
Textbooks in Academic Libraries
Selection, Circulation, and Assessment (an ALCTS Monograph)
Chris Diaz(Editor)
ALA Editions (Publisher)
Published on 30. September 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-8389-1587-5 (ISBN)
Description
Shortly after the syllabi are posted, and long before the beginning of the term, interlibrary loan departments at academic libraries will have filled or rejected innumerable textbook requests. While it would be unwise if not impossible to buy and circulate every textbook at a college or university, there are many academic libraries who are selectively adding textbooks to their collections. And the practice seems to be gaining momentum. In this volume, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) and editor Chris Diaz gather case studies that pull together creative approaches and best practices for print textbook reserve programs. This book discusses such topics as
results and analysis from a detailed survey of a state university's core-course textbook reserve program;
funding sources for starting or piloting a program;
using aggregated enrollment, grade, and textbook cost data to identify "high impact" courses;
identifying course-related books that are in the library's collection or fit an existing collection policy;
workflow for using bookstore data with ILS and purchasing systems; and
using LibGuides and Google Sheets to publicize textbook holdings, and how a back-end database supports discovery for students and reporting for reserves staff.
A textbook reserve program can be one way of helping students who are struggling with the high cost of textbooks, and this book spotlights a variety of examples that can be used as models.
results and analysis from a detailed survey of a state university's core-course textbook reserve program;
funding sources for starting or piloting a program;
using aggregated enrollment, grade, and textbook cost data to identify "high impact" courses;
identifying course-related books that are in the library's collection or fit an existing collection policy;
workflow for using bookstore data with ILS and purchasing systems; and
using LibGuides and Google Sheets to publicize textbook holdings, and how a back-end database supports discovery for students and reporting for reserves staff.
A textbook reserve program can be one way of helping students who are struggling with the high cost of textbooks, and this book spotlights a variety of examples that can be used as models.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago, IL
United States
Publishing group
American Library Association
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
225 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8389-1587-5 (9780838915875)
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Person
Chris Diaz is the digital publishing services librarian at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), where he manages the institutional repository and the library's digital publishing program. He became interested in college textbooks and open educational resources when he was the collections management librarian at National Louis University (Chicago).
Content
IntroductionChapter One - "Basically Everything I Need, I Know the Library Has It": A Case Study of SUNY Canton's Textbook Program by Rachel A. Koenig and Cori Wilhelm
Chapter Two - Access and Affordability: The Textbook Conundrum by Peggy Seiden and Amy McColl
Chapter Three - The Good and the Bad: Implementing a Textbook Reserve Program by Renee Le Beau-Ford and Joanna Ewing
Chapter Four - A Student-Funded Textbook Reserve Program by Joanna Duy, Kirsten Huhn, and Dubravka Kapa
Chapter Five - Building a STEM Collection of Undergraduate Textbooks by Pattie Piotrowski and Christine McClure
Chapter Six - Evolution of a Textbook Circulation Program: Outcomes of Demand-Driven versus Strategic Selection Policies by Posie Aargaard and Jan H. Kemp
Chapter Seven - Can Hard-Copy Textbooks on Library Reserve Help Address the Textbook Dilemma? by Feng-Ru Sheu, Kay Downey, and Tom Klingler
Chapter Eight - Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Students' Desire for Textbooks and the Library Budget by Rhonda Glazier and Carla Myers
Chapter Nine - General Education: Ten Years of Textbooks at the Ohio State University Libraries by Aaron Olivera
About the Contributors
Index
Chapter Two - Access and Affordability: The Textbook Conundrum by Peggy Seiden and Amy McColl
Chapter Three - The Good and the Bad: Implementing a Textbook Reserve Program by Renee Le Beau-Ford and Joanna Ewing
Chapter Four - A Student-Funded Textbook Reserve Program by Joanna Duy, Kirsten Huhn, and Dubravka Kapa
Chapter Five - Building a STEM Collection of Undergraduate Textbooks by Pattie Piotrowski and Christine McClure
Chapter Six - Evolution of a Textbook Circulation Program: Outcomes of Demand-Driven versus Strategic Selection Policies by Posie Aargaard and Jan H. Kemp
Chapter Seven - Can Hard-Copy Textbooks on Library Reserve Help Address the Textbook Dilemma? by Feng-Ru Sheu, Kay Downey, and Tom Klingler
Chapter Eight - Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Students' Desire for Textbooks and the Library Budget by Rhonda Glazier and Carla Myers
Chapter Nine - General Education: Ten Years of Textbooks at the Ohio State University Libraries by Aaron Olivera
About the Contributors
Index