Article
Faculty Response to Deselection in Academic Libraries: A Psycholinguistic Analysis
Collection Management
(2017)
Abstract
Deselection is a necessary but politically sensitive part of an academic librarian's responsibilities. To provide an overview of the emotional dynamics involved in weeding an academic collection, this article analyzes editorials, articles, and book chapters chronicling faculty response to weeding from a psycholinguistic viewpoint. Using computer-based text analysis, these accounts are examined for the amount and type of emotional content they contain. These findings provide a template for what librarians can expect when beginning a deselection process and point to best practices for working effectively with faculty to create a robust and healthy collection.
Keywords
- Academic libraries,
- affect,
- content analysis,
- deselection,
- emotion,
- text analysis,
- weeding
Disciplines
Publication Date
May 12, 2017
DOI
10.1080/01462679.2017.1310069
Publisher Statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Collection Management on 12/05/2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01462679.2017.1310069
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Citation Information
Ann Agee. "Faculty Response to Deselection in Academic Libraries: A Psycholinguistic Analysis" Collection Management Vol. 42 Iss. 2 (2017) p. 59 - 75 ISSN: 1094-9054 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ann_agee/32/