VetPrint Building an International Print Preservation Program for Veterinary Literature

Authors and

Affiliation

Esther E. CarriganHeather K. MoberlyAna G. Ugaz

Texas A&M University

C. Trenton BoydUniversity of Missouri, Columbia

Vicki CroftWashington State University

What’s so special about

veterinary libraries?

Only 28 U.S. academic veterinary libraries and 4 Canadian

Wide geographic separations

Most are relatively new libraries Iowa State in 1879 Only 10 existed before

WWII 8 added during 1944-

1959 10 more added since

1973 Branches within University

library systems at land grant institutions

What’s so special

about the veterinary literature?

No single national library covers veterinary medicine

Grey literature importance Electronic availability

97% journals 20% monographs

Commercial control by only 2 publishers 63% journals 79% monographs

MedPrint Model

for VetPrint

Identify primary set of titles for preservation (250 titles)

Establish minimum number of copies for retention (12)

Complete copies with covers and advertisements as ideal

Prefer complete volume level holdings of title

Retention commitment of 25 years

Maintain accurate holdings in DOCLINE and commitment

VetPrintFeatures

Basic List of Veterinary Medical Serials as core preservation list (123 titles)

At least 12 copies preserved Complete copies with covers

and advertisements as ideal Prefer complete volume level

holdings of title Prefer indefinite retention

commitment, but accept 25 years

Maintain accurate holdings in DOCLINE and OCLC

VetPrint Challenges

No national library coordination; VMLS/MLA instead

Needs over 50% participation, plus

No single resource sharing system

Parent library collection decisions Print retention Preservation

priorities

Progress Report VetPrint Program overview drafted and reviewed

by VMLS/MLA Input gathered from international veterinary

colleagues VetPrint discussed with NNLM RML Formal agreements drafted Tracking spreadsheet developed

Early Adopter:

Texas A&M

Medical Sciences

Library

Accepts a national level archival responsibility to preserve veterinary literature

Commitment to preserve all Basic List titles owned Copy for resource sharing maintained onsite Soliciting 2nd copies to be placed in preservation

storage facility Definition of veterinary includes adjunct areas

Next Steps VMLS approval of complete VetPrint program

Formalize VMLS member participation Connect to other potential partners through

VetPrint web presence Identify relevant existing preservation

commitments for core and adjunct coverage Establish formal link into NLM MedPrint Program

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VetPrint Vision

A model print preservation program that forms the foundation for the preservation of the veterinary literature of all countries

Imagine …

Questions?