Building by benchmarking: A method of creating and evaluating an Asian American Studies collection

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• 作者：Glenn Masuchika ^gnm1@psu.edu
• 关键词：Benchmarking ; Collection development ; Assessment ; Asian American Studies
• 刊名：Library Collections ; Acquisitions ; and Technical Services
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：87_14649055
• 类别：soc
• 出版时间：2012
• 卷：36
• 期：1-2
• 页码：1-7
• 文件大小：166 K

摘要

This article examines the methodology undertaken while investigating whether existing materials pertaining to Asian American Studies at The Pennsylvania State University Libraries could support a new academic program. Presently active academic subareas in the field of Asian American Studies were determined. Then existing collections of thirteen 鈥渂enchmark鈥?universities were examined according to these subareas and compared to the holdings of Pennsylvania State University Libraries. This method can evaluate the fitness of existing collections to new academic demands and serve as a tool for collection development by identifying present and future areas of academic study.