Working in a complicated, organic, evolving ecosystem that is today’s library collections environment, the Ivy Plus Libraries Collection Development Group is working towards collective collections across the partnership. This presentation will explore why this deep collaboration is necessary, what initiatives and programs are currently underway, and the highlights and challenges Galadriel has observed in the first 1.5 years as the inaugural Director of Collections Initiatives for Ivy Plus Libraries.

1. Ivy Plus Libraries
@IvyPlusLib
+
collective collections
Galadriel Chilton
Director of Collections Initiatives
@gchilton | galadriel.chilton@yale.edu

2. Photo by Priya Biswas

3. “The Ivy Plus libraries embrace a vision for
collection development and management
which recognizes our preeminent academic
research and special collections as one great
collection in support of the teaching,
research and public missions of our
respective institutions and the global
scholarly community.”
The Ivy Plus Libraries
Collections Group’s Vision
A map of the world with ships Duke & Dutchess’ tract round it from 1708 to 1711, by Herman Moll, geographer

4. Collections Lifecycle
Note:
1. This lifecycle is format agnostic.
2. Inspired and influenced by the
6 TERMS of E-Resource Management
Light User Influence
User Influence
Library Action*
* All library actions are informed and influenced by data.
Actions/People
Investigate &
Select
Obtain /
Acquire
Receive &
Process
Metadata,
Access, &
Discovery
Evaluate &
Assess
Ongoing
Review &
Maintenance
Preserve, Replace, Convert
Format, Deaccession
User Community: Faculty,
Students, Scholars, etc....
Allocate
Resources
Ongoing Communication
& Marketing
Physical Location &
Online Access
Management
Obtain Resources: Institution,
Grants, Endowments, etc.
G. Chilton, August 2017

5. Photo by Peter Mooney

6. Ivy Plus Libraries Web Collecting Program
Samantha Abrams
Web Resources
Collection Librarian
Program Website: http://library.columbia.edu/find/web-archives/Ivy_Plus_Libraries.html

7. Photo by Crowcombe Al

8. Photo by Ron
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shakakahnevan
Photo by bluecoat.com

9. Photo by Dawn Endico

10. From Swimmy by Leo Lionni

11. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Ivy Plus Libraries Materials Expenditures
(ARL Data for 11 Insituttions)

12. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Ivy Plus Libraries Materials Expenditures
(ARL Data for 11 Institutions)
Monogaphs Serials Bibliographic Unitilites

13. 8,976,728
8,440,835
8,604,700
8,313,537
8,205,077
7,341,305
6,917,875
813,818 706,496 721,284 1,062,105 855,937 1,429,039 1,194,994
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ivy Plus Libraries Monographs Purchased & Circulation
(ARL Data for 12 Institutions)
Circulation Purchased Linear (Circulation) Linear (Purchased)

14. Data from Eurominitor’s Passport Database
-40%
-20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
140%
160%
180%
Book Publishing Industry Grown 05/06 - 15/16
Overall
increase of
611% in 10
years.

19. Photo from nih.gov

20. Photo by Marcin Ejsmont

21. “Cultural expression, scholarly communication, and data are moving
toward digital modalities of creation and use. The scale of meaningful
activity in support of these shifts has clearly surpassed what libraries and
their institutions can accomplish on their own.
New perspectives and approaches are essential as the entire scholarly
community addresses this emergent context. We have both the opportunity
and the responsibility to develop a coherent strategy to advance
international scholarship.”
- Dan Hazen and Deborah Jakubs

22. Photo by Don McCullough

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