Assessment Strategies in Technical Services

Kimberley A. Edwards is the Information Analyst for Technical Services at George Mason University Libraries. She received her MLIS from the University of Kentucky and prior to her current role she worked in the circulation and technical services departments of several college and government libraries. She has taught and presented on collection analysis and assessment tools and techniques at a range of national and international conferences.Michelle Leonard is a tenured librarian at the Marston Science Library, George A. Smathers Libraries, at the University of Florida. She is a collection manager for the natural resources and environmental sciences disciplines that span engineering, agriculture and geological sciences. Michelle is the co-author of the highly reviewed Implementing and Assessing Use-Driven Acquisitions (2016). She has conducted presentations on assessment and collection building at several conferences, including the Library Assessment Conference, Charleston Library Conference, Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, ALA Annual Conferences, American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, and the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Sciences Libraries and Information Centres (IAMSLIC) Conferences.

• PrefaceChapter 1. Assessment of Technical Services: An Overview, by Cecilia Botero and Steven CarricoChapter 2. Assessing Collections Holistically: A Behind-the-Scenes Approach, by Madeline M. Kelly and Stephanie S. SmithChapter 3. Acquisitions and E-Resources Assessment, by Trey Shelton and Steven CarricoChapter 4. Serials and Continuing Resources, by Kristin Calvert and Whitney JordanChapter 5. Cataloging and Metadata Assessment: An Overview, by Karl PettittChapter 6. Preservation Assessments, by Fletcher DurantChapter 7. The Future of Technical Services: Data Governance and Analytics, by Nina ServizziAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex