Rising to the Occasion: Curating Circulating Collections Beginning with a Test Prep Book Deselection Project
- ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Megan Inman (Creator)
- Marlena Rose (Creator)
- Institution
- East Carolina University (ECU )
- Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/
Abstract: Literature and experience in health sciences librarianship show that currency is key when providing resources to students enrolled in health sciences degree programs. With frequent updates to board exams for health sciences students and residents , ensuring the most current test preparation books for libraries that provide those materials , would be of greatest aid to test takers to study the most up to date material for their board exams. This health sciences library undertook a project to analyze print books for a test preparation and health science educational material weeding project.
Additional Information
- Publication
- Other
- "Marlena Rose , Megan Inman. ""Rising to the Occasion: Curating Circulating Collections Beginning with a Test Prep Book Deselection Project€ (presentation , MAC/MLA 2019 Annual Meeting , Durham , NC , October 6 , 2019)."
- Language: English
- Date: 2019
- Keywords
- collection development, collection management
- Subjects
| Title | Location & Link | Type of Relationship |
| Rising to the Occasion: Curating Circulating Collections Beginning with a Test Prep Book Deselection Project | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7521 | The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the related resource. |