SPEC Kit 345: Shared Print Programs · 85
Ohio Regional Library Depositories will attempt to follow national depository preservation standards and will participate
in appropriate, regional and national, collaborative depository programs.
The intent of the study is to help individual libraries identify books in their collections that have had little or no use and
are widely held, so that these items can be considered for withdrawal with reasonable assurance that access will persist.
The study will also identify books that are unique or rarely held so that libraries can take steps to preserve and retain
them if they so choose. Longer-term goals include using the results to develop of a statewide strategy for print book
collections and inform ongoing collection development.
The overall aim of [shared print collections] is to further optimize the management of information resources for students
and faculty by reducing unnecessary duplication, leveraging shared assets (such as regional library facilities), and
expanding the information resources available system wide, while meeting the information needs of library users at
each campus.
The project has two distinct goals: First, to responsibly reduce the size of local print collections by reducing duplication
of low circulating titles among the participating libraries so that library space may be freed up for other uses. Second, to
create and maintain a distributed, shared collection of these identified monograph titles to ensure that circulating copies
of them are retained within the group, readily accessible to group participants and other Michigan libraries.
To provide access to shared print archives, create opportunities for the reallocation of library space, and preserve the
print record for its members in a cost-effective way.
To responsibly reduce the size of local print collections by reducing duplication among the participating libraries so that
library space may be freed up for other uses.
23. Is print retention coordinated with a digitization plan in this program? N=21
Yes 2 10%
No 19 90%
If yes, please briefly describe the digitization plan. N=2
The preferred delivery is digital. When time, funding, and copyright permit, we will digitize rather than circulating or
before reshelving.
There is a not a formal plan per se, but having made retention commitments we looked at different methods including
digitization to ensure the material would be preserved. We decided to focus digitization efforts on titles not already
digitized in the HathiTrust and those in the public domain. MSCS libraries were provided with lists of titles that met these
criteria and so far two libraries are using their lists to identify digitization candidates. The other libraries did not have the
resources to carry out the digitization work at this time.
Ohio Regional Library Depositories will attempt to follow national depository preservation standards and will participate
in appropriate, regional and national, collaborative depository programs.
The intent of the study is to help individual libraries identify books in their collections that have had little or no use and
are widely held, so that these items can be considered for withdrawal with reasonable assurance that access will persist.
The study will also identify books that are unique or rarely held so that libraries can take steps to preserve and retain
them if they so choose. Longer-term goals include using the results to develop of a statewide strategy for print book
collections and inform ongoing collection development.
The overall aim of [shared print collections] is to further optimize the management of information resources for students
and faculty by reducing unnecessary duplication, leveraging shared assets (such as regional library facilities), and
expanding the information resources available system wide, while meeting the information needs of library users at
each campus.
The project has two distinct goals: First, to responsibly reduce the size of local print collections by reducing duplication
of low circulating titles among the participating libraries so that library space may be freed up for other uses. Second, to
create and maintain a distributed, shared collection of these identified monograph titles to ensure that circulating copies
of them are retained within the group, readily accessible to group participants and other Michigan libraries.
To provide access to shared print archives, create opportunities for the reallocation of library space, and preserve the
print record for its members in a cost-effective way.
To responsibly reduce the size of local print collections by reducing duplication among the participating libraries so that
library space may be freed up for other uses.
23. Is print retention coordinated with a digitization plan in this program? N=21
Yes 2 10%
No 19 90%
If yes, please briefly describe the digitization plan. N=2
The preferred delivery is digital. When time, funding, and copyright permit, we will digitize rather than circulating or
before reshelving.
There is a not a formal plan per se, but having made retention commitments we looked at different methods including
digitization to ensure the material would be preserved. We decided to focus digitization efforts on titles not already
digitized in the HathiTrust and those in the public domain. MSCS libraries were provided with lists of titles that met these
criteria and so far two libraries are using their lists to identify digitization candidates. The other libraries did not have the
resources to carry out the digitization work at this time.
