A full summary of the major resources acquired by the Libraries during the fiscal year 2020-21 is listed below. According to Casey Hoeve, associate professor and head of content & collections, the Libraries were fortunate enough to continue obtaining resources through the Big Ten Academic Alliance Large Scale Acquisitions program (BTAA LSA), as well as from one-time funding through the Libraries.
“The collections purchased furthered the Libraries goal to increase open access initiatives and the diversity of our collections,” explains Hoeve, “While there is still much to do regarding diversity, I believe we are making steady progress within our monetary means, establishing this as a priority, and will continue to do so in the future.”
When making the purchasing decisions, Hoeve said that the Libraries used the collections rubric established by the Collections Strategy Committee to determine the most impactful resources for the campus community, and the vast majority of the resources were selected from the Libraries needs/wish list. The wish list consists of resources requested by university faculty to enhance research and curriculum support.
Collection development is a collaborative effort among the Libraries Administration who provided one-time extra funding this year, our faculty and staff who have provided input and suggestions, and the staff and faculty who handled licensing, electronic access, and accounting and budgeting.
The Libraries occasionally obtain one-time funds through strategic funds, and negotiating lower prices for resources when renewing resource contracts. Thankfully, the last fiscal year allowed these circumstances to occur and obtain one-time funds for purchasing resources.
According to Hoeve, “We were fortunate enough to receive one-time funding for resources this year, but recognize that one-time funds prevent subscribing to reoccurring resources like journals and some databases. The Libraries try our best to meet these requests when we are financially able to do so. I am very pleased with the collaborative work this year, particularly under difficult circumstances, to continually strengthen our collections.”
The following resources are divided by Libraries one-time funding and those acquired through the Libraries yearly monetary contribution Big Ten Academic Alliance LSA. All resources can be accessed via the Libraries online catalog or at the A-Z Database list.
Libraries One-time Funding
Libraries One-time Funding
Territorial Papers of the United Stated, Series 1: Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Dakotas, portions of Iowa (Readex)
Hispanic American Newspapers: 1808 – 1980 (Readex)
Visual History Archive, also known as USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
Sage Research Methods Datasets 2
Sage Research Methods Video Market Research
Sage Research Methods Foundations
Sage Business and Management Collection
STEM Ebook Archive: 1913 - 1980 (Taylor & Francis)
Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels, Volumes I & II (ProQuest/Alexander Street Press)
Women’s Wear Daily Archive (ProQuest/Alexander Street Press)
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion
Anatomical Figures (various physical models) - available for course reserve or temporary checkout.
The BTAA Large Scale Acquisitions Fund
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children’s Literature and Childhood Digital Archive (Gale)
Slavery, Abolition, and Social Justice 1495 – 2007 (Adam Matthew)
The BTAA Libraries collectively provided monetary support to continue the work of indexing and enhancing discoverability of open access content produced globally, and making the published content of these three resources open access:
Open Library of the Humanities
Directory of Open Access Books
Directory of Open Access Journals
PLOS Medicine and PLOS Biology - The BTAA Libraries collectively provided money to fully subsidize these journals. As a result, all University of Nebraska system faculty serving as a primary author of a research article can make their article open access for free, without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC).
MIT University Press Direct 2 Open (D20) – The BTAA Libraries collectively provided monetary support to allow MIT to begin making most newly published books open access. We will also get access to book archive collections as long as we provide support.
University of Michigan Press Open Access – The BTAA Libraries collectively provided monetary support to allow the University of Michigan to begin making most newly published books open access. We will also get access to book archive collections as long as we provide support.