Library Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Brick and Click Libraries: proceedings of an academic library symposium
Volume
2011
First Page
85
Last Page
90
Abstract
As the government documents librarian, I was appointed to an ad hoc library task force in the spring of 2010. The task force was to determine if our library should remain in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) as a selective depository. Ultimately, the group recommended that we remain in the FDLP, and the library administration accepted our recommendations. The recommendations included shifting from tangible government documents towards electronic documents wherever possible. However, tangible government documents of significant historical and/or research value were to be retained. In addition, a special weeding project to reduce the size of the current collection was implemented. The library task force’s assessment and analysis of Rod Library’s participation in the FDLP, the information gathered and utilized throughout the process, the potential benefits and drawbacks of our depository status, and the criteria used to determine retention or withdrawal will be addressed.
Department
Rod Library
Original Publication Date
2011
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, University of Northern Iowa, Rod Library
Copyright
©2011 Gretchen Gould. The copyright holder has granted permission for posting.
Date Digital
2011
Language
EN
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Gould, Gretchen Brooke, "A Fine Balance: Tangible or Electronic?" (2011). Library Faculty Publications. 5.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/lib_facpub/5
Comments
First published in Brick and Click Libraries: proceedings of an academic library symposium, 2011 pp. 85-90, published by Northwest Missouri State University.