The Evolution of Collaborative Collection Development within a Library Consortium: Data Analysis Applied in a Cultural Context

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Author(s): Anne Charlotte Osterman (Virtual Library of Virginia, USA), Genya O'Gara (James Madison University, USA)and Alison M. Armstrong (Radford University, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 25
Source title: Space and Organizational Considerations in Academic Library Partnerships and Collaborations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Brian Doherty (New College of Florida, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0326-2.ch008

Keywords: Administration & Leadership / Business & Management / Information Science Reference / Library Administration

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This chapter details a collection analysis project carried out within the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) consortium in 2013-2015. This project included an analysis of 12 member libraries' main stacks monographs – a total of just under six million volumes – and demonstrates the importance of relying on established cultural support as well as the challenges of cultural change involved in library collaboration. The project stands out from other similar collection analyses conducted by groups of libraries in its central focus on using the analysis to inform prospective, collaborative collection development.

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