Weeding in the Communal Garden
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Examines the options and processes for determining ebook collection holdings in libraries. How can librarians determine what ebooks should continue to be held and how much control can they have in changing the holdings? A review of usage patterns, categories of ebooks, and vendor’s policies, and the continued influence of the librarian as a gatekeeper, with a focus on a medium-size, non-residential, consortial, academic library.
Keywords: electronic books, weeding, deselection
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Libraries
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30 minute Paper Presentation in English
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Jeff Heck
Automation Librarian, Reese Library, Augusta State University
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Currently employed as Automation Librarian for Augusta State University, providing first-line support for technology problems in the library, support for ILS interaction and set-up, provision of reference desk service, support E-Reserves and ILL technologies. Also currently serve as Faculty Secretary, including publication of the campus catalog. Interests include student interface with new technologies, copyright, and Internet policies. Served as project manager for the Scholar's Workstation Project, a federally funded project to place library resources in the workplace of researchers, 1995.
Ref: B06P0207