Taking the Halberd to Inefficient Reading List Acquisitions Processes! Electronic reading list systems are now commonplace in UK HE institutions as a method of delivering teaching content to students. [...]
NAG Award Winners 2019 In late 2018, the Acquisitions Team at the University of Derby were merged into a wider team - the Content & Discovery Team. If [...]
NAG unMentoring is a service open only to NAG Members where people offer their informal support around specific topics. This can be a video chat, a phone call or [...]
Back in February 2020, ProQuest commissioned a survey which accidentally became the perfect "pre-Covid" picture of book acquisitions in UK Higher Education. This provided a unique opportunity to carry [...]
Presenting, teaching and training online by Ned Potter In the current climate, many training sessions, seminars and workshops have been moved online. If you're new to presenting in this [...]
The library world is filled with jargon and acronyms; we've tried to explain some acquisitions ones here. Let us know if there's more you would like us to add! [...]
This year the theme for our eleventh Collection Development Seminar for Academic Librarians was Disruption and Innovation are the New Normal with speakers from around the country. PDFs of the [...]
Selection criteria Notes Cost and available budget Check cost against budget and also check any multiyear commitment against likely budget trends Relevancy Test relevancy with academics and requesting librarians [...]
Buying ebooks - Ebook models and etextbooks Libraries increasingly need to prove effectiveness of purchasing through ROI (return-on-investment), demonstrating value for money. There is also a focus on ‘just-in-time’ [...]
Introduction Books in digital format can form a significant part of the student experience at University. Users with the digital skills to access electronic books/journals and use them effectively [...]