SPEC Kit 337: Print Retention Decision Making (October 2013)
This SPEC Kit examines research libraries’ print retention decision making strategies related to storage of materials in three different types of facilities or circumstances: on-site, staff-only shelving; remote shelving; and collaborative retention agreements. The survey also examined the decision making and practices surrounding the deaccession of library material. For each retention or deaccession strategy, the survey includes questions on the on-going or project-based nature of the work, the involvement of stakeholders, the selection process and criteria for materials to be retained or deaccessioned, the communication strategy with internal and external audiences, and the responses from the libraries’ internal and external audiences to these endeavors.
The SPEC Kit includes examples of collection management policies, on-site, off-site, and collaborative shelving strategies, last copy agreements, and procedures for retrieving materials from storage.
Britton, Scott, and John Renaud. Print Retention Decision Making. SPEC Kit 337. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, October 2013.
Table of Contents
SPEC Kit 337: Print Retention Decision Making (October 2013)
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SPEC Kit 337: Print Retention Decision Making
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Print Retention Decision Making frontmatter and Executive Summary
33
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Survey Results
99
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Representative Documents
7171
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Collection Management Strategies
7373
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On-site Shelving Strategies
101101
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Off-site Shelving Strategies
123123
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Collaborative Shelving Facility Strategies
129129
- Association of Southeastern Research Libraries 130130
- Georgia Institute of Technology 134134
- University of California 137137
- California Digital Library 144144
- Arizona State University 146146
- University of Colorado at Boulder 159159
- Committee on Institutional Cooperation 160160
- Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries 161161
- Five College Consortium 166166
- Texas A&M University 169169
- Triangle Research Libraries Network 170170
- University of Waterloo (Tri-University Group of Libraries Annex) 171171
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Last Copy Agreements
173173
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Material Retrieval Request Procedures
183183
- University at Albany, SUNY 184184
- Arizona State University 185185
- University of Colorado at Boulder 188188
- Duke University 191191
- Five College Consortium 193193
- University of Georgia 194194
- Georgia Institute of Technology 195195
- Indiana University Bloomington 196196
- University of Kentucky 197197
- McMaster University 198198
- North Carolina State University 199199
- University of Ottawa 200200
- Rice University 201201
- Rutgers University 202202
- Texas A&M University 204204
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Collection Management Strategies
7373
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Selected Resources
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SPEC Kit 337: Print Retention Decision Making (October 2013)