Borrowing Latin American Materials in the Big Ten Academic Alliance: A Case Study for Consortial Data Analysis

Inspired by the 2017 Big Ten Academic Alliance Library Conference's collective collection theme, the authors undertook a study to better understand the consortium's resource-sharing needs for Spanish and Portuguese materials published in Latin America. The authors employed multiple technol...

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Published in:College & research libraries 2019-09, Vol.80 (6), p.766-786
Main Authors: Thompson, Hilary H, Smith, Austin, Ostos, Manuel, Gardinier, Lisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Libraries
Area Studies
Case studies
Collection development
Consortia
Data Analysis
Latin American Literature
Library Materials
Library Services
Resource sharing
Shared Resources and Services
User Needs (Information)
Users (Information)
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Summary:Inspired by the 2017 Big Ten Academic Alliance Library Conference's collective collection theme, the authors undertook a study to better understand the consortium's resource-sharing needs for Spanish and Portuguese materials published in Latin America. The authors employed multiple technologies to expedite gathering, reconciling, and analyzing data from different sources, making this project an excellent case study for consortial data analysis. In addition to presenting the methodology and key findings, the article encourages academic librarians to use resource-sharing data to inform cooperative collection development in area studies to build distinctive collections supporting consortial and national resource sharing.
ISSN:0010-0870
2150-6701
DOI:10.5860/crl.80.6.766