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Carla-Mae, At MICA there is a plan to interfile the Reference materials with other books in call number order, and to have a "Library-Use Only" sticker. It will take some shifting but hopes are it will increase awareness and use of these materials! Kathy Cowan *-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --* *Katherine Cowan MFA, MLSSenior Reference LibrarianDecker LibraryMaryland Institute College of Art* *1300 West Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217tel: 410-225-2714email: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>http: www.mica.edu/library <http://www.mica.edu/library>* On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Carla-Mae Crookendale < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > At my library we've been having some discussions about the future of our > print reference collections: > > - Who uses it and how? > - Should we be moving towards digital resources instead? (A challenge > with art, as image content isn't always in digital versions, or suitable > digital resources may not be available) > - Can we make it more relevant and user friendly through feedback from > our users/ by moving it/ different signage etc? > > Has anyone else recently done work with their Reference Collections that > can share some insight? Weeding, usage studies, redesign etc? > > Sincerely, > Carla-Mae > > > -- > Carla-Mae Crookendale > Visual Arts Research Librarian > James Branch Cabell Library > Virginia Commonwealth University > [log in to unmask] > (804)827-0367 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send > administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~