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Latest News
See what’s happening at the WRLC
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Collection Analysis Final Report
Now Available
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The Washington Research Library Consortium’s Coordinated Collections Committee (CCC) was tasked with updating our implementation of the 2014 Memorandum of Understanding signed by eight of the WRLC’s university partners for long-term retention of print monographic titles. The initial collection analysis was completed in 2017 using OCLC’s GreenGlass service and only covered materials published through 2004. For materials published between 2005 and 2021, the Library Directors Council determined that we should do a new collection analysis. This time, the WRLC selected the Gold Rush platform, developed by the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, as a way to identify and de-duplicate our collective monographic purchases. WRLC HQ has marked 570,000 physical items for long-term retention, thus preserving consortial holdings while allowing effective collection management for the future. This completes strategic initiative 1a for 2023 and the full final report can be seen at the link below.
- Aaron Krebeck
Interim Executive Director, Director of Library and User Services
WRLC
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Reparative Cataloging at the WRLC
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Each month, members of the Reparative Cataloging Subgroup take turns reviewing the Library of Congress Subject Heading Approved Monthly Lists. In November 2022, newly established LCSHs included “Historically Black theological seminaries” and “Historically Black colleges and universities.” These subject headings are to be used when cataloging works on seminaries and institutions of higher education that were established to serve African American students prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For works on all other seminaries and institutions of higher education that predominantly serve African American students, the subject headings “African American theological seminaries” and “African American universities and colleges” are to be used. We wondered why LOC decided to make this change and whether it could cause some confusion when searching. If you have any thoughts on this or any other LCSH changes, please join us at our next meeting in January! In the meantime, you can view the most recent lists, (as well as those dating back to 2011 should you be so inclined) at Subject Heading Approved Monthly Lists (classweb.org).
-Nissa Antonis (AU)
On behalf of the Reparative Cataloging Subgroup
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Presenting? Let us Know!
Are you presenting? Hosting a webinar? Sharing a panel discussion with fellow colleagues? Well, we'd like to know and share in upcoming newsletters! Please use the following Google form to share your participation in upcoming presentations, webinars or other events! The WRLC and fellow library staff across all institutions are interested in knowing more, attending and helping you spread the word!
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Highlight a WRLC Colleague
Do you have a colleague that goes above and beyond? Do they contribute to the WRLC in a special way that deserves to be highlighted? Share their story (or yours) in the questionnaire below to be featured in a future newsletter!
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Share your Expertise
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The WRLC Sharing Expertise Inventory is a self-assessment tool designed to capture an individual’s areas of expertise, proficiency and where there is a desire to learn more. The inventory is a web-based application (Sharing Expertise Inventory) that can be used by anyone within the consortium as a resource to search for a colleague with a particular expertise and their level of proficiency.
What are the benefits of the WRLC Sharing Expertise Inventory?
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Provides a consortium-wide searchable view of expertise
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Provides a method for individuals to indicate interest in developing a skill
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Serves as a resource for group formation, peer-to-peer collaboration, hiring, and strategic planning from the institution or consortium perspective
What are the libraries’ responsibilities?
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Inform and encourage staff and librarians to complete the Sharing Expertise Inventory
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Update the inventory as expertise accomplishment changes
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Suggest new expertise and skills as they are identified or acquired
How do I participate?
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Visit expertise.wrlc.org
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Create an account
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Self-assess your expertise in each area
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Literacy and Research Survey
Have you taught a graduate or doctoral level course? If the answer is yes we need 5 minutes of your time!
Below is a link to an online anonymous survey aiming to identify the information literacy and research needs of graduate and doctoral students. If you are a faculty member or librarian with experience teaching this population please complete this short survey! If you would like additional information about this survey please email bmirro@marymount.edu.
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Stay up to date on the latest events at the WRLC
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ASERL Sponsored Professional Development Activities
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ASERL offers a wide variety of webinars at no cost for members and other interested professionals. Follow the linked program title for full details and to register for an event.
NOTE: ASERL’s Code of Conduct is in effect for all webinar participants. See http://www.aserl.org/aserl_code_of_conduct/. ASERL webinars are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Dec 6, 2022 - 2:00 pm ET
Reveal Digital develops Open Access primary source collections from under-represented 20th-century voices of dissent, using a unique publishing model where funding and source material are pooled together from libraries and archives. In this webinar, Reveal Digital staff will introduce the ASERL community to two significant digital resources in development, Documenting White Supremacy and its Opponents
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Dec 14, 2022 - 2:00 pm ET
The COVID-19 endemic is still a few years away from being an actual reality. It’s been a year plus of working from home, over a year of working hybrid, or a total return to our offices. Our life and work experiences over the last nearly three years have been about managing significant changes as well […]
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Jan 10, 2023 - 2:00 pm ET
The XR Equity & Diversity Playbook was constructed for libraries to explore how to use virtual reality (VR) and discuss equity and diversity through an “immersive experience.” VR is an immersive medium through which one can experience how it is to “walk” in another person’s shoes or “see” through their eyes. Therefore, it is a […]
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Registration Now Open for Computers in Libraries 2023
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Computers in Libraries is finally back in person this coming March. Registration is now open and WRLC members have a 2023 discount code.
As in the past, CIL is offering library groups the opportunity to participate in their Group Discount Program. Our code is: WRLC23
PASSES
This year, the Gold Pass will be available for the group rate of $649 (regular rate is $899). The Full 3-Day Pass will be $379 (regular rate is $599). (No discount rates are available for the pre-conference workshops unless purchased as part of a Gold Pass.) In addition, a discounted price of $619 (regularly $749) on the Library Leaders Summit (includes all three days of CIL), is also available.
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