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Kit 337
Print Retention Decision Making
October 2013
SURVEY RESULTS
Executive Summary.................................................................................................................. 11
Survey Questions and Responses. ...........................................................................................15
Responding Institutions.......................................................................................................... 70
REPRESENTATIVE DOCUMENTS
Collection Management Strategies
University of British Columbia
E-Only Strategy................................................................................................................74
Policy No.: 3. Duplicate Copies. .......................................................................................75
Georgia Institute of Technology
Warehouse Retention Project (IRC). .................................................................................77
Print Journals Withdrawal Project. ...................................................................................79
Indiana University Bloomington
African Studies Collection Description.............................................................................. 81
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Collection Development Policy......................................................................................... 84
Strategy for Deaccessioning Books and Serials. ................................................................87
Pennsylvania State University
Collection Maintenance................................................................................................... 89
Cataloging and Metadata Services. Withdrawal Procedure................................................ 90
Rutgers University
Collection Development Statement: Deaccessioning and Annex Transfer Policy for
Circulating and Reference Collections. ............................................................................92
Consolidation and Retention Policy for Print Journal Runs................................................. 94
Syracuse University
Work-flow chart for how SCRC deals with duplicates or items to be de-accessioned
from the collections. ......................................................................................................95
University of Waterloo
Collection Evaluation &Retention Policy Toolkit............................................................... 96
Kit 337
Print Retention Decision Making
October 2013
SURVEY RESULTS
Executive Summary.................................................................................................................. 11
Survey Questions and Responses. ...........................................................................................15
Responding Institutions.......................................................................................................... 70
REPRESENTATIVE DOCUMENTS
Collection Management Strategies
University of British Columbia
E-Only Strategy................................................................................................................74
Policy No.: 3. Duplicate Copies. .......................................................................................75
Georgia Institute of Technology
Warehouse Retention Project (IRC). .................................................................................77
Print Journals Withdrawal Project. ...................................................................................79
Indiana University Bloomington
African Studies Collection Description.............................................................................. 81
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Collection Development Policy......................................................................................... 84
Strategy for Deaccessioning Books and Serials. ................................................................87
Pennsylvania State University
Collection Maintenance................................................................................................... 89
Cataloging and Metadata Services. Withdrawal Procedure................................................ 90
Rutgers University
Collection Development Statement: Deaccessioning and Annex Transfer Policy for
Circulating and Reference Collections. ............................................................................92
Consolidation and Retention Policy for Print Journal Runs................................................. 94
Syracuse University
Work-flow chart for how SCRC deals with duplicates or items to be de-accessioned
from the collections. ......................................................................................................95
University of Waterloo
Collection Evaluation &Retention Policy Toolkit............................................................... 96
