Lean and Mean Reenvisioning an Outdated Area of

Lean and Mean: Re-envisioning an Outdated Area of the Collection Mark Shores Miami University Hamilton KLA/KSMA Joint Conference Sept. 17, 2010

Goals Do parts of your collection need the Lean and Mean treatment? Ways to approach weeding and updating

Welcome! A little about myself…….

About my campus…

About my campus

Rentschler Library

Rentschler Library

Rentschler Library

Rentschler Library

Public computing/ref collection

Instruction Classroom

Rentschler Library

About the BTE department

Business Technology Department • Not a true “B-school” • Types of classes, certification programs “These programs are highly-career oriented and designed to meet the job training needs of the local employers. ” (Miami University Hamilton Annual Report, 1990 -1991)

Associates Degrees in. . • • Accounting Technology Business Management Technology Business Software Technology Marketing Management • Only 12 of 66 hrs. earned will transfer to the Oxford campus business school!

Certification programs Require 30 -31 semester hrs. • Accounting • Banking • Business Information Software • General Supervision • Small Business Management • Small Office Management

The future? • "The stereotypical library is dying—and it's taking its shushing ladies, dank smell, and endless shelves of books with it. " John D. Sutter on the future of libraries. "The Future of Libraries, with or without Books, " CNN. com, Sept. 4, 2009. http: //bit. ly/Hw 76 S

The Situation

The Situation

The Situation

Discards

Library Systems Data • Circulation data • Innovative Interfaces • Data is not the be-all, end-all!

Library Collection slips

My prejudices…. . • • • Pamphlets No index No bibliography Old essays previously printed elsewhere Outdated annotated bibliographies

My prejudices • • • Directories Bad condition Old textbooks Multiple copies Multi-volume sets

Easy Decisions…… Whiteside, Conon D. EDP Systems for Credit Management. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1971. Pg. 63

Easy Decisions Whiteside, Conon D. EDP Systems for Credit Management. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1971. Pg. 60.

No updates • Some subjects not taught, not relevant anymore. . • Warehousing • Economic geography • “Secretarial Sciences”

Tough Decisions! • The American Idea of Industrial Democracy, 18601965” by Milton Derber; Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1970, HD 5660. U 5 D 44 • Quotas & Affirmative Action by Lester Sobel; New York, NY; Facts on File, 1980. HD 4903. 5. U 58 Q 67

What to Keep? • Historical info? “Trends in the employment of college and university graduates in business and industry: annual report” The Endicott Report 1976 • Things kept & bought • Who else might use your business collection? – English Composition – Interdisciplinary courses – History

Help! • • Student workers Help from faculty Help from colleagues Review sources

Other tools • • • Ohio. LINK holdings World. Cat NY Times book reviews – RSS feed LJ’s “Best Business Books” New books at Harvard’s Baker Library http: //bit. ly/9 Ia. ZUR • Any others?

Bibliographies • Lewis, Vivian, and Robin Bergart. Sudden Selector's Guide to Business Resources. ALCTS/CMDS sudden selector's series, #1. Chicago: Collection Management and Development Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, 2007. Print. • The Basic Business Library: Core Resources Fourth Edition. 4 ed. New York: Greenwood Press, 2002. Print. • Elmore, Marcus. RCL: Resources for College Libraries, 2007. New Providence, N. J: R. R. Bowker, 2006. Print.

Think twice before I buy: • • • Advanced materials Collections of essays Textbooks Held by other libraries Pricey handbooks

Gather Information • • Changes afoot? Curriculum revisions Start making contacts Faculty meetings

When to weed? • • • Condition Shelving space What’s being checked out? Ties with business dept? Time constraints Financial constraints

My next steps • Outreach to BTE instructors • Finish HG-HJ by Summer 2011 • Next up……history (D’s and E’s)

The End Result

Before….

Thank you! Any questions?