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Evidence-based librarianship : a case study of a print resource cancellation project
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Date Issued
2011-03
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2011-03-14T10:13:55Z
Abstract
This article sets out the background, operation, challenges and opportunities entailed in providing access to Management Information System (MIS) data to the subject librarians to enable accurate profiling of print resource usage in a time of severe financial cutbacks in the Library of University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland's largest university. Evidence-Based Librarianship (EBL) provided the framework within which the Library could make these hard decisions as well as providing an iterative process within which decisions could be critiqued, stress tested and ultimately accepted. As the literature shows, flatter, team-based organisational structures can be linked to successful implementation of EBL processes and a discussion of a serials review between Jan 2009 and May 2009 using EBL principles is provided to illustrate the link between EBL and active, effective use of management data.
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Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal
The Journal of Academic Librarianship
Volume
37
Issue
2
Start Page
166
End Page
170
Copyright (Published Version)
2011 Elsevier
Subject – LCSH
Evidence-based library science
Team librarianship
Integrated library systems (Computer systems)
Academic libraries--Collection development
University College, Dublin. Library
Library finance--Ireland
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Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0099-1333
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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