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This paper describes how Arizona State University Library used creativity and novel approaches to collections design and implementation processes to select open stack print books for a newly renovated academic research library. Using results from a workshop focused on rethinking the future of print within educational learning and research environments, the Collections Services and Analysis unit within Arizona State University Library performed a series of experiments to better understand the purpose and use of print collections within 21st century library design. The authors describe the creative processes used in collections design and three types of selection approaches that invited engagement with open stacks. These three types were: small browsing collections co-curated with community members, a medium-sized print collection selected for student engagement, and a large research collection selected using a novel data analysis of four factors affecting the likelihood of potential use. Using more than one million volumes as the basis for selection, approximately 185,000 volumes were installed in the renovated library through a complex implementation across four library locations. The authors discuss the key role that creativity played in the approaches, methods, and results of these efforts and offer recommendations for collection management teams seeking to maximize their pursuit of community engagement with print collections within contemporary academic library spaces.
- McAllister, Lorrie (Author)
- Laster, Shari (Author)
- Dang, Tammy (Author)
- Pattni, Emily (Author)
- Arizona State University. Library (2017- ) (Issuing body)
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (Contributor)
- Collection selection
- Creativity in libraries
- Print book collections
- Open stacks
- Data analysis
- Collection development
- Library spaces
- Library shelving
- Library planning
- Library renovation
- Collection design
- Design process
- Collections engagement
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
University Library context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hayden Library reinvention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Reinventing Hayden Library collections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Materials and methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overall approach to shelving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 1: Sample elevation drawing of perimeter shelving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Small featured collections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Student-focused collections - Sun Devil Reads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Designing test-fits based on shelving capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Table 1: Shelving style configurations and estimated volume counts for
Sun Devil Reads category sections.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 2: Sample category layout for Sun Devil Reading shelving.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Large-scale open stacks for research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Assessing ASU Library’s collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Flowing, scaling and selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 3: Examples of potential flows for putting LC call numbers
in order in the fourth floor stacks. Note that these diagrams are in
reverse to the final layout.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 4: Final flow for putting LC call numbers in order in the fourth
floor stacks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 2: Example of an A/B testing choice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Table 3: Example demonstrating how criteria are applied to order and
rank books in a set.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sample criteria for a single subclass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 4: Sample output of stepwise criteria. These criteria were
adjusted for each LC subclass to produce the approximate count of
items corresponding to the estimated capacity of the desired location
within the overall layout.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 26
Selection in practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
“Cascading Windows of Sets” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Enhancing an academic library renovation project 3 of 47
Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Preparing books to move. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 5: Sample of start and stop flags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Preparing destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 6: Example of floor map indicating the destination locations for
LC subclass sections.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Moving phases and process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Selection and development of collections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Displaying collections in libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Analyzing and using data for collections design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Renovating operations and workflows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The New Open Stacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
McAllister, Lorrie, Shari Laster, Tammy Dang, and Emily Pattni. Enhancing an Academic Library Renovation Project with Creative Open Stack Print Collections Services. Arizona State University Library, 2024. https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.194545
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