Shared Collection Management: Planning and Communication

http://www.ala.org/alcts An ALCTS Virtual Preconference. As shared collection management initiatives enable some institutions to decrease the size of on-site collections and rely on shared print copies, good planning, policy, and communication are critical to ensuring that libraries make good collection management decisions while addressing and minimizing the concerns of staff, users, and local stakeholders. In this session, participants will learn about elements of collection management planning and policy, how a consortium prepares to make decisions in a collective context, and what individual libraries can do to get started on planning. Participants will also learn about communication and outreach strategies from a recent case study in which a library significantly reduced its collections footprint to create an Academic Commons. Participants will be asked to prepare by reading a short article provided by Sam Demas on collection management plans. Presented on June 6, 2012 by Sam Demas and Robert Kieft Part three of three. Part one:    • Shared Collection Management: Collaborativ...   Part two:    • Shared Collection Management: Bibliographi...