A Demand-Driven-Preferred Approval Plan

California State University, Fullerton’s Pollak Library is working toward the goal of providing as much content in electronic format as possible. To address this need along with a shrinking budget for monographs, the Library recently moved to not only an e-preferred approval plan, but actually a demand-driven-preferred approval plan. Pollak Library had a successful demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) plan in place for some time, in which slipped approval plan titles were automatically added to the Library catalog and made available for short-term loan via DDA. With some slight workflow adjustments, approval plan titles that were sent automatically as books, rather than slips, are also being made available for short-term loan via DDA rather than being purchased automatically. Initial results demonstrate that both goals of providing more electronic content and saving funds are being met

We’re E‐Preferred. Why Did We Get That Book in Print?

While California State University, Fullerton’s Pollak Library has an e‐preferred approval plan for all subject areas, the Library still continues to receive a number of print titles on approval. However, 25% of the print approval books received in the 2013–14 fiscal year were published by only eight publishers, all of which actively publish their books in e‐format. This paper investigates the reasons why print books were supplied over potentially available e‐versions. In some cases, individual titles were only published in print, while others were available as e‐books, but could only be purchased within collections. Others were available for purchase as individual e‐books, but not via the Library’s primary aggregator. Options for approval profile adjustments to further reduce print approval receipts are offered

Foxp2 controls synaptic wiring of corticostriatal circuits and vocal communication by opposing Mef2c

Cortico-basal ganglia circuits are critical for speech and language and are implicated in autism spectrum disorder, in which language function can be severely affected. We demonstrate that in the mouse striatum, the gene Foxp2 negatively interacts with the synapse suppressor gene Mef2c. We present causal evidence that Mef2c inhibition by Foxp2 in neonatal mouse striatum controls synaptogenesis of corticostriatal inputs and vocalization in neonates. Mef2c suppresses corticostriatal synapse formation and striatal spinogenesis, but can itself be repressed by Foxp2 through direct DNA binding. Foxp2 deletion de-represses Mef2c, and both intrastriatal and global decrease of Mef2c rescue vocalization and striatal spinogenesis defects of Foxp2-deletion mutants. These findings suggest that Foxp2-Mef2C signaling is critical to corticostriatal circuit formation. If found in humans, such signaling defects could contribute to a range of neurologic and neuropsychiatric disorders.National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant R37 HD028341)Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.) (Award R37 HD028341

Weeding Out in the Open: What Will the Neighbors Think?

Weeding is often an emotionally charged topic for both librarians and faculty. A healthy print collection needs weeding, but the campus community is often nervous and concerned about this practice. In preparing for a large scale monograph deselection project at California State University, Fullerton’s (CSUF) Pollak Library, library faculty and administration grappled with how to productively and efficiently involve the large CSUF teaching faculty in the weeding process. Library systems staff developed an innovative web‐based tool that enables faculty to easily provide feedback on deselection candidates on a title by title basis. This paper explains the thoughts behind the project, the creation of the deselection database and user interface, how the weeding project was received by teaching faculty, and the results of an initial pilot

CSU Dreamin': A Case Study of Collaboration across the California State University System with Arts, Architecture, and Performing Arts Librarians

In summer 2017, the California State University (CSU) system implemented a shared unified library management system. This united the catalog records for the physical and electronic collections from all twenty-three campuses into one system. While multiple university systems collaborate on collection building and share cataloging and discovery systems, few studies have explored what challenges subject librarians across a system face on a regular basis and how communication and partnerships can improve access and services. This study explores such a collaboration among arts, architecture, and performing arts librarians across the CSU system.Art Libraries Society of North America’s H. W. Wilson Foundation Research Awar

Serials Analysis Directions Part 2: Finding Gems, Pulling Weeds, and Reclaiming Space: Case Studies from GreenGlass for Serials

The presenters of the session, “Serials Analysis Directions Part 2: Finding Gems, Pulling Weeds, and Reclaiming Space: Case Studies from GreenGlass for Serials” provided attendees with valuable perspectives on using GreenGlass for Serials to conduct serials collection review projects effectively, efficiently, and with more confidence. The first two presenters, Katy Gabrio and Ann Roll, are librarians who have used GreenGlass for Serials. They shared their reasons for reviewing serials collections, their libraries’ goals for the projects, and the results. The third speaker, Andy Breeding, a senior product manager at OCLC, spoke about the history of GreenGlass and GreenGlass for Serials, as well as the time savings gained from using GreenGlass for Serials, and trends he noticed in serials holdings of libraries through the years