88 · Representative Documents: Collection Management Strategies
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
Strategy for Deaccessioning Books and Serials
shared print archiving program. Other WEST participants include the University
of California System, Stanford University, and the Greater Western Library
Alliance (GWLA).
• HathiTrust http://www.hathitrust.org/about) was formed by Libraries that are part of
the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). It has been a leader in
making digital surrogates of materials scanned through the Google Book Project
and the Internet Archive available to HathiTrust members. It also is involved in
efforts to create a national network of print repositories and a repository to
preserve digital surrogates.
Libraries nationally and internationally are working in concert to ensure continued access
to the scholarly record. With the UMass Amherst Libraries participating in these
partnerships, we propose to take a phased approach toward deselecting print material to
create space to accommodate planned service and facility needs.
Phase 1: Proposed Start Date – June, 2012
1. Deselect duplicate print serials with no circulation since 2007 that are currently
housed in the FCLD. There are approximately 15,000 volumes held at both
UMass and the FCLD that are candidates for de-selection.
2. Deselect approximately 50,000 duplicate copies of print monographs published
prior to 2002 that have not circulated/have not circulated three or more times
since 2007 (past ten years).
Phase 2: Proposed Start Date – September, 2012
1. Deselect monographs published prior to 2002 that have not circulated since 2007
and which are also held by one or more of the 4 College Libraries.
Phase 3: Proposed Start Date – December, 2012
1. Work with Sustainable Collection Services (http://sustainablecollections.com/) to
develop a strategy for de-accessioning additional print monographs based on:
a. circulation data
b. year of publication
c. availability in the 4 College Libraries
d. availability in the Boston Library Consortium
e. availability in the HathiTrust
f. other relevant information, including whether UMass is the only owning
institution among the Five Colleges
The approach outlined above aligns with de-selection processes taking place at other
research libraries. The ability to provide access to some of this material through
HathiTrust actually expands and enhances access for faculty and student. Further, we are
confident that the Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Department will be able to obtain
for faculty and students any item which is not available locally on our shelves, as is
ILL/DD’s current practice.
Approved by the
Senior Management Group, February 22, 2012
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
Strategy for Deaccessioning Books and Serials
shared print archiving program. Other WEST participants include the University
of California System, Stanford University, and the Greater Western Library
Alliance (GWLA).
• HathiTrust http://www.hathitrust.org/about) was formed by Libraries that are part of
the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). It has been a leader in
making digital surrogates of materials scanned through the Google Book Project
and the Internet Archive available to HathiTrust members. It also is involved in
efforts to create a national network of print repositories and a repository to
preserve digital surrogates.
Libraries nationally and internationally are working in concert to ensure continued access
to the scholarly record. With the UMass Amherst Libraries participating in these
partnerships, we propose to take a phased approach toward deselecting print material to
create space to accommodate planned service and facility needs.
Phase 1: Proposed Start Date – June, 2012
1. Deselect duplicate print serials with no circulation since 2007 that are currently
housed in the FCLD. There are approximately 15,000 volumes held at both
UMass and the FCLD that are candidates for de-selection.
2. Deselect approximately 50,000 duplicate copies of print monographs published
prior to 2002 that have not circulated/have not circulated three or more times
since 2007 (past ten years).
Phase 2: Proposed Start Date – September, 2012
1. Deselect monographs published prior to 2002 that have not circulated since 2007
and which are also held by one or more of the 4 College Libraries.
Phase 3: Proposed Start Date – December, 2012
1. Work with Sustainable Collection Services (http://sustainablecollections.com/) to
develop a strategy for de-accessioning additional print monographs based on:
a. circulation data
b. year of publication
c. availability in the 4 College Libraries
d. availability in the Boston Library Consortium
e. availability in the HathiTrust
f. other relevant information, including whether UMass is the only owning
institution among the Five Colleges
The approach outlined above aligns with de-selection processes taking place at other
research libraries. The ability to provide access to some of this material through
HathiTrust actually expands and enhances access for faculty and student. Further, we are
confident that the Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Department will be able to obtain
for faculty and students any item which is not available locally on our shelves, as is
ILL/DD’s current practice.
Approved by the
Senior Management Group, February 22, 2012
