The State of the Approval Plan in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors

Andrei Mihailovic, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Source Publication

Technical Services Quarterly

Source ISSN

0731-7131

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.1080/07317131.2022.2125678

Abstract

59 academic technical services librarians were surveyed about the state of their approval plans in the wake of the collections and acquisitions challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. 40 responded, with a majority indicating a move away from print auto-shipments and toward e-preferred collection models. Libraries that continued to receive print auto-shipments tended to favor narrow, targeted profiles, such as faculty publications, international plans, best-sellers and award winners. Every response qualified as a movement away from print auto-shipments as an acquisitions strategy, even in cases where approval plans were maintained or, in one case, initiated for the first time.

Comments

Technical Services Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 4 (2022): 412-427. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Mihailovic, Andrei, "The State of the Approval Plan in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2022). Library Faculty Research and Publications. 133.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/lib_fac/133