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Publication date: 1 January 1994

Tina E. Chrzastowski

Following nearly three years of planning and negotiation, an endowment fund‐raising campaign was launched on behalf of the chemistry library at the University of Illinois at…

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Following nearly three years of planning and negotiation, an endowment fund‐raising campaign was launched on behalf of the chemistry library at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign (UIUC). The campaign, tied to the 100th Anniversary of the chemistry library, was directed at UIUC School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) alumni and SCS faculty. Contributions were sought to create a $200,000 “birthday endowment,” a continuing fund to purchase books for the chemistry library, and endow the library monograph budget with at least $10,000 per year.

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The Bottom Line, vol. 7 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0888-045X

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Publication date: 15 November 2011

Lynn Wiley, Tina E. Chrzastowski and Stephanie Baker

The purpose of this paper is to determine how the I‐Share collection serves its members, focusing on the state‐wide use of I‐Share domestic monographs (2003‐2008) by subject…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to determine how the I‐Share collection serves its members, focusing on the state‐wide use of I‐Share domestic monographs (2003‐2008) by subject, collection overlap (number of copies owned), publisher, and how frequently books by subject are being used and to make recommendations for future selection criteria.

Design/methodology/approach

Illinois is fortunate to have the College and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) consortium which manages “I‐Share,” a 76‐member shared online catalog equipped with patron‐initiated borrowing using the Voyager system. I‐Share successfully circulates hundreds of thousands of books annually among these libraries, dramatically broadening the scope of each member's collection. Data from CARLI's Voyager catalog databases were analyzed via Excel spreadsheets using 20 datafields.

Findings

Results found that numbers of copies purchased by I‐Share and use/circulation fell into three categories: high overlap with a corresponding high use, low overlap with a corresponding low use, and a middle area with a high number of copies with low to middle use. Additional analyses by publisher and Library of Congress subject classification were also conducted. The study also allowed for a comparison of what was purchased versus what was available for purchase as represented by the database of a large monograph vendor.

Practical implications

A number of recommendations are made that should improve the effectiveness of monograph selection in the CARLI libraries.

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The paper documents an important and thorough study which may be of help to other library consortia in managing more effectively their monograph spend.

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Interlending & Document Supply, vol. 39 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-1615

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Publication date: 1 October 1998

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Asian Libraries, vol. 7 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1017-6748

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Library Hi Tech News, vol. 20 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0741-9058

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