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Digital collectionsPru Mitchell
@pruMarch 2016
21st century resourcing
What we want to know1. What issues do schools face in
development and maintenance of digital collections?
2. How can schools budget for digital collections?
3. How does digital content address curriculum and student learning needs?
4. How does access to digital resources align with the technology infrastructure available?
5. What professional learning is required?
6. What can we learn from other library sectors?
7. How can a collection policy address future developments?
Future directions• Collection policies
Update to reflect changes in digital collections• Research
Move beyond research into physical factors (software, hardware, content) to user adoption and the experience of reading and working digitally
• Communicate– Students and teachers– School leadership– Content providers– Each other
Why have a collection policy?1. Selection, acquisition and de-acquisition2. Collection evaluation3. Planning and budgeting4. PR and risk management5. The wider context
Collection policy scenarios1. Teacher requests a book which costs $78 for a
hard copy and $206 from your ebook platform.2. Purpose-built library now needed for class
space. Half the existing bookshelves need to be removed over summer.
3. Middle years teachers ask for student pathfinders for 10 new curriculum topics.
4. Digital subscription service increases annual fee by 50% two years in a row.
5. Your local public library subscribes to a popular database which students are requesting the school to provide.
Your tasks
Start a to-do list of areas to include in your revised collection policy
Tweet your questions#aliaschools
Pru’s 5 principles
After applying content criteria, consider....the extent to which a resource
is1. legal2. user-friendly to access3. edited, and comes with
metadata4. fit for purpose5. good value
Lady of Hats 2007, Main division of the human handWikimedia Commons
Collection directions
Dempsey, Lorcan, Constance Malpas, and Brian Lavoie. 2014. "Collection Directions: The Evolution of Library Collections and Collecting" portal: Libraries and the Academy 14,3 (July): 393-423. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/summary/v014/14.3.dempsey.html
Accessing at scaleCollections are accessed rather than owned+ Access to larger collection+ Leasing rather than owning+ Partnership with other libraries
- Leasing rather than owning- Paying for bundles that you do not want- Limited customisation to suit your library
members- Time spent maintaining/contributing to
partnerships
Patron-driven acquisitionAlgorithmic collection policy+ Just-in-time vs just-in-case+ Not wasting funds/time on unused items
- Uncertainty about budget- Collecting for now rather than for the long-
term- Unbalanced collection
e-preferredPolicy to select electronic access if
available + Greater flexibility for members to
access offsite+ Saves space+ Saves staff time and follow up of
returns
- Collection less visible - Increased cost- Complex licence negotiations- Less choice for users
Institutional content
Mitchell, P 2015. Tinkering, CC-by
Professional learning
• what’s available• how to access
digital subscriptions
• authentication• copyright
or just make it all seamless
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Teachers in library out of field
Teachers in library with tertiary li-brary study
Weldon, P 2016, What the Staff in Australia’s Schools surveys tell us about teachers working in school libraries, ACER, p. 19, http://research.acer.edu.au/tll_misc/25/
Conclusions and questions