Browsing Virginia Kay Williams by Issue Date
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Materials used by Master's students in Engineering and implications for collection development: a citation analysis
(2006)The purpose of this study is to determine the materials used by graduate students in engineering and to guide library collection development decisions. A literature review shows citation studies are useful in developing ... -
RSS feeds: Promoting new materials
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Maximizing access through consortial partnership: Mississippi State University Libraries’ Journal Expansion Project
(2007)Consortial licenses with online access clauses can offer libraries the opportunity to begin new journal subscriptions at no additional cost and without losing access to existing subscriptions. Mississippi State University ... -
Grants 101 for Educators
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RSS Feeds: Promoting New Materials at Mississippi State University
(2008)Most libraries promote new materials by displaying them together, but MSU Libraries also uses RSS feeds to promote recent arrivals to people who aren’t in the library. This article describes how MSU Libraries developed ... -
Determining the average cost of a book for allocation formulas: Comparing options
(2008)Academic libraries that use allocation formulas to divide monographic funds among academic departments frequently include the average cost of books per discipline as a variable. Published price indices provide average costs ... -
Identifying Serials Trends through Twenty Years of NASIG Conference Proceedings: A Content Analysis
(2008-06)The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), founded in 1985, holds annual conferences to promote communication among librarians, publishers, subscription agents, and others in the serials information chain. The ... -
Graphic novels in libraries supporting teacher education and librarianship programs
(Association of Library Collections and Technical Services, 2009)Academic libraries supporting education and library science programs collect juvenile literature to support courses that teach students to evaluate and use books with children and teenagers. Graphic novels have not only ... -
Changing needs, changing roles
(2009-04-01)When library needs change, how does technical services respond? In the last two years, Wichita State started an Institutional Repository, created an Electronic Resources position, and coped with the retirement of a long-term ... -
You want me to select for WHAT: Getting started in a new subject area
(Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, 2009-12-02)Librarians are often assigned collection development responsibilities in unfamiliar subject areas, then struggle to learn about new subjects, assess local needs, and identify major publishers. Even experienced selectors ... -
Assessing your vendors' viability
(2010-10-28)Modern libraries invest substantial resources in print and electronic serials. Unfortunately librarians do not always understand how financial issues faced by vendors in today’s economy can adversely impact library services. ... -
Building and evaluating juvenile collections in academic libraries
(Routledge / Taylor & Francis, 2011-03)Although many college and university libraries support teacher education programs, relatively little attention has been paid to developing juvenile literature collections that support these programs. This article discusses ... -
Book review: "Open Access: What you need to know"
(American Library Association, 2012-04)OA also has the potential to alleviate the problems caused by rapid price increases for science, technology, engineering, and medical (STEM) journals, which consume a disproportionate and growing share of academic and ... -
Reaching youth through diverse collections
(2012-09-21)Do our collections reflect the diverse youth we serve? We present the preliminary results of a nationwide assessment on how collections reflect experiences of youth of different ethnicities, sexual orientations, and ... -
Diverse population, diverse collection? Youth collections in the United States
(Routledge, 2014-03-17)Do school, public, and academic library collections in the United States provide the children, young adults, and future teachers they serve with books that reflect diverse families and life experiences? Using checklists ... -
Book review: Developing and managing electronic collections: the essentials
(American Library Association, 2014-07)As Johnson comments in the preference, her goal is to offer practical advice in working through the many issues involved in providing library users access to online resources. She focuses on indexing and abstracting ... -
Controversy and diversity: LGBTQ titles in academic library youth collections
(American Library Association, 2015)Academic libraries supporting education and library science programs collect youth literature to support courses that teach students to evaluate and use books with children and teenagers. Although children's and young adult ... -
Honoring past practices while Increasing collection budget flexibility: Designing and communicating a new budget model
(Purdue University, 2017)When LBJ was president and the Beatles were all the rage, Southwest Texas State College adopted a library allocation formula. Five decades later, the Texas State University Libraries administration decided it was time to ...