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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


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Katherine Cowan  MFA, MLS
Senior Reference Librarian
Decker Library
Maryland Institute College of Art
1300 West Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217

tel: 410-225-2714
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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 


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Carla-Mae Crookendale
Visual Arts Research Librarian
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University

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