Mission-Focused Collections: Rebirth of the Seminarbibliothek as an Ebook Collection |
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| Authors: | Charlotte Erdmann Gretchen Stephens |
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| Institution: | Purdue University System, West Lafayette, Indiana |
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| Abstract: | German universities built over the years highly specialized book collections for use by faculty and graduate students. The German term, seminarbibliothek, is often applied to these types of collections, although examples can be found in universities across Europe. The purpose of this article is to examine a similar type of collection using ebooks in veterinary science and to compare this collection to the standard subject classified ebook collections. Most collection development in college and university libraries focuses on academic subjects. The type of collection being described here focuses on a mission. A mission-focused collection increases the use of library holdings and greatly benefits the stakeholders within the institution. This study looks at how such a collection might be formed and defined and what possible effects this might have on the use of collections of this type. |
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| Keywords: | Collection development LibGuides library guides seminarbibliothek |
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