Evaluating Purchase Plans for Niche Collecting Areas

Many academic libraries collect art exhibition catalogues and juvenile books to support the curriculum, but academic library review sources and book vendors have limited coverage of these niche areas. For more than a decade, Wichita State University has used purchase plans from Worldwide Art Books a...

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Published in:Library resources & technical services 2023-10, Vol.67 (4), p.133
Main Authors: Koger, Victoria, Williams, Virginia Kay
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Achievements and awards
Acquisitions (Libraries)
Analysis
Approval ordering
Art exhibits
Children's books
Collections and collecting
Colleges & universities
Curricula
Exhibitions
Integrated library systems-ILS
Librarians
Libraries
Library acquisitions
Museums
Nonfiction
Purchase orders
University and college libraries
Young adult literature
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Summary:Many academic libraries collect art exhibition catalogues and juvenile books to support the curriculum, but academic library review sources and book vendors have limited coverage of these niche areas. For more than a decade, Wichita State University has used purchase plans from Worldwide Art Books and Junior Library Guild to acquire print books. This paper discusses the assessment of both plans, how experience with this assessment has influenced development of an assessment plan, and reasons other libraries may want to assess their own niche collecting plans.
ISSN:2159-9610
0024-2527
2159-9610
DOI:10.5860/lrts.67n4.113