1. Weeding… Could it improve the 2year collections?

2. Community College Collections • Focus on current curriculum needs • Support programs unique to their location • Support the teaching mission • Undergo regular weeding • Limited space and no storage • Not enough money for reference titles

3. Belmont Technical College • We are tiny! • Yet our needs are expanding • Community college mission • New degrees • Unique programs • Building Preservation & Restoration (BPR) • Full online library paraprofessional degree • New challenges • Faculty support • Reduce cost of textbooks • Semester conversion

4. Is access to OhioLINK the solution? • Pcirc and ebooks obviously help. • But is there a need to have a well-rounded collection on-site? • And what about really unique local needs?

5. Is ordering new titles the answer? • BPR must have patterns, samples, illustrations available. • Challenge: Out of print. Pricey. • Modest needs: Condition irrelevant. Binding not necessary. • Library degree program needs samples of all types of materials. • Challenge: Cost. • Modest needs: Date often irrelevant. • Community College Mission needs humanities. • Challenge: Cost, OhioLINK Redundancy. • Modest needs: Just the basics.

6. Can the OhioLINK Discard list help? • Worn, broken bindings: Illustrations for lab use • Superceded Reference editions: Samples for library students • Unwanted Donations: Your 10th copy of The Great Gatsby could be our first

7. A Recent Puzzler Request for: A history of architecture on the comparative method for students, craftsmen & amateurs / by Sir Banister Fletcher • OhioLINK access • Current price of 20th edition: $195.00 (YBP) • Current price of 17th edition: $50.00 (Amazon)

8. OhioLINK Holdings

9. Questions for BTC • Should BTC buy the 52nd copy of the 17th edition? ($50) • Or the 12th copy of the 20th edition? ($195) • Or the 1st copy of the 11th edition?

10. Questions for OhioLINK libraries • How complete should the statewide holdings be? • How many copies should be placed in depositories? • How many copies are needed locally?

11. Can the OhioLINK discard list be improved? • Increase participation • Last copy (Are we keeping it?) • Planned giving

12. Are there other tools & practices that could be developed? • Collection Shifting? • Collaborative Weeding Projects? • Coordinated De-selection Policies? • And whatever else can be imagined!