1. A Holistic Approach to Collection Development
What’s the Right Mix?
A Holistic Approach to Collection Development

2. Presenters
MODERATOR
Kim Anderson Senior Collection Development Manager GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
PANELISTS
Shannon Burke Discovery Services Librarian
Neumann Library University of Houston Clear-Lake
Eric Wedig Coordinator for Scholarly Resources, Social Sciences Tulane University

3. Agenda Neumann Library University of Houston-Clear Lake
Overview of Library
Library Collection Development Approach
Tulane University
Q&A with Panelists
Key Takeaways
Questions

4. University of Houston-Clear Lake
Overview
University
Founded in 1974 as an upper-level university on a 524-acre nature and wildlife preserve
In 2014, expanded to include freshman and sophomore courses
Total Enrollment: 8,669
Alfred R. Neumann Library:
30 staff, 13 liaison librarians
500,000 volumes
400,000 e-books
80,000 journals
40,000 streaming video
200 databases
K-12 curriculum library & juvenile collection

5. Tulane University Tulane University Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
Overview
Tulane University
Major private research University
Enrollment 13,700 (7,000 undergraduates, 6,000 graduate and professional students)
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
Tulane University’s main library
Nearly 4 million volumes
700+ database subscriptions
100+ computers with specialized software
38,000+ audio recordings
21,000+ DVDs and streaming video

6. How do you manage more with less at your library, e. g
How do you manage more with less at your library, e.g. space, staff or budget?
Communication with all stakeholders is key
Limited staff has always been present
DDA has allowed for access to new titles during times of minimal firm orders due to limited budget
Think creatively
Two new floors on Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
Even with 200 additional seats for users not enough space to meet demand
Have had nearly complete turnover in Acquisitions staff
Liaison Librarians have many new duties in addition to collection development
More of budget used for new initiatives less for collections

7. What are the challenges you face in your Collection Development Program and what would you change?
Accounting for lower-level materials and a variety of formats on a decreasing budget
Ensuring our collections are utilized
Take more action on findings from data
Online Master’s Program in in Tulane School of Social Work (first major online degree program at Tulane)
Would not change many things in our approach, but would have liked to have used analytics more robustly in many of our decisions regarding journal packages and monograph selection.
Less money for monographs

8. Describe your library’s acquisition models in order of most used to least used
Print firm orders
DDA
E-book firm orders
Approval plans
E-book packages 
Approval Plans
Firm Orders
E-Book preferred approval plans
E-Book packages
DDA

9. How do you manage and balance the mix of acquisition models?
Monitor needs and usage specific to UHCL
Use data and feedback from users to inform our decisions
Continually evaluating practices & models
Work closely with our faculty and graduate students to understand their research needs and how we can meet them with resources. In the social sciences we incorporate e-book packages and e-book firm orders.
Gauge the trends that other research libraries are following and apply to our situation
Understand that with limited resources we must be careful that what we purchase is going to be used

10. Balance + The Right “Mix” + Holistic Approach = Recipe for Success
Key Takeaways
Balance + The Right “Mix” + Holistic Approach =
Recipe for Success

11. Questions? Kim Anderson Senior Collection Development Manager
GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
Shannon Burke Discovery Services Librarian
Neumann Library University of Houston-Clear Lake
Eric Wedig Coordinator for Scholarly Resources, Social Sciences Tulane University