The Rowing Collection in the Free Library of Philadelphia OPAC

Meehan, William F.; Nisonger, Thomas E.

doi:10.1300/j105v30n04_06

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“…Note that availability for checkout and distinctions between near and exact matches were not considered in the Free Library of Philadelphia study [111]. It should be explained that tests of statistical significance can not be used in comparison of results among libraries because the data is based on checking the entire checklist rather than random samples.…”

Section: Comparison Of Results With Earlier Investigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To cite illustrative examples, the method has been employed for collection evaluation in: the social sciences (the political science holdings of five Washington, D.C. area academic libraries by Nisonger); [102] the humanities (theatre studies at the University of California at Sacramento by Snow); [103] science (biotechnology at Columbia University by Kehoe and Stein); [104] and professional fields (law at Suffolk University by Flaherty) [105]. For a detailed review of the checklist method, see the previously mentioned work by Meehan and Nisonger [106].…”

Section: The Checklist Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At that time, this research project's topic, rowing, retrieved only two items, both of which were false hits. (However, a yet-to-be indexed evaluation of the Free Library of Philadelphia's rowing collection has recently been published [78].) Apart from false hits, the retrieved items for the above-mentioned sports include book reviews, news about publishing trends, bibliographical essays, and lists of core materials or other resources.…”

Section: Sports In Library and Information Science Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Harvard and Yale university library rowing collections: A checklist evaluation and semi-availability study

Nisonger

Meehan²

2007

Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services

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After reviewing the historical significance of competitive rowing at Harvard and Yale universities and the literature dealing with rowing as a competitive sport, this article describes and reports the results of a checklist evaluation and simulated semi-availability study of the rowing collections of the Harvard and Yale University library systems. The results indicate, contrary to what might be expected, that major academic libraries can have noteworthy holdings in a specialized sports area. Harvard has a stronger rowing collection with a higher overall availability rate than does Yale. Comparison with a previous evaluation of the Free Library of Philadelphia's (FLP) rowing collection, based on the identical checklist, indicated its holdings are a bit stronger than Harvard's and considerably better than Yale's, but not as strong as the combined holdings of both Harvard and Yale.

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Section: Comparison Of Results With Earlier Investigationmentioning

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Section: Sports In Library and Information Science Literaturementioning

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The Harvard and Yale university library rowing collections: A checklist evaluation and semi-availability study

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2007

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“…Another study conducted by Aubele and Perruso (2017) used indexing of social work journals in databases combined with rankings from Journal Citation Reports to create a tiered hierarchy of core journals. Other examples of collection-centered methods include citation analyses (Currie and Monroe-Gulick 2013;Gao 2015;Ke and Bronicki 2015), analyzing syllabi for resources used in classes (Lukes, Thorpe, and Lesher 2017;Williams, Cody, and Parnell 2004) and using established lists to evaluate current collections (Meehan and Nisonger 2007;Torres 2017).…”

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Comparing Advertising Agencies’ Resources to Academic Libraries’ Collections

Gilbert

Vaaler

2017

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

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Collection development analysis in academic libraries typically involves collection-centered and user-centered methods. These approaches focus on building collections that help students with their academic needs but may overlook resources that students need experience with when employed. To address this gap, the authors analyzed early career advertising agency positions to identify a list of information resources that advertising agencies expect employees to use. This list was then compared against the library websites of 158 universities with advertising programs to see how sufficiently libraries are fulfilling these resource needs. The authors found that overall, university libraries only subscribe to a small number of resources used by advertising agencies.

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“…The implementation of check‐list evaluations have evolved and can now be conducted remotely using online OPACs. In their assessment of the Free Library of Philadelphia's rowing collection, William F. Meehan III and Thomas E. Nisonger accessed the FLP's OPAC remotely from Indiana (Meehan and Nisonger, 2005, p. 85). They used a subjectively compiled list by a rowing expert in order to determine the quality and historical depth of the collection, and compared collection trends with the publishing history of the field (Meehan and Nisonger, 2005, pp.…”

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An inductive evaluation of a public library GLBT collection

Moss

2008

Collection Building

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the overall quality of the Louisville Free Public Library's gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender collection. Design/methodology/approach -The study implements an inductive check-list method. Where other check-lists compare a list to the collection, ignoring the number of items which do not appear on the list, an inductive method takes a sample of the entire collection, and compares it with several evaluative lists, demonstrating what percentage of the collection is not considered "desirable" by common evaluative lists. Findings -The results found that 31.9 percent of the LFPL's GLBT collection can be found in the evaluative lists used. Previous inductive evaluations suggest that this number indicates a quality core GLBT collection. Research limitations/implications -A sample collection was chosen using GLBT-related subject headings; however, evidence shows that a portion of the actual GLBT collection (perhaps as much as 37.5 percent) lack appropriate subject access control. This results in a potentially flawed sample. Practical implications -This study provides public librarians with a standard by which they can evaluate their GLBT collections and their library's attempt to meet the needs of a frequently underrepresented minority. Originality/value -Very few inductive evaluations have been published, and almost none has been published studying GLBT collections. The paper attempts to fill that gap, and provide a deeper standard by which GLBT collections can be evaluated.

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The Rowing Collection in the Free Library of Philadelphia OPAC

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

The Harvard and Yale university library rowing collections: A checklist evaluation and semi-availability study

The Harvard and Yale university library rowing collections: A checklist evaluation and semi-availability study

Comparing Advertising Agencies’ Resources to Academic Libraries’ Collections

An inductive evaluation of a public library GLBT collection

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