1. Weeding… Could it improve the 2year collections?

2. Community College Collections Focus on current curriculum needs Support programs unique to their location Support the teaching mission Undergo regular weeding Limited space and no storage Not enough money for reference titles

3. Belmont Technical College We are tiny! Yet our needs are expanding – Community college mission – New degrees – Unique programs Building Preservation & Restoration (BPR) Full online library paraprofessional degree – New challenges Faculty support Reduce cost of textbooks Semester conversion

4. Is access to OhioLINK the solution? Pcirc and ebooks obviously help. But is there a need to have a well-rounded collection on-site? And what about really unique local needs?

5. Is ordering new titles the answer? – BPR must have patterns, samples, illustrations available. Challenge: Out of print. Pricey. Modest needs: Condition irrelevant. Binding not necessary. – Library degree program needs samples of all types of materials. Challenge: Cost. Modest needs: Date often irrelevant. – Community College Mission needs humanities. Challenge: Cost, OhioLINK Redundancy. Modest needs: Just the basics.

6. Can the OhioLINK Discard list help? Worn, broken bindings: Illustrations for lab use Superceded Reference editions: Samples for library students Unwanted Donations: Your 10th copy of The Great Gatsby could be our first

7. Request for: A history of architecture on the comparative method for students, craftsmen & amateurs / by Sir Banister Fletcher OhioLINK access Current price of 20th edition: $195.00 (YBP) Current price of 17 th edition: $50.00 (Amazon) A Recent Puzzler

8. OhioLINK Holdings EditionDateCirc Depository/ Storage Noncirc Depository / Storage ebk # currently checked out 1 st [1896] 5 th 19051401 6 th 19210301 7 th 1924050201 8 th 19280402 9 th 19310603 10 th 19380502 11 th 1943 01 12 th 194502 01 13 th 19460401 14 th 194806 15 th 19500802 16 th 1954170304 01 17 th 1961480304 01 ( Hathi ) 18 th 197517 04 19 th 198718 10 20 th 199611 10 01

9. Questions for BTC Should BTC buy the 52 nd copy of the 17 th edition? ($50) Or the 12 th copy of the 20 th edition? ($195) Or the 1 st copy of the 11 th edition?

10. Questions for OhioLINK libraries How complete should the statewide holdings be? How many copies should be placed in depositories? How many copies are needed locally?

11. Can the OhioLINK discard list be improved? Increase participation Last copy (Are we keeping it?) Planned giving

12. Are there other tools & practices that could be developed? Collection Shifting? Collaborative Weeding Projects? Coordinated De-selection Policies? And whatever else can be imagined!