Evaluating Purchase Plans for Niche Collecting Areas

Authors

  • Victoria Koger
  • Virginia Kay Williams

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.67n4.113

Abstract

Many academic libraries collect art exhibition catalogues and juvenile books to support the curriculum, but academic library review sources and book vendors have limited coverage of these niche areas. For more than a decade, Wichita State University has used purchase plans from Worldwide Art Books and Junior Library Guild to acquire print books. This paper discusses the assessment of both plans, how experience with this assessment has influenced development of an assessment plan, and reasons other libraries may want to assess their own niche collecting plans.

Author Biographies

Victoria Koger

Victoria Koger (vkoger@ehc.edu) is Associate Professor & Health Sciences Librarian at Emory & Henry College and was formerly Coordinator of Acquisitions at Wichita State University.

Virginia Kay Williams

Virginia Kay Williams (virginia.williams@wichita.edu) is Professor & Collection Strategist at Wichita State University.

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Published

2023-10-06

Issue

Vol. 67 No. 4 (2023): October

Section

Notes on Operations

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