Collection Management collaborates on numerous projects to assess and promote the collections of the NCSU Libraries, ranging from serials and database reviews for cancellation purposes to assessment of the composition, use and access of the collections across formats. The projects highlighted represent selected projects led by our department, but all reflect the collaborative nature of our work and would not be possible without the valuable input of colleagues, teams, and committees throughout the NCSU Libraries.
Collections Review
The Collections Review project brought together staff from the Collection Management Department and Digital Library Initiatives to engage the NCSU campus community in the decisions necessary to achieve a substantial cut to the journal and database collection.
Collection Views
The aim of Collection Views is to use data to help us understand how our expenditures on resources relates to subjects of relevance to different departments and colleges at NC State. To do this we mapped departments and colleges to subject codes associated with collections purchases. This enables us to view our expenditures on resources in terms of college and department demographics, such as faculty head counts, number of PhD's awarded, as well as undergraduate and graduate enrollment. This is another tool to help us understand and assess our collecting priorities.
Monographic Use Study
The Monographic Use Study is an analysis of 10 years of use of the monograph collection at the NCSU Libraries.
Print Item Usage Analysis
This project analyzes a twelve year series of print items in the NCSU Libraries collection to determine the proportion of items used by years in the collection and examines the correlation between an item's years in the collection and its circulation status.
Backfiles Value Study
The Backfiles Value Study uses a calculated non-traditional Return on Investment (ROI) metric to demonstrate the impact of online journal archives purchased by NCSU Libraries. It evaluates the impact not only in terms of usage, but also in terms of fiscal effectiveness.
