Copyright (c) 2011 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/marcia_thomas Recent documents in Marcia L Thomas en-us Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:31:15 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/marcia_thomas/4 http://works.bepress.com/marcia_thomas/4 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:20:38 PST In 2010, librarians at IWU's Ames Library embarked on a multi-year collection review process. This is an evaluation and prioritization project for our collection as a whole. Our purpose is to not only evaluate what we have now, but also identify what resources, in which formats, best support student learning. The centerpiece of the review is one-on-one interviews conducted by librarians with each full-time faculty member in their liaison subject areas/departments. We asked faculty to reflect on how our collections (in all formats, including electronic) meet their pedagogical needs and support student research, as a way of helping us improve our decision-making about our collections and anticipate future needs. This presentation will focus on what questions we asked our faculty, what we learned from the interviews, and how these data inform a number of collection-related initiatives (including a long-overdue weeding project, an assessment of our materials fund allocation practices, and revision of our collection development policy), as well as our information literacy program.

]]> Marcia L. Thomas http://works.bepress.com/marcia_thomas/3 http://works.bepress.com/marcia_thomas/3 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:36:39 PST Marcia L. Thomas http://works.bepress.com/marcia_thomas/2 http://works.bepress.com/marcia_thomas/2 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:55:40 PST Marcia L. Thomas http://works.bepress.com/marcia_thomas/1 http://works.bepress.com/marcia_thomas/1 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:51:56 PST Marcia L. Thomas