Deselecting, Digitizing, and Assessing Print Journals in an E-Preferred environment

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Deselecting, Digitizing, and Assessing Print Journals in an E-Preferred environment

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 10:10 AM–10:55 AM CDT

Room 301

Conference Track

2. Collection Development & Assessment

Keywords

Deselection, Print Journals and monographs

Learning Objectives

Following this session, participants will be able to:

Understand and possibly duplicate our print journal and monograph deselection and retention processes.

Understand our strategies in assessment and acquisitions, and the benefits and challenges to large scale downsizing of print journals and monographs.

Abstract

In April of 2012, Virginia Tech Libraries formally adopted an E-preferred policy. The benefits and challenges in assessing, deselecting and archiving our print collection have been many. Extensively weeding our print journals and monographs on such a large scale in favor of electronic formats has required creative workflows and processes.