I met with our OCLC representative last week, who shared some information with me about TitleDirect for Collaborative Collection Development through NetLibrary.
Basically, an Adminstrator (that'd be me) would identify Selectors to receive alert notifications in their program areas and be able to recommend titles through a kind of database.
Reviewers (that'd be you) would receive those notifications, review recommendations, specify quantities and purchase titles.
Specific to NetLibrary, we could just add the recommended titles to our pool. Once they are clicked on twice, we "purchase them". That way, we aren't just buying everything - only the things that will definitely be used. This is the way we bought all of our NetLibrary titles last year.
We could expand this plan, too, to title recommendations from publisher catalogs and RCL Web.
I think that we could sell this "Selector" idea to some of our faculty members. We would provide some kind of incentive (and you'd have to give me some ideas on this) to become a member of this team, and training on using these products. It would be a nice resume addition for any full-timer or for an adjunct interested in becoming full-time.
What are your thoughts?
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I think this would be a good opportunity for faculty and librarians to contribute to NetLibrary books, I'd like to propose it to our faculty.
Fantastic idea. Let's do it! Especially for those of us who have some background in some areas, and virtually NONE in others, this would be a fantastic way to use other's expertise.
Wonderful idea!
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