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Presentation
Directions in Collections Strategies: Perspecitives from BLC Libraries
Boston Library Consortium Webinar (2019)
  • Sally Krash, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Mark Paris, Brandeis University
Abstract
More and more, library leaders are implementing innovative strategies that advance efforts to transform collections activities from an outside-in model (publisher/provider content) to an inside-out approach (locally created and distinctive content). This can include an emphasis on Open Access, Open Education Resources, Library Publishing, Digital Scholarship, Data Science initiatives and more. Collections transformations should be informed by data, values, and strategic direction, while providing oversight of the building, shaping and presenting of content. Speakers share the philosophical and real changes driving their institutions’ approach to collections, including collaborations across campus and forming coalitions for transformation. This is a follow-up to last spring's webinar on data analysis for collection management.
Keywords
  • open access,
  • collections management,
  • future
Publication Date
April, 2019
Citation Information
Sally Krash and Mark Paris. "Directions in Collections Strategies: Perspecitives from BLC Libraries" Boston Library Consortium Webinar (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sallykrash/34/