The Collection Management working group aims at aligning collection formation and collection management so as to be able to offer and maintain a high-quality range of scientific information nationally.<\/p>\n
The starting point of the collection management working group is reinforcement through collaboration. By coordinating which library buys what, the working group can ensure the widest possible range of relevant scientific information. In this way, it can avoid unnecessary overlap, reduce the pressure on the budgets of the individual libraries and make maximum use of the available budget.<\/p>\n
The Collection Management working group deals with the following policy topics:<\/p>\n
Journals: the UKB libraries have mutually agreed that whoever owns the last copy of a scientific journal must keep it, even if an electronic version is available. To prevent the last copies from being accidentally thrown away at the same time, the burden of deselection has been divided among the libraries per subject area.<\/p>\n
Monographs: the UKB libraries have jointly agreed to keep at least two copies of each monograph in the Netherlands Academic Collection (defined as the joint possessions of the university libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands, as registered in Worldcat). The possible digital availability of titles does not play a role here either.<\/p>\n
Rogier Schumacher<\/a> – Utrecht University
\nJasper Faase<\/a> – National Library of the Netherlands
\nLouise Otting<\/a> – TU Delft
\nJulie Ides<\/a> – TU Delft
\nCarlijn Postma<\/a> – Eindhoven University of Technology
\nLeonne Portz<\/a> – Maastricht University
\nMonique de Groot-van IJsselmuiden<\/a> – Twente University
\nPieter van Leeuwen<\/a> – Erasmus University Rotterdam
\nBart van der Steen<\/a> – Leiden University
\nPieter van Wingerden<\/a> – Groningen University
\nGerard Bierens<\/a> – Tilburg University
\nDini van Engelen<\/a> – Radboud University Nijmegen
\nMichele Meijer<\/a> – VU Amsterdam \u2013 chair and contact person<\/strong>
\nReinder Lanjouw<\/a> – University of Amsterdam
\nDicky van Donselaar<\/a> – Wageningen University and Research
\nHongxia Duan<\/a> – TU Eindhoven<\/p>\n