TELSIG are holding a new journal discussion group in Christchurch! So please join us on Tuesday 25th August, 5:30pm at CPIT, Room L202 (there will be signposting). Tea/coffee and chocolate biscuits provided. The plan is to have these meetings on the last Tuesday of every month. This is the article chosen for the BOK 8 Information resource management and resource management for August:
Lehman, K. A. (2014). Collection Development and Management. Library Resources & Technical Services, 58(3), 169-177. The questions are:

1. Demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) mean that “Rather than purchasing what librarians anticipate patrons want, libraries are purchasing the resources at the point at which it is used or requested by the patron… a shift from the just in case model to just in time, with the focus moving from collections to usage and the decision moving from librarians to patrons” (page 170). What are your thoughts on this statement?

2. There is a shifting balance of print and digital resources. What do you think are some of the challenges with this shift?

3. Open Access (OA) is becoming a consideration in e-resources collection management, such as journal articles, available freely online. How does your library identify suitable “OA” resources and add them to the library collection?

4. Thinking of the last section “Tending to the Collection: Weeding”, how does the weeding program work in your library?

5. This article was published in 2014, and examined the collection development and management literature of 2011 and 2012. Do you think there has been much change in the trends identified by Kathleen Lehman since then?

If you would like to join the discussion group please email lorna.smith@cpit.ac.nz . You do not have to be a TELSIG or LIANZA member. Thanks to the MIT group for supplying this month’s article and questions.

So now you need to read the article, think about the questions and come along on 25 August. Joan Simpson