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Item Evidence for Development and Enhancement of a Popular Reading Collection in an Academic Library(2014-08-13) Hackman, Timothy; Larson, Elizabeth; Corlett-Rivera, KelseyUnderlying data for article about using circulation statistics to manage UMD's popular reading collection. Submitted to Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice journal in August 2014.Item Evidence for Development and Enhancement of a Popular Reading Collection in an Academic Library(Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2014-12-16) Hackman, Timothy; Corlett-Rivera, Kelsey; Larson, ElizabethDescribes the development of a collection of popular books and audiobooks at the University of Maryland Libraries.Item Virtual Invormation Services Task Force Report(2014-03-02) Larson, Elizabeth; Markowitz, Judy; Soergel, Elizabeth; Tchangalova, Nedelina; Thomson, Hilary; Luckert, Yelena; Ippoliti, CinthyaVirtual information and reference services, be they synchronous or asynchronous, are offered by libraries of all kinds. They have been adopted and adapted to suit the needs of many institutions of higher education. The University of Maryland Libraries have been offering such services for more than ten years. Very little has changed in how the service is provided since 2003, when UMD became a member of the Maryland AskUsNow! cooperative. The Virtual Information Services Task Force set about examining the effectiveness of our current virtual reference model, considering both our staff providers and our users. We looked at whether our current staffing model is appropriate for our staff and at the same time, how it might be adjusted to deliver better service to our users. We conducted a survey of library staff, an analysis of the statistics available on UMD virtual reference activities, an environmental scan of the virtual reference activities of Committee on Institutional Cooperation libraries, an analysis of popular chat software products, and a review of the literature. The Report provides 10 general recommendations and two possible service models, which have been adopted into practice since.