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LIBRARY TECHNICAL SERVICES

Chatham University Jennie King Mellon Library Technical Services Department  

 

Ground Floor - Public Shelving

Collection Totals - as of 7/1/24: 92,151 (titles)

Added July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024  
New purchases: 4  
Gifts: 82  
Student publications: 191  
Items/Vols.
held June 30, 2023*
Titles held
June 30, 2023*
Vols. Added
FY23-24
Titles added
FY23-24
Volumes withdrawn
FY23-24
Titles withdrawn
FY23-24
Total items/vols.
as of 7/1/24
Net Total
Titles as of 7/1/24
134,769 98,539 296 277 28,223 6,665 106,842 92,151

all accessible
owned materials
as of 7/1/24
Titles
2023-2024 (last year)
92,151 98,539
Total Books 81,145 87,867
Circulating Stacks 80,166 85,913
Owned eBooks 86 86
Children's 656 1,079
Reference 237 789
Print Serials Current 47 58
Bound 272 287
Microform 11 29
Total Media 2,310 2,238
DVDs 1,199 1,124
Blu-ray 19 19
CDs 1,092 1,095
Student Publications 8,372 8,142
  • Acquisitions
    • Purchases
      • 2023-24: 4 (2022-23: 177)
    • Gifts
      • 2023-24: 82 (2022-23: 148)
  • Print Serials Use
    • 2023-24: 53 (2022-23: 182)
  • Student Publications Use
    • Print Requests
      • 2023-24: 5 (2022-23: 16)
    • Electronic Access
      • 2023-24:3,251 (2022-23: 2,328)
  • Reference
    • Transferred to stacks
      • 2023-24: 3 (2022-23: 14; 2021-22: 258)
    • Deselected (donated, discarded)
      • 2023-24:21 (2022-23:53; 2021-22: 93)
  • Deselections
    • Serials
      • Current Print removed
        • 2023-24: 11 titles unsubscribed
      • Bound Serials removed
        • 2020-21: 315 titles (9,817 items/vols)
      • Microform items removed
        • 2022-23: 7 titles (7,637 items/film/fiche)
        • 2020-21: 18 titles (19,632 items/film/fiche)
    • Tactile Weeding (damaged books with zero use)
      • 2024-25: __(estimated 5-10K)__
      • 2023-24: 7,607 titles
    • Damaged Books With Use
  • Repairs (in-demand/low-supply books requiring rebinding and/or >50% rebuild)
    • 2023-24: 130 (estimated savings: $13,478)
    • 2022-23: 81 (est.sav.=$8,398)
    • 2021-22: 86 (es=$8,916)
  • Microcuts: 86 (over 15K worth of books in rev for SC)

       The Technical Services department of the Jennie King Mellon Library supports the mission of Chatham University by assuming primary responsibility for the organization of materials in the library’s collection and catalog. The Technical Services department is committed to providing quality service to the faculty, staff and students that use the JKM Library catalog. This is accomplished by creating, maintaining and making available to the University library catalog users quality bibliographic holdings and authority records according to established local and national standards in a timely manner. This department also strives to build and maintain a cohesive, current, and balanced library collection that supports the curriculum and educational mission of Chatham University. We are responsible for the ordering and receiving of library materials and for maintaining the relevancy of the collection.

       We also specialize in database and web development involving advanced coding and scripts, visual and interactive data reports, legacy media file conversions, and idiosyncratic and creative book restoration.

 
Daniel Lincoln Nolting | Head of Library Technical Services | 412-365-1243 | dnolting@chatham.edu
{vacant} | Technical Services Assistant | 412-365-1242 | ________@chatham.edu


 
 
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