Collecting Standards for Scholarship, Organization, Industry, and Innovation

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Julia Gelfand, University of California, IrvineFollow
Ibironke Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityFollow
Jill Powell, Cornell UniversityFollow
Anne Rauh, Syracuse UniversityFollow

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0424-497X Julia Gelfand

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5836-4235 Ibironke Lawal

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6706-5616 Jill Powell

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8323-2314 Anne Rauh

Document Type

Presentation

Date

11-8-2018

Keywords

technical standards, science, engineering, librarians, libraries, acquisitions, purchasing, domestic, global, collection development

Language

English

Disciplines

Collection Development and Management | Engineering | Library and Information Science

Description/Abstract

Building on the successful 2017 presentation, A Primer in Science and Engineering Collection Development, this presentation will explore a content type that stumps the engineering librarian and acquisitions librarian alike - standards. Technical standards are documents that establish a uniform practice or process for materials, procedures, and products. Each of us uses standards daily - from USB ports to elevators to lights, automobiles, bridges, standardized train tracks, and much more. Standards are prepared and issued by a professional groups, committees, societies, or governmental agencies, and can influence safety and performance and the role of business and manufacturing.

Four librarians from diverse institutions, responsible for science and engineering collection development, will outline their libraries’ relationship to standards. Presenters will discuss the importance of standards to the researcher, the curriculum, innovation, and even to our own library systems. They will outline each of their institutions’ strategies for acquiring and providing access to standards, along with budget ramifications, and how to align standards’ acquisition with university purchasing guidelines. Lastly, the panel will highlight key sources and suppliers of domestic and global standards.

Additional Information

presented at the Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC, November 8, 2018.

Recommended Citation

Gelfand, Julia, Ibironke Lawal, Jill Hanson Powell, and Anne E. Rauh. “Collecting Standards for Scholarship, Organization, Industry, and Innovation.” presented at the Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC, November 8, 2018.

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