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Many academic libraries face the challenge of decreasing the size of print collections. This paper offers perspectives on a range of activities for successful projects. At Connecticut College, W. Lee Hisle found that, with proper planning and execution, a successful Collection Management Project can be completed without substantial campus turmoil. Hisle discusses project principles, communications strategy used, data used to “sell” the project, and lessons learned. This project allowed the bookstack footprint to be reduced by onethird without loss of access of any item. Pat Tully, from Wesleyan University Library, presents some lessons learned from a last-copy weeding project that was carried out in 2011 to create space for new books and for a substantial art book collection. The project was controversial and led to a series of difficult campus discussions, but inviting faculty input into weeding decisions ultimately strengthened the understanding and trust between the faculty and the library. Pamela Grudzien and Fran Rosen discuss organizational challenges and workflow changes in Technical Services as libraries engage in large collaborative weeding and retention projects. Their libraries are part of the Michigan Shared Print Initiative (MI-SPI), a collaborative project to identify and manage a shared collection of widely held low-use monograph titles. Grudzien, from Central Michigan University, shares new workflows that incorporate retention responsibilities and discusses the development of a tool that facilitates member communication about volumes that are missing or in poor condition. Rosen shares details about a comprehensive project using MI-SPI weeding lists at Ferris State University. A Collection Management Project: It Can Be Done, W. Lee Hisle Based on our experiences over the past 2 years at Connecticut College, a successful Collection Management Project can be completed without substantial campus turmoil or disagreement. The phrase “Collection Management Project” (CMP) was intentionally chosen to avoid the word weeding, a loaded term we tried never to use even among ourselves. CMP also better represents the many activities that made up the project. The CMP started early in fall 2012 and is currently nearing its end. I will describe some of the planning behind our efforts, the principles of the project, our communications strategy, and the data we used to “sell” the project to our campus. Finally, I will conclude with some lessons learned. It is important to have a good reason for initiating a collection management project, preferably a reason that will resonate with the college community. In our case, the Campaign for Connecticut College was nearing its end, and the Charles E. Shain Renovation Project was green-lit for fundraising and project initiation. The renovation is a $9.2 million project and will improve the library in many ways, but with only a very small increase in square feet. In order to accomplish the goals of the building project, we needed to repurpose space within the current building. The only flexible area, without reducing services, student seating, or programs, was the book stack area. We determined that reducing the bookstack footprint by about onethird would allow for much more seating, more collaboration rooms, more technology resources, more natural light in study areas, a new cafe and 24-hour study space, and an outdoor plaza

It Can Be Done! Planning and Process for Successful Collection Management Projects