Session Number

Parallel Session 4A

Keywords

collection development, citation analysis, academic libraries, decision-making process, collection evaluation

Description

This study aims at measuring the correlation between information needs of patrons and the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) Library collection. The survey was carried out targeting students from a doctoral course in Scientific and Technological Education especially, analyzing the listing of sources and literature of UFSC doctoral theses submitted in 2012. The postgraduate program was selected for its multidisciplinary nature. Theses were chosen for analysis because they are original studies and represent an innovative contribution. Also, they are available at the library collection and general public can access them both in printed or online format. The goal of this examination was to identify the matching between the literature used at research and the current library collection, to determine the proportion of electronic respectively online resources compared to printed material and their relationship to publication year, resource language and citation patterns. Concerning the used literature, when they were identified as online, was also verified if its content belongs to the library collection or if the access was provided by CAPES Portal. That is a scientific information portal maintained by the Brazilian federal govern. It collects and makes available to institutions of higher education and research in Brazil the best international scientific production. The methods used in this study will be implemented into the library’s workflows in order to ensure the continual optimization of the collection development policy at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Library.

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Jun 3rd, 12:00 AM

Correlation Between Information Needs and the Library Collection: A Citation Analysis Study of Doctoral Theses at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Library

This study aims at measuring the correlation between information needs of patrons and the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) Library collection. The survey was carried out targeting students from a doctoral course in Scientific and Technological Education especially, analyzing the listing of sources and literature of UFSC doctoral theses submitted in 2012. The postgraduate program was selected for its multidisciplinary nature. Theses were chosen for analysis because they are original studies and represent an innovative contribution. Also, they are available at the library collection and general public can access them both in printed or online format. The goal of this examination was to identify the matching between the literature used at research and the current library collection, to determine the proportion of electronic respectively online resources compared to printed material and their relationship to publication year, resource language and citation patterns. Concerning the used literature, when they were identified as online, was also verified if its content belongs to the library collection or if the access was provided by CAPES Portal. That is a scientific information portal maintained by the Brazilian federal govern. It collects and makes available to institutions of higher education and research in Brazil the best international scientific production. The methods used in this study will be implemented into the library’s workflows in order to ensure the continual optimization of the collection development policy at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Library.