[LIBRARYDIR] [EXTERNAL] - Re: Collection Development

[Watkins, Candice]

Tacoma CC is primarily buying ebooks, but our librarians do have a small budget this year to continue to build the print collection in needed areas.

Candice
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Given the budget situation, we will only be buying faculty or student requests.  We just started curbside pickup, so print vs ebook will be on a case by case basis, mostly looking at the cost since some eBooks are three times the price as print.  We have only had one faculty request so far this quarter.



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We are not currently purchasing books, electronic or physical. We stopped around the time of the physical closure earlier this year. The major barrier has been the ambiguity of our annual budget and how we might support the college by keeping our budget open.



So far we have not received any specific requests from faculty or other employees. We have also not received any item requests from students, despite still being open to taking them.



On a personal note, I have tapped into my local network and have a donation program, so we have continued to add to our collection by way of some relatively random physical donations.



Greg



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Good Morning, Colleagues,

Are you buying books for your libraries right now? If so, what are your priorities?

Thank you,

Dawn



Dawn Hawley

Executive Director

Library, eLearning & Academic Support

Bellingham Technical College


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