From Selecting to Weeding: Getting “Hands-On” with Tools that Help Resources Become a Collection

Friday, May 6, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT

Location: 344

Moderator(s)

Julia Esparza, MLS, AHIP

Associate Director
Louisiana State University Health Science Center at Shreveport
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Shreveport, Louisiana

Speaker(s)

Rebecca Bealer, MLIS

Head, Serials/Systems Librarian
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Library
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana

Slides
Jason Burton, MA

Science Collections Librarian
University of California, Los Angeles
OXFORD, Mississippi

Presenter and Author(s)

Connie Manning, MLIS, AHIP

Health Sciences Librarian
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education

Speaker(s)

Sylvia McAphee, MLIS

Metadata Librarian & Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama-Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama

Come get your hands on technologies that can improve your collection management processes! The session begins with librarian panelists speaking on the tools they use to improve efficiencies at different stages of the collection life cycle. A technology “petting zoo” will then be opened where you can interact, hands-on, with tools used in collection analytics, resource linking, discovery, weeding, and similar activities. Gather your most pressing questions for vendors in attendance, including Ex Libris and Third Iron.

By the end of the session, you’ll be able to describe key stages in the collection life cycle and identify essential tools for corresponding processes. If you are a health information professional interested in a deep dive into tools for collection assessment, linking, and discoverability, this session is for you!

This session was developed by the 2022 Special Program Committee members, Nina Exner, Research Data Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University & Jim Marcus, Senior Regional Sales Manager, Thieme Publishers.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the key steps in the collections cycle
Identify tools that make it easier to accomplish key collections and technical services tasks
Use your new-found comfort and familiarity with collection management trends and tools to select tools that work for you