The interest group met on Sunday, February 1, 2015 from 1-2:30p.m. The program included three presentations about collection assessment projects to support data-driven decision making in academic libraries.
- “Planning for Certain Future Cuts when the Future is Uncertain.”
Beth R. Bernhardt, Assistant Dean for Collection Management and Scholarly Communications, University of North Carolina Greensboro
- “Right Sizing the Print Collection: Collection Assessment Methods for Ensuring that Shippensburg University Has the “Right Books” for Its Users.”
Ashley N. Esposito, Collection Development and Assessment Librarian, Shippensburg University
- “Assessment methodology: Information gathering for serials review.”
Carol Seiler, Account Services Manager, EBSCO Information Services; Kelli Getz, Assistant Head of Acquisitions, University of Houston.
Slides and handouts from the presentations are attached. Thanks to the presenters and everyone who attended the session!