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Were underwater (literally): Disasters, rebuilding a collec.on, and lessons learned

Carolyn Carey Gardner & Deb Nordgren University of Wisconsin Superior

Liaison Program
Started in Fall 2012, but was planned before the ood Librarians are assigned mul.ple departments to be responsible for Provide collec.on development and a be`er way to communicate A new willingness to shia to electronic Library Liaisons selected Core Collec.on primarily from Resources for College Libraries (RCL)

June 19-20, 2012 Flood

Water receding from 10a 150,000 books, all periodicals, gov. docs, and legal collec.on were lost. Expanded periodicals Sor.ng wet books

Rebuilding the Collec5on

Summer & Fall 2012 Ebook Usage Re-ordered .tles from vendor 1200 list for the past 2 years 1000 Ebooks subscrip.ons to ebrary 800 ebrary 600 for Academic Libraries & 400 Ebsco EBSCO Ebook Academic Book 200 Collec7on 0 Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Spring semester 2013 What we had=Faculty & Library Liaisons review lists of print books by LC classica.on Begin Demand Driven Acquisi.ons Summer 2013 and beyond Order what we had Review Journal subscrip.ons and Gov. Docs for electronic replacement Increase academic department alloca.on using addi.onal insurance se`lement

Communica5on
Used Facebook for updates, photos, and to share news stories (Wall, 2006) Hosted eBook workshops adver.sed through campus email Displayed iPads and answered ques.ons in the student union and residence halls

The Garden Level Today

Lessons Learned

References & More Info:

Flood photos provided by UWS University Rela.ons
RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN 2012

Know how to generate inventory & value of materials Insurance policy: is it replacement cost? (Cady, 1999). Books, by LC range average price (LOC, 2011). Journals, what we usedcurrent subscrip.on costs+ number of years Gov. docs, not cataloged & used measurement method Freeze drying not recommended for general collec.ons

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