A Foundation for Change: Using Challenges and Opportunities as Building Blocks for Collection Management

Large-scale collection management represents not just opportunities in terms of space, budgets, and personnel but also an important responsibility for the library's ability to provide quality service and access to knowledge in the future. Libraries must address many challenges when managing col...

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Published in:Collection management 2020-04, Vol.45 (2), p.110-123
Main Author: Maddox Abbott, Jennifer A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collection management
deduplication
Digitization
high-density storage
Libraries
shared print
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Summary:Large-scale collection management represents not just opportunities in terms of space, budgets, and personnel but also an important responsibility for the library's ability to provide quality service and access to knowledge in the future. Libraries must address many challenges when managing collections, but by taking advantage of opportunities when presented, libraries can improve access for today and tomorrow. Using the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an example, this article will explore how opportunities like high-density storage, shared print initiatives, digitization efforts, and mass deduplication can address challenges facing libraries and improve current and future access to collections.
ISSN:0146-2679
1545-2549
DOI:10.1080/01462679.2019.1626315