32 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Shared print program ensures broader access to larger legacy print collections than our own holdings, and frees shelf
space for onsite collections.
The Libraries have repeatedly emphasized to the university administration the importance of our participation in shared
print programs. These programs offer the university multiple benefits, including increased, reliable access to information
supporting research and teaching and the ability to reduce the footprint of the onsite physical collections. The Libraries
and the university both have plans to create technology-rich facilities that foster original research and innovation. Shared
print initiatives are central to these plans.
The libraries are participating in the shared ‘last copy’ program managed by the Council of Prairie and Pacific University
Libraries in order to ensure preservation of paper books and journals.
To participate in a program that will help ensure continued access to research resources.
We are an archive builder along with other institutions so that we can ensure long-term access to important collections.
We are de-duping off-campus depository collections between the five OhioLINK shared storage facilities in order to
better manage and preserve the remaining unique, low-use, but important materials.
We have not found it necessary to do so. I am curious about how the answers you get here break down when
comparing public to private institutions.
We have not had the need to explain or justify our participation to the university administration. Internally, we are
evaluating how our participation helps us to meet our goals of reducing the size of print collections.
We have not needed to so. The opportunity did not arise. However, our university’s leadership has indicated their
support for the idea in the past.
We have noted our commitment to retain certain print items in perpetuity as part of a reciprocal agreement with other
libraries regionally for long-term preservation. The rationale is that we are reducing our own space needs greatly, by
committing to retaining our small but fair share as a leading research library. Our participation and need to honor
reciprocal retention agreements was explicitly noted as one reason why we will continue to need some storage space
and cannot go completely online for certain journal runs. Institutional administrators understood this rationale.
We have told the local community that our participation is intended to reduce local costs while still preserving access to
a print copy of material we hold in other (electronic) formats.
When we have stable, perpetual access to electronic journals, the demand for the same content in print decreases to
almost zero.
9. When choosing partners to collaborate with around print collections, how important is it that:
N=50
Partner Options 1 Not at all
Important
2 3 Important 4 5 Very
Important
N
A general agreement provides guidelines for
collection management behaviors
2 1 12 16 18 49
A legal agreement is drawn up to codify collection
management behaviors
2 8 10 11 18 49
The partners are within the same resource-sharing
consortium
2 3 17 12 16 50
Shared print program ensures broader access to larger legacy print collections than our own holdings, and frees shelf
space for onsite collections.
The Libraries have repeatedly emphasized to the university administration the importance of our participation in shared
print programs. These programs offer the university multiple benefits, including increased, reliable access to information
supporting research and teaching and the ability to reduce the footprint of the onsite physical collections. The Libraries
and the university both have plans to create technology-rich facilities that foster original research and innovation. Shared
print initiatives are central to these plans.
The libraries are participating in the shared ‘last copy’ program managed by the Council of Prairie and Pacific University
Libraries in order to ensure preservation of paper books and journals.
To participate in a program that will help ensure continued access to research resources.
We are an archive builder along with other institutions so that we can ensure long-term access to important collections.
We are de-duping off-campus depository collections between the five OhioLINK shared storage facilities in order to
better manage and preserve the remaining unique, low-use, but important materials.
We have not found it necessary to do so. I am curious about how the answers you get here break down when
comparing public to private institutions.
We have not had the need to explain or justify our participation to the university administration. Internally, we are
evaluating how our participation helps us to meet our goals of reducing the size of print collections.
We have not needed to so. The opportunity did not arise. However, our university’s leadership has indicated their
support for the idea in the past.
We have noted our commitment to retain certain print items in perpetuity as part of a reciprocal agreement with other
libraries regionally for long-term preservation. The rationale is that we are reducing our own space needs greatly, by
committing to retaining our small but fair share as a leading research library. Our participation and need to honor
reciprocal retention agreements was explicitly noted as one reason why we will continue to need some storage space
and cannot go completely online for certain journal runs. Institutional administrators understood this rationale.
We have told the local community that our participation is intended to reduce local costs while still preserving access to
a print copy of material we hold in other (electronic) formats.
When we have stable, perpetual access to electronic journals, the demand for the same content in print decreases to
almost zero.
9. When choosing partners to collaborate with around print collections, how important is it that:
N=50
Partner Options 1 Not at all
Important
2 3 Important 4 5 Very
Important
N
A general agreement provides guidelines for
collection management behaviors
2 1 12 16 18 49
A legal agreement is drawn up to codify collection
management behaviors
2 8 10 11 18 49
The partners are within the same resource-sharing
consortium
2 3 17 12 16 50
