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Managing Resources (INFS 5076)

Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment (ITEE)

Introduction

This Assignment Help is designed to help you find information for your assignment.

Assessment 2 - Collection Evaluation

Closely examine the books, serials and other print and electronic resources on a non-fiction subject of your choice, within an academic or research library of your choice.
Evaluate this collection. You should consider whether:

Prepare a field report summarising your findings and indicating whether you consider that the collection is adequate, or better, to satisfy the information needs of that library’s clients.

You should refer to professional literature and include a reference list in your report.

Max words required = 1250          Max value = 30 marks

University of South Australia Library

Your assignment needs to focus on an academic or research library of your choice. Information about the University of South Australia Library is provided to assist you.

The Library plays a significant role in supporting the University’s teaching learning and research mission through the provision of relevant information resources and associated services.

Information About the Library and Library Policy Statements are publicly available but collection usage statistics are only available to library staff.

Library Collections support and reflect disciplines taught at a particular campus.

City West - Research activities are available in the areas of business, commerce, management, marketing, information systems, Australian and Indigenous studies, tourism and hospitality, visual arts and design, and architecture. 

City East - Offers programs in physiotherapy, podiatry, pharmacy, medical radiation, occupational therapy and human movement. It is also home to consolidated nursing and midwifery, and medical science programs including laboratory medicine, pharmaceutical science and nutrition and food sciences. Other programs taught on campus include construction management, geographic information systems, planning and geoinformatics and surveying.  Research expertise includes nutritional physiology, allied health and health care, and pharmaceutical science.  

Magill - Programs focus on the areas of communication, journalism and media, information studies, education, psychology, social work and human services, international studies and languages. The Education, Arts and Social Sciences (EASS) Division runs education programs across both the Magill and Mawson Lakes campuses.

Mawson Lakes - is the base for UniSA’s computing and information technology, engineering, science, civil aviation, applied science, sports science, e-commerce and environmental studies programs. Mawson Lakes also houses many internationally and nationally recognised research institutes and centres such as the Ian Wark Research Institute and the Institute for Telecommunications Research. The Education, Arts and Social Sciences (EASS) Division runs education programs across both the Magill and Mawson Lakes campuses.  Programs available at Mawson Lakes focus on the areas of primary/middle years, secondary and adult education.

Library Catalogue

The library is currently providing the choice of two catalogue interfaces: the New Catalogue and the Standard Catalogue.

The catalogue (opens in new window) helps you find everything available from the Library. This includes books, journals, DVDs and course reserve material in both print and electronic form. You can search the catalogue by keyword, title, author or subject and limit your results. The catalogue also allows you to place hold requests and access your borrower record to renew items.

While the library catalogue lists the titles of the journals held by the library, it does not find the titles of individual journal articles unless these articles are included in course e-readers. If you have a reference for a journal article search the catalogue for the journal title in which the article appears.

Vufind facets 

Narrowing Search Results in the New Catalogue

After performing an initial search, a list of facets will appear on the right side of the search results screen.

These facets (categories) include: Location, Format, Topic, Author, Language, Genre, Era and Region. Under each facet, a list of the most recurring terms in that category will appear in descending order. For example, "Author" displays a list of the most published authors related to the search.

Clicking on a link under the facet narrows the results. For example clicking under Location on "ebook" narrows the result list to show only those that are electronic books. Likewise you can narrow to the holdings available on a  specific campus. Clicking on "more..." will display further options and you can choose as many as you like. Clicking on the red minus button removes that limitation from your results.

Databases

In the Library, databases are indexes of literature and help you find references and citations to journal articles, conference proceedings and reports.

You can search the databases to locate professional literature on collection development.

Key databases for this course include

Other Resources

Surveys 

As part of the University's commitment to the continuous improvement of the quality of its services and facilities the Library conducts a series of user surveys. Students, staff and other users of the Library and its services are invited to participate in these surveys and we always welcome feedback on your experiences and suggestions for change.

Other Libraries Collections

Internet resources

You may also find suitable academic references for your assignment using an internet search engine.  Example:  Search Google for library collection statistics and limit your results to pages from Australia.
Remember the internet contains an enormous amount of material and there is no overall quality control on the web. You need to carefully evaluate any websites you find.