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Are you spending money wisely? If you're a technical services manager at an academic library, an administrator, or a dean, you're tasked with proving it. Incorporate assessment and analysis work into your library's existing workflow with the guidance of this new collection from the Association of Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS). Contributors from several academic libraries draw from real-world practices to suggest new approaches for acquisition and collections, cataloging and metadata, digital preservation, and e-resources and serials. You'll find advice on such topics as

assessing e-resource budgets, workflows, vendors, and collaborative initiatives; how to use multiple data sets to assess collections across subjects, formats, or other factors; working with data using common applications like Excel, Access, or MySQL; four types of preservation assessment and how to structure them for actionable results; ways to save on serial expenses while avoiding cancellations; seven key considerations for building a data warehouse; and benchmarking techniques for improving metadata processes

Exploring your options for assessment will lead you to the right balance of traditional and new metrics, and this book provides a valuable overview.

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• Preface(p. vii)
• 1 Assessment of Technical Services(p. 1)
• An Overview
• 2 Assessing Collections Holistically(p. 25)
• A Behind-the-Scenes Approach
• 3 Acquisitions and E-Resources Assessment(p. 65)
• 4 Serials and Continuing Resources(p. 109)
• 5 Cataloging and Metadata Assessment(p. 155)
• An Overview
• 6 Preservation Assessments(p. 183)
• 7 The Future of Technical Services(p. 219)
• Data Governance and Analytics
• About the Editors and Contributors(p. 239)
• Index(p. 243)

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CHOICE Review

Most technical services librarians understand the importance and value of assessment. Yet assessing work in this area can seem daunting, especially to those new to the profession or new to administrative roles within it. It is these librarians who will likely benefit most from this volume, which brings together topics for consideration and advice from experienced librarians who have designed and implemented both one-time and ongoing assessment plans for a variety of activities in technical services. Readers will come away with an understanding of what can be assessed in technical services, and how such assessment will contribute holistically to a library's mission. In addition to the steps needed to undertake assessment in general, chapters focus specifically on acquisitions and eresources, serials, cataloging and metadata, preservation, and the development of data warehouses to enable ongoing access to a variety of reports. The content itself is valuable, but the lengthy reference lists provide even better specific examples of various types of assessment. Although targeted toward technical services librarians, this well-written book will also benefit administrators, collection development and liaison librarians, and stacks maintenance personnel. [Disclosure: Choice is part of the American Library Association, which published this book.] Summing Up: Recommended. Professionals. --Ramirose Ilene Attebury, University of Idaho