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We don’t need that anymore, exploring the realities of the impact of digitization on print usage

Teper, Thomas H.; Vasileva, Vera

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/103620

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Title
We don’t need that anymore, exploring the realities of the impact of digitization on print usage
Author(s)
  • Teper, Thomas H.
  • Vasileva, Vera
Issue Date
2019-04
Keyword(s)
  • Academic Libraries
  • Collections
  • Digitization
  • Collection Usage
Date of Ingest
2019-04-25T21:12:43Z
Abstract
Librarians speculate that the digitization and delivery of items through the HathiTrust may reduce or eliminate demand for the corresponding print content. This belief feeds into a perception that monographs housed within academic libraries and delivered via such services are ripe for deduplication or outright withdrawal; yet, other institutions may remain dependent upon those holding titles to provide print-based access for their patrons. Embracing HathiTrust’s emerging Shared Print Monograph Program, many member institutions committed to retain print monographs that correspond to those digitized from their collections. However, such commitments are not universal among the membership or universally displayed publicly. Moreover, such commitments may be utilized by other institutions to withdraw against these holdings without fully understanding the potential local impact. Developing an evidence based understanding of how the availability of digital access to these items might impact both local circulation and the rate of ILL/DD lending for such items is a critical step in determining how institutions might approach the management of these collections in the future.
Publisher
Association of College and Research Libraries
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Paper / Presentation
Language
en
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  • http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/2019/WeDontNeedthatAnymore.pdf
  • http://hdl.handle.net/2142/103620
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