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> Hello, all. You are cordially invited to attend the following ALA
> Midwinter program sponsored by the ALA ALCTS Continuing Resources
> Section College and Research Libraries Interest Group.
>
> ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College & Research Libraries
> Interest Group Midwinter Meeting
> Date: Sunday, 1/17/2010
> Time: 10:30 am -12:00 noon
> Location: Westin Waterfront (WEST) - Burroughs
> Program:
>
> 1. What to Withdraw? Print collections management in the wake of
> digitization
> Presenters : Roger C. Schonfeld, Manager of Research, Ithaka S+R; and
> Ross Housewright, Analyst, Ithaka S+R
>
> As digitized journal backfile sets become available online, they
> fulfill the lion's share of user access needs at academic libraries,
> leading many librarians to call into question the need to retain
> print. Can libraries securely reassign the stack space occupied by
> decreasingly used print versions without risking preservation? This
> talk will examine several key questions: Does print preservation still
> matter, and if so, for how long will it remain a relevant priority?
> What sort of preservation framework is needed for legacy print
> collections? And, for which journals is this preservation framework
> already in place, allowing for responsible withdrawal today? Drawing
> from a report recently released by Ithaka S+R, this talk will conclude
> with some remarks about how the set of materials appropriate for
> withdrawal can be expanded to allow libraries additional flexibility
> in their collections management.
>
> 2. To Have and to Hold: MARC Format Holdings Data
> Presenter: Sandy Chen, Electronic Resources & Serials Management
> Librarian, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
>
> The goal of the presentation is to describe the concepts behind and
> importance of standardized holdings in library processes,
> particularly, MARC Format for Holdings Data (MFHD) and Z39.71: what
> they are, how they function, and how they help academic libraries to
> serve patrons. Sandy will provide specific examples of challenges in
> Clarion University of Pennsylvania Libraries' implementation of these
> standards, along with descriptions of better practices that other
> research libraries can use to represent holdings data.
>
> 3. Pay-Per-Use Article Delivery at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
> Point
> Presenters: Mindy King, Serials Librarian, University of Wisconsin --
> Stevens Point Library; and Aaron Nichols, Access Services Librarian,
> University of Wisconsin -- Stevens Point Library
>
> Exponentially increasing journal costs are a fact of life. Libraries
> can no longer afford to purchase expensive, low use  journals "just in
> case" an article is needed. Recently, the University of Wisconsin -
> Stevens Point Library conducted a pilot, pay-per-use article delivery
> program that offered "just in time" access to articles our patrons
> actually need. Pay-per-use article delivery requests are submitted by
> completing a standard Interlibrary Loan request. Over a three month
> period, pay-per-use users were surveyed regarding the convenience and
> quality of the service. Positive survey results and feedback from
> university faculty were used to cancel high cost/low use journals in
> favor of the pay-per-use model, resulting in over $50,000 savings in
> journals subscriptions. Cancellations are to begin January 2010, at
> which time the survey will be reopened to gain feedback after the
> print version is no longer available.
>
> 4. Brief Business Meeting: New members are welcome!
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> Rebecca and Beth
>
> Rebecca Kemp, Co-Chair, CRS C&RL IG
> E-Resources Acquisitions Librarian
> CB#3938 Davis Library
> UNC-Chapel Hill
> Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
> rkemp<at>email<dot>unc<dot>edu
> ph: 919-962-0162
> fax: 919-962-4450
>
> Beth Bernhardt, Co-Chair, CRS C&RL IG
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Jackson Library
> University of North Carolina at Greensboro
> PO Box 26170
> Greensboro, NC 27402
> Beth_Bernhardt<at>uncg.edu
> 336-256-1210
>