making cooperative collection development a reality a lesson in patience paul o. jenkins college of...
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Making Cooperative Collection Development A Reality
A Lesson In Patience
Paul O. Jenkins
College of Mount St. Joseph
Genesis of SWORCS
• CBTF membership
• Lining up the players
Members of SWORCS
• College of Mount St. Joseph
• Xavier University
• Cincinnati Bible College
• University of Dayton
• Cedarville College (added)
• Athenaeum of Ohio (unable to join)
• Miami University (added upon request)
So Now What?
• Serials Union List
• Budget comparisons
• Not Bought in Ohio
• Monographic Series
• WLN Conspectus
Finding Our Mission
• Non-Christian religions
• Islam
• Buddhism
• Judaism
• Hinduism
How Much Is Enough?
• Trying to establish acceptable minimum holdings standards
Bringing YBP Into the Picture
• GOBI Approval Plan
• Establishing Approval Plan Profiles
Reexamining the Mission
• to apply cooperative collection development principles in our libraries in order to reduce duplication of titles and better cover peripheral areas of Religious Studies;
• specifically, to create a shared slip approval plan profile in the area of non-Christian religions (specifics yet to be determined) that can serve as a model for larger OhioLINK groups in other disciplines.
Getting to Specifics
• Begin with retrospective purchases
Dividing Up Responsibilities
• Confucianism—XU
• Tenrikyo and Shinto—Miami.
• Taoism—UD.
• Bahai, Zoroastrianism, Rastafarianism—MSJ.
• Unitarianism, Scientology, Atheism—Cedarville
• Sikhism, Jainism—Cincinnati Bible.
Making a Financial Commitment
• $500 commitment from each school
Next Year
• Using the approval profiles for current purchases
Lessons Learned
• This is possible but difficult.
• Be patient.
• Start small.
• Be flexible.
• Be prepared to compromise.
• Vendor participation essential.