local journal collections in electronic formats. For those journals where print no longer serves an important access role, preservation is the format's principal remaining role. Ithaka S+R's What to Withdraw study therefore focuses closely on the preservation considerations associated with print.
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TL;DR: In previous decades, collection management plans were used to communicate an institution's strategies for managing local collections as mentioned in this paper, and they can and should be used once again as a practical framework for decision making.
Abstract: The emergence of shared print repositories has created new opportunities for libraries to provide cost-effective stewardship through collaborative collection management. This opportunity also presents challenges, as libraries must reenvision collection management in the context of local, regional, and national priorities. In previous decades, collection management plans were used to communicate an institution's strategies for managing local collections. As libraries prepare to participate in cooperative agreements, formal collection management plans and policies can and should be used once again as a practical framework for decision making. The authors offer practical advice on developing a collection management plan in a collaborative context.

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TL;DR: A conceptual foundation for the association of archival quality and information quality research is established and a research project to develop and test measures of quality for digital content preserved in HathiTrust, a large-scale preservation repository is outlined.
Abstract: Digital archives accept and preserve digital content for long-term use. Increasingly, stakeholders are creating large-scale digital repositories to ingest surrogates of archival resources or digitized books whose intellectual value as surrogates may exceed that of the original sources themselves. Although digital repository developers have expended significant effort to establish the trustworthiness of repository procedures and infrastructures, relatively little attention has been paid to the quality and usefulness of the preserved content itself. In situations where digital content has been created by third-party firms, content quality (or its absence in the form of unacceptable error) may directly influence repository trustworthiness. This article establishes a conceptual foundation for the association of archival quality and information quality research. It outlines a research project that is designed to develop and test measures of quality for digital content preserved in HathiTrust, a large-scale preservation repository. The research establishes methods of measuring error in digitized books at the data, page, and volume level and applies the measures to statistically valid samples of digitized books, adjusting for inter-coder inconsistencies and the effects of sampling strategies. The research findings are then validated with users who conform to one of four use-case scenarios: reading online, printing on demand, data mining, and print collection management. The paper concludes with comments on the implications of assessing archival quality within a digital preservation context.

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Cites methods from "What to Withdraw? Print Collection ..."

  • ...This strategy was examined at length for the journal literature in an analysis conducted by Ithaka S+R (Schonfeld 2011). http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-05.pdf July 2012 Lavoie, Malpas and Shipengrover for OCLC Research Page 11 linked through a layer of services, such as…...

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  • ...This strategy was examined at length for the journal literature in an analysis conducted by Ithaka S+R (Schonfeld 2011). http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2012/2012-05.pdf July 2012 Lavoie, Malpas and Shipengrover for OCLC Research Page 11 linked through a layer of services, such as a shared discovery environment and fulfillment system.4 Combining these two dimensions yields a simple framework (see figure 1) that serves the dual purpose of providing a high-level mapping of the print consolidation landscape, and orienting the analysis in this report within the spectrum of potential print consolidation models....

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TL;DR: As science librarian, I report on my efforts to streamline subscriptions and to address the question “Why are science journals so expensive?”
Abstract: Like many libraries, Seton Hall University Libraries has suffered budget cuts that forced a reduction in serial subscriptions. As science librarian, I report on my efforts to streamline subscriptions and to address the question “Why are science journals so expensive?” Our science journals are significantly more expensive than journals in other areas. Our commercially published science journals are 25% more expensive than those from non-profit publishers, although the difference is not statistically significant. I discuss the reasons for the high cost of science journals, which involve a complex interaction between supply and demand and academic culture.

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  • ...Moving to online access whenever possible can reduce costs and save space (Henderson & Bosch, 2010; Derven & Kendlin, 2011; Schonfeld & Housewright, 2011) and makes sense in terms of users’ increasing expectations to have content delivered electronically....

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors trace the major development of this progression from local storage facility to regional print repository, and present a review article on the evolution from local to regional repositories.
Abstract: Academic research libraries have a tradition of collaboration, from selecting foreign language material to licensing electronic resources. Although most storage facilities have tended to be local, some libraries have collaborated on operating shared storage facilities. The growth of digital repositories of printed materials has given the library community the opportunity to engage in a conversation about how to collaboratively take responsibility for the long-term selection and preservation of the print originals. Establishing regional repositories will allow member libraries to draw down local print collections. This review article will trace the major development of this progression from local storage facility to regional print repository.

25 citations