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which assessment was only part of the responsibilities. The respondents believe that these “part-time”
assessment librarian positions were not enough to conduct activities necessary for proper collection
assessment. Several respondents mentioned efforts to encourage the adoption of collection assessment
methods by the subject librarians themselves, thus decentralizing the process. Finally, there were
comments related to the complexities of collection assessment which this survey may not be able to
discern. Indeed, the survey itself was quite complex, yet still did enable us to refine the analysis enough
to tease out the wide array of combinations of processes, data, responsibilities, inputs, and outputs. We do
hope that this will provide some context from which future research may be initiated to better address
these complexities.
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