Weed & Reseed

 

"We've weeded. Now, what seeds do we buy for the most productive crop?"

Quoteth Randy Collver

 

We still need ideas for reseeding the collection. Yes, we will continue to buy books, mutimedia, and appropriate journal/magazine/newspaper databases while exploring podcasts and other new technologies. We're particularly interested in how you will be teaching in 5-10 years and what resources you will need to support your teaching and students. We received some feedback from the event but would like to continue the conversation.

 

As of Tuesday, March 25, 2008, the weeds have been moved into a recycling program where they will be turned into various paper products, some of which will provide new words of wisdom, some of which will serve as containers for seeds that will provide a different venue for items that will delight the eye and the remainder into a variety of items to astound the imagination.

 

Also, during the weed and reseed event, some interesting threads arose from instructors' comments.

 

1. Textbooks - many instructors requested that the library buy textbooks in their respective subject areas

2. Library organization - why can't all materials about a subject such as 'speech' be organized together in one place?

3. Ordering materials - the difference between a large library with subject specialists and a small library like ours

 

 

Textbooks

Why doesn't the library have/buy textbooks? Textbooks are expensive, go out of date too quickly, and accrediting agencies frown upon it. Some libraries can get funding from their respective college foundations to buy textbooks and, for example, place them on reserve. That would be ideal, but I don't believe our foundation has the funds to do that. So...what to do?? Students are at the mercy of the textbook industry. How can we address this situation?

 

 

Discuss:

 

 

 

 

 

Library organization

Watch the video below for a better understanding of why the heck we organize the library the way we do

 

 

 

 

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    candice:Thanks for commenting, Nadine! I by no means meant to point the finger at the Foundation as the only potential source for funding the purchase of textbooks for the library. I know of some cases (larger colleges) in which that has happened, and if possible, in the future, I'd love to pursue it with our foundation, as well. I think you're right -- the more that we make the foundation visible in the online community, the more successful the Foundation may be.
    Nadine:Thanks for inviting me to the conversation. The following comment is not specifically on point (but may get there if we keep the conversation going). I am tickled that folks think of the Foundation when funding issues come up, and also appreciate the recognition that the Foundation is not yet at a place where it can significantly address new or pressing needs. The way to increase the Foundation's capacity to respond to needs such as "seeding" the library, is to increase our donor base. We have lots of alumni, former employees, members of the community whom we have not reached out to effectively, among whom are surely folks who can and will help. I'm hoping to find ways to use a wiki, such as this one, or other virtual networking spaces, to connect with our alum and other potential supporters. Recognizing that the library is forging ahead with using technology to better connect the College to the community, I'd love to see if there are ways to include the Foundation in that connection.
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