Arizona State University (ASU) Library Publishes New Report on Inclusive Print Collections Design

Direct to Full Text Report: Enhancing an Academic Library Renovation Project with Creative Open Stack Print Collections Services

From ASU News:

In a time when many academic libraries worldwide are reducing their print collections, how can a library creatively use its collections to engage the university community?

A new report, “Enhancing an Academic Library Renovation Project with Creative Open Stack Print Collections Services,” details the work completed by the ASU Library as part of a three-year implementation grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant supported a team to explore data-driven and community-aware approaches to developing inclusive print collections for the 2020 reopening of Hayden Library, ASU’s largest library on the Tempe campus.

The team’s work introduced to the library new ways to encourage community engagement with open stacks. These approaches led to the creation of small co-curated browsing collections, the Sun Devil Reads print collection geared towards student interests, and a large research collection developed through a novel data analysis method.

Learn More, Read the Complete ASU New Post (Features an Interview with Shari Laster, Head of Open Collections Curation and Access and Co-Author of the Report)

Direct to Full Text Report: Enhancing an Academic Library Renovation Project with Creative Open Stack Print Collections Services,
48 pages; PDF.

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