Collection Assessment and Development of a Core List of Periodicals in Southern Culture

Adams, Barbara

doi:10.1300/j105v16n01_06

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“…The rise of interdisciplinary programs on university campuses has created a challenge for academic libraries striving to evaluate and support these programs' curricular needs. Adams (1996) acknowledged the issues faced by libraries in identifying core lists, book and journal holdings for these new programs. Dobson and Kushkowski (1996) recognized the growing importance and popularity of interdisciplinary programs in academia and that the tradition of dividing knowledge into subject disciplines reflected in the organization of academic departments is becoming outdated.…”

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Evaluating and planning for interdisciplinary collection development: a case of an East Asian collection at the College of Staten Island Library

Dzurak

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Cope

2015

Collection Building

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Purpose -The purpose of this article is to examine the challenges of collection analysis and development in response to a new academic interdisciplinary program in East Asian Studies at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. Design/methodology/approach -First, the authors examined the needs of a new East Asian Studies program and its interdisciplinary nature. Next, an automated collection development tool was chosen that provides a snapshot of current monograph holdings and a comparison with other equivalent institutions. Lastly, the authors conduct an analysis of citations in key Asian Studies journals, library holdings in relevant top electronic resources and core journal subscriptions. For future collection building, vendor tools and patron-drive acquisitions are explored. Findings -Traditional methods of collection development can prove inadequate. A variety of tools and methods need to be used to guarantee adequate results. Originality/value -This paper builds on prior research related to developing interdisciplinary collections by using traditional methods of collection development with critical judgments.

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Section: Background/literature Reviewmentioning

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Evaluating and planning for interdisciplinary collection development: a case of an East Asian collection at the College of Staten Island Library

Dzurak

Falloon

Cope

2015

Collection Building

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“…Citation Analysis for Interdisciplinary Subjects/Topics Although a source like Journal Citation Reports (JCR) can be used to identify core collection journals in well-established disciplines, it is not as helpful at identifying such journals for multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary subjects. As a result, there have been myriad citation analyses for interdisciplinary topics and newly emerging fields, including international relations, agricultural economics, cultural anthropology, fuzzy set theory, medieval studies, nanotechnology, later life migration, police administration, communication disorders, and Southern studies (Zhang 2007a;Zhang 2007b;Robinson and Posten 2005;Hood and Wilson 2003;Herubel 2005;LaBonte 2005;Walters and Wilder 2003;Joswick 2001;Black 2001;Adams 1992). Kushkowski et al (1998) created a methodology for obtaining a ranked journal list for a core collection by identifying the frequency of journal title indexing in various bibliographic databases.…”

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Social Gerontology—Integrative and Territorial Aspects: A Citation Analysis of Subject Scatter and Database Coverage

Bergman

2011

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

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To determine the mix of resources used in social gerontology research, a citation analysis was conducted. A representative sample of citations was selected from three prominent gerontology journals and information was added to determine subject scatter and database coverage for the cited materials. Results indicate that a significant portion of gerontology research, even from a social science perspective, relies roughly equally on medical resources as it does social science resources. Furthermore, there is a small but defined core of literature constituting scholarly "territory" unique to gerontology. Analysis of database indexing indicated that broad, interdisciplinary databases provide more comprehensive coverage of the cited materials than do subject-specific databases.

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“…Identifying a uniform core of journals cited by music researchers throughout the United States More recent hu manities citation studies are available in the fields of German literature, American literature, history, philosophy, and mu sic. [7][8][9][10][11] Several citation studies have focused solely on dissertation bibliographies and were used to formulate a "core list" of journals for a specific discipline. Articles concerning dissertations by students in various fields have been published, in …”

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Identifying Uniform Core Journal Titles for Music Libraries: A Dissertation Citation Study

Kuyper-Rushing

1999

CRL

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In an attempt to create a new tool to aid librarians in choosing music journals, citations from music dissertation bibliographies submitted in 1993 from across the United States were gathered and analyzed. Core lists of journals were developed and then compared to lists compiled by analyzing doctoral dissertation bibliographies in the field of music from a single institution. The journal lists from a national study differed from those derived from the study of journals used at a single institution. Also, newly published journals are used regularly by doctoral students in music, and several are on the lists of core journals compiled.

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Collection Assessment and Development of a Core List of Periodicals in Southern Culture

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Evaluating and planning for interdisciplinary collection development: a case of an East Asian collection at the College of Staten Island Library

Evaluating and planning for interdisciplinary collection development: a case of an East Asian collection at the College of Staten Island Library

Social Gerontology—Integrative and Territorial Aspects: A Citation Analysis of Subject Scatter and Database Coverage

Identifying Uniform Core Journal Titles for Music Libraries: A Dissertation Citation Study

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