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Upcoming Event
September 30, 2025

Beyond Knowledge

How to Optimize eBooks Collection Strategies to Meet Growing Access Demand

With the ever-increasing demands for digital resources and the ever-evolving needs of researchers, higher education libraries face tough decisions on how to allocate budgets effectively. In a webinar hosted by Elsevier, featuring Ithaka S+R’s Tracy Bergstrom, a panel will discuss various e-book purchasing and access options, focusing on how each model works, key considerations, and practical guidance on selecting the best fit for your institution’s needs. The panel is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at…
Blog Post
August 1, 2024

New Report on Library Collaborations in Collection Development

Although libraries have a long tradition of working together to improve their collections and related services, collaborations should not be viewed as a panacea. As the landscape of scholarly resources evolve, to be effective and tactical, collaborations need to carefully balance their collective and institutional priorities while remaining responsive to the user needs and behavior. Today, we share a new report on the governance and business characteristics of collaborative collection development initiatives. We intentionally focus on governance models as…
Research Report
August 1, 2024

Governance and Business Models for Collaborative Collection Development

To be effective, library collaborations focused on collection development need to be responsive to the changing landscape of scholarly resources as well as the evolving nature of research, teaching, and learning. The purpose of this report is to further increase our understanding of the governance and business characteristics of collaborative collection development initiatives, and how the attributes of different business models can affect the outcomes of collaborations.
Blog Post
February 28, 2024

Assessing the Diversity of Library Collections

Announcing a New Cohort Project

As we’ve explored in our previous work, academic libraries build collections in the context of their parent institutions—primarily to support the institution’s research, teaching, and learning mission. They also build collections that document and preserve the cultural and scientific heritage of our society to represent a wide range of perspectives. In these efforts, universities and their libraries are developing approaches that address calls for greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) with a focus on creating space for the…