Mary C. Aagard came to Boise State University in 2012 as the access services
librarian at Albertsons Library. She earned her M.L.S. from the School of Library and
Information Science at Indiana University in Indianapolis, and a B.A. in Media Arts
Studies from Brigham Young University. Before coming to Boise State, Mary worked at
Purdue University Libraries as a reference librarian and circulation manager in the life
sciences library, and as a special project librarian continuing a serial titles
de-selection project using WorldCat Collection Analysis and a methodology she had
developed as a graduate student intern. Here at Boise State she is responsible for all
circulation and reserve activities and is the library liaison to the Department of
Communication.

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iPads for All: Experiencing the Unexpected (with Michelle Armstrong, Peggy Cooper, and Rita Nuxoll), College & Research Libraries News (2013)

Libraries have become iPad enthusiasts on a global scale. Koç University Library, Istanbul, Turkey1; Briar...

 

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The Dark Side of Collection Management: Deselecting Serials from a Research Library's Storage Facility Using WorldCat Collection Analysis (with Suzanne M. Ward), Collection Management (2008)

To address the situation of its nearly full storage facility, the Purdue University Libraries developed...

 

Presentations

Weeding the Storage Facility: WorldCat Collection Analysis as a De-selection Tool, OCLC WorldCat Collection Analysis Webinar (2008)

n the webinar, entitled "Weeding the Storage Facility: WorldCat Collection Analysis as a De-selection Tool,"...

 

Weeding the Storage Facility: WorldCat Collection Analysis as a De-Selection Tool, 7th Annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, Northwest Missouri State University (2007)

Like most academic libraries, the Purdue University Libraries face shelving shortages in both the active...