The Next Generation Library is Now: The Process of Transforming UC\u27s Library Technical Services

Presentation and discussion will explore the cultural and economic shifts influencing libraries to rethink their services model. Drawing upon experience in the University of California’s Next Generation Technical Services initiative, Ms. Hruska will describe the process of building consensus and an action agenda on a system-wide level. Now in an environment where expectations and resources have changed dramatically from the time the project began two years ago, she will outline the organizational thinking currently shaping next steps and how it furthers the basic principles on which the project started. These include thinking more broadly about the Libraries’ infrastructures in terms of content and interdependencies to improve the users’ experiences

Collective Collection Building and DDA

Many librarians have advocated for the use of demand-driven acquisition (DDA) as an important money-saving approach in a time of reduced resources that target acquisitions we know will be used. In addition to saving money, the introduction of e-DDA presents an opportunity for a consortium to achieve three collection development objectives: continue to make the core publisher output available—and even more quickly and easily available; free up more of the collections budget to purchase unique content for the system across the campuses, not just at the larger schools; and allow campuses to review user activity to make systemwide, long-term decisions about user behavior and content not acquired through DDA. DDA can enable the consortium to meet the needs of the many right now as well as to continue to build some collections of depth for the system as a whole and the scholarly community writ large. Three University of California (UC) campuses: large (UC San Diego), small (UC Santa Cruz), and smaller (UC Merced) describe their experiences with using DDA in collective collection building and their hopes for its potential for their local and systemwide collections

Where are we with the staffing transition from cataloging to metadata management...

An opinion piece on the transition of cataloging operations to metadata support in library technical services operations

E-books in the University of California Libraries

In response to the acquisition of various e-book packages by individual campuses, the University of California Libraries’ Collection Development Committee charged a task force in June 2007 to develop principles to integrate the acquisition of e-books into existing system-wide collection development activities. Based on the work of the task force to date, this article will discuss the current state of e-book implementation on the University of California campuses as well as the draft “Principles for Acquiring and Licensing E-book Packages and Services” developed by the task force

E-books in the University of California Libraries

In response to the acquisition of various e-book packages by individual campuses, the University of California Libraries’ Collection Development Committee charged a task force in June 2007 to develop principles to integrate the acquisition of e-books into existing system-wide collection development activities. Based on the work of the task force to date, this article will discuss the current state of e-book implementation on the University of California campuses as well as the draft “Principles for Acquiring and Licensing E-book Packages and Services” developed by the task force

A global test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased negative emotions and decreased positive emotions globally. Left unchecked, these emotional changes might have a wide array of adverse impacts. To reduce negative emotions and increase positive emotions, we tested the effectiveness of reappraisal, an emotion regulation strategy which modifies how one thinks about a situation. Participants from 87 countries/regions (N = 21,644) were randomly assigned to one of two brief reappraisal interventions (reconstrual or repurposing) or one of two control conditions (active or passive). Results revealed that both reappraisal interventions (vs. both control conditions) had consistent effects in reducing negative emotions and increasing positive emotions across different measures. Reconstrual and repurposing had similar effects. Importantly, planned exploratory analyses indicated that reappraisal interventions did not reduce intentions to practice preventive health behaviours. The findings demonstrate the viability of creating scalable, low-cost interventions for use around the world to build resilience during the pandemic and beyond