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Just Another Format: The E-Resource Librarian as Selector
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 3:15 PM–4:00 PM CST
Room 103
Conference Track
3. Organizational Strategies
Keywords
Organizational Change, Selection Models, Electronic Resources Librarianship, Collection Development
Learning Objectives
- Participants will learn that a centralized selection model is an effective approach for academic libraries to create and maintain a well-rounded research collection.
- Participants will learn how a centralized team of selection librarians with varied and unique strengths supports a format-neutral approach to the selection life-cycle and enhances the effectiveness of collection development.
- Participants will learn how organizational change gives e-resource librarians opportunities to redefine their roles and explore diverse avenues of professional development.
Abstract
University of Wyoming Libraries recently implemented a centralized selection model. Three of the librarians involved discuss the rationale for this change, highlight the challenges presented by the reorganization of collection development responsibilities, and address the implications this reorganization has for the evolution of their roles.
Presenters
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fb4900d5820ac858929c721147ad9488.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Shannon Tharp, University of Wyoming Libraries")
Shannon Tharp, University of Wyoming Libraries
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/61a746a41a47356b14df97a578114f80.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Sandra Barstow, University of Wyoming Libraries")
Sandra Barstow, University of Wyoming Libraries
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cfa9567f897baf23d02f7a14ffb62bf7.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "David Macaulay, University of Wyoming Libraries")