Open AccessThe Alert Collector: Depository Collection Management: Databases and Web-Based Resources as Assessment Tools
Author(s) -
Charmaine Henriques
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.56n2.83
Subject(s) - database , world wide web , computer science , collections management , subject (documents) , selection (genetic algorithm) , collection development , web resource , web site , business , the internet , artificial intelligence
While the “Alert Collector” has generally presented columns on building collections in specific topic areas, it is good to remember that managing collections involves more than just selection. It is essential that we also evaluate and weed collections on the basis of our users’ needs and interests as well as on our institutional policies. Here, Charmaine Henriques, liaison and subject specialist at the Northwestern University Libraries, discusses managing depository collections using two case studies.—Editor