accidental collection assessment: the ncsu libraries collection move
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Presentation at the 2012 Charleston Conference by Annette Day, John Vickery, and Hilary DavisTRANSCRIPT
Accidental Collection Assessment: the NCSU Libraries Collection Move
Annette Day, Hilary Davis, John Vickery
North Carolina State University Libraries
Charleston Conference
November 8, 2012
NCSU Libraries
“The best learning and collaborative space in the country”
• Supporting Engineering, Computer Science and Textiles disciplines
– Embody the spirit of NC State's competitive advantage in science and technology
• Technology Incubator
– Computing, learning, and collaboration tools
• Learning Spaces
– Tailored to the demands of the user community
– 100 bookable group study rooms
• Address Study Seat Gap
– Currently seat less than 5% of NC State students
– UNC system standard is 20%
• bookBot
– Automated Retrieval System - 2 million volumes
– Maximize learning & technology spaces in building
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Collections at Hunt - bookBot Collections Storage for library system
– Working collections for Hunt disciplines
– Older materials across all disciplines
• Monographs
• Journal backfiles
– Government documents
– Microfiche
– Special Collections
– “Ingest” 1.4 million volumes by opening
• Every volume needs a barcode
• Scanned and placed in barcoded bin
– Collections requested through catalog
• Virtual browse
• Estimate 10 min retrieval time
• Delivery services
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Collections at Hunt – open shelving Approx 28,000 volumes
• Monograph collection 2007 – present • Current journals • Newspapers • Classics in Engineering & Textiles • Faculty publications • Reference • Games/Videos • Fiction
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Goals of move • Minimize “Downtime” of
Collections
• Minimize Patron Disruption
• Transparent Communication
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Staggered move strategy
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Scope of collections move
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Composition of Collections
Rendering
October 2012
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Bumps in the road
Courtesy of Flickr member Cogdogblog
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Data strategies
Courtesy of Flickr member Gonzalo AR
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Scaling up our analytics
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5 reasons SAS® is awesome
1. You are in control of how you work with your data
2. You can read data from any source
3. Big data is no problem
4. Robust and customizable reporting functionality
5. Visualization functionality
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Keeping the move in sync
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Planning: from 3.5 million to 1
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Example: estimating use and impact
• How frequently will items be requested out of the bookBot?
• What types of users are most affected? • How many people do we need staffing the
bookBot stations?
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Ugly data
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From ugly data to analytics
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From ugly data to analytics
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From ugly data to analytics
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Example: forecasting future growth
• We have extra space!
• How fast are we going to fill it up?
• How should we arrange the stacks? • “Can you tell me exactly how full DH Hill will be
in 15 years?”
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Example: forecasting future growth
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Example: forecasting future growth
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What did we learn!
• Large scale move is challenging
• Planning is essential
• Cross-departmental collaboration
• Skills to match data analysis needs
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Thank You! Annette Day
Head, Collection Management
John Vickery
Collection Manager, Management & Social Sciences
Hilary Davis
Associate Head, Collection Management &
Director of Research Data Services