May 6, 2024

This is a space for the slides and resources shared by our speakers during our 14th NAG Collection Development Seminar for Academic Libraries at Friends House on 16th May 2024.


A New Workflow for the acquisition and supply of accessible Texts
Kevin O’Donovan, London School of Economics


Dumping the spreadsheet: implementing electronic resources management software at Canterbury Christ Church University
Theresa Thurston, Canterbury Christ Church University


Demystifying AI: Practical Uses and Limits in Library Collections
Siobhan Haime, Birkbeck College, University of London and Open Library of Humanities/Janeway Systems


Great Barrier Grief: taught students’ experiences of and frustrations with e-book and e-textbook platforms in HE
Philip Barraclough, University of Exeter


Show them you’re worth it! Using Data and Technologies to Measure Library Impact
Sarah Pittaway, Birmingham City University and Ken Chad, Ken Chad Consulting

Ken’s slides:

Sarah’s Slides:


AI vs API: exploring automated approaches to retrieving data to support purchasing decisions
Isabel Archer and Laura D’Silva, Leeds University


Cataloguing 2024
Anne Welsh, Beginning Cataloguing