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Current Projects

  • Tri-University Group (Waterloo, Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier)
  • Maine Shared Collection Strategy (MSCS)
  • Northwest Nazarene University
  • McGill University
  • Macalester College
  • Drake University
  • College of Brockport (NY)
  • Connect New York (12 libraries)
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Connecticut College
  • California State University System
  • ReCAP Shared Print
  • Ferris State University
  • Oakland University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of North Alabama
  • Occidental College
  • New Mexico State University
  • James Madison University
  • Michigan Shared Print Initiative (SPI)


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Videos of Recent SCS Seminars

Rethinking Library Resources: Print Collections in a Digital Age

Presentation at Oregon State University: Recorded 12/5/2012

Rethinking Library Resources: Print Collections in a Digital Age

Presentation to Faculty at College of Brockport (NY): Recorded 9/26/2012

This 90-minute presentation by SCS Partner Rick Lugg makes the case for reconsidering the role and extent of local print collections.

"One of the most helpful benefits of using SCS is faculty buy-in. Exposure to the SCS withdrawal candidate criteria allayed their concerns and increased their confidence in the outcome."

Cynthia Snyder
Reference/Instructional Librarian
Rollins College

Sustainable Collection Services (SCS) offers deselection decision-support tools to academic libraries.

Upcoming Events

  • May 21, 2013: ASERL Webinar on Monographs Collection Assessment and demo of SCS GreenGlass. Registration information here.
  • June 5, 2013 Rick Lugg will present 'Rethinking Library Resources: Print Collections in a Digital Age" for the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services in Lansing, Michigan.
  • June 28, 2013 ALCTS Preconference on Shared Print Monographs: Making It Work. ALA Annual Conference, Chicago. Preview and details here.

SCS News

  • SCS has created three tutorials on how to use our GreenGlass web application: 1. The Project Page (6 minutes), 2. The Collection Page (8 minutes), 3. The Analysis Page (8 minutes)
  • For those considering the Shared Print Monographs preconference, we have posted a detailed schedule and description for the day, including topics and speakers, on our SCS Insight blog page. The day will showcase a range of shared print projects and a variety of techniques. Have a look and join us if you can.
  • Library Journal Online recently featured an article about the unique aspects of the Maine Shared Collection Strategy (and the SCS role in providing analytics and project support): Major Maine Libraries, Public and Academic, Collaborate on Print Archiving Project.
  • We are pleased to introduce SCS GreenGlass, our Web-based collection analysis tool for individual libraries. Please contact us for an introductory webinar or onsite demonstration.
  • The SCS Deselection Knowledgebase is now freely available to the academic community. It includes 250 articles, white-papers, websites, blogs, slide decks, conference proceedings, and books - all focused on monographs weeding; offsite book storage; library space planning; shared print initiatives; collaborative collection management; collection use; collection assessment; national-level collections research; digital preservation; and various musings about the future of print collections.  In short, the best available bibliography on the broad topic of deselection in academic libraries.
  • Article for Insights: the UKSG Journal. Read the full text of Rick Lugg's Data-driven deselection for monographs: a rules-based approach to weeding, storage, and shared print decisions , which appears in the July 2012 issue of Insights. The piece is a sort of primer on the whys and hows of monographs deselection.
  • Article on Library Logistics. Rick has written a guest column for Sam Demas’s Curating Collective Collections column in Against the Grain. Library Logistics: Archiving & Servicing Shared Print Monographs will appear in the June 2012 issue. [preprint]
  • ATG Interview. In case you missed it: ATG interviews Rick Lugg & Ruth Fischer of Sustainable Collection Services.
  • For other news on deselection, weeding, and shared print, see our blog SCS Insight.