Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to describe how a medium-sized university library implemented activity-based costing (ABC) and other broad-based decision-making strategies to make the necessary budgetary cuts and refocus library services accordingly. Design/methodology/approach -The paper uses ABC to quantify the cost-drive of services in the library.Findings -Given the current budgetary cuts academic libraries are facing, a rational, data-driven, ABC approach can lead to constructive organizational decision making and outcomes. Originality/value -The paper demonstrates the value of activity-based costing in assessing services and addressing issues on how libraries can do more with less.

Scholars increasingly use text and data mining (TDM) methods to discover trends and relationships within complex digital data sets. In order to support this development in scholarly communication, librarians and publishers need to be knowledgeable about TDM methods, build partnerships with TDM researchers, and address challenges related to licensing and access to large document sets. The presenters of this NASIG session shared their experiences of supporting TDM as a library subject liaison, acquisitions librarian, and publisher representatives. Audience members discussed issues involving TDM of data from multiple publishers, local hosting of data sets and TDM activity by undergraduate students.

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