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Board 93: Collection Management in Preparation for Building Restoration: University of Illinois Mathematics Library

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

Page Count

19

DOI

10.18260/1-2--43249

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https://peer.asee.org/43249

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148

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Kendall Morgan Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center

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Kendall Morgan worked as a Graduate Assistant at the Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center (GELIC) while pursuing her MLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is now the STEM Instruction Librarian at the University of Oklahoma. Kendall's research interests lie in the communication of science to the public and ethics education in STEM disciplines.

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Elisandro Cabada University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Elisandro is an Assistant Professor, Emerging Technologies and Immersive Scholarship Librarian, and Director of the Grainger IDEA Lab Digital Scholarship Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). In addition, from 2020 to 2023, he served as Interim Head of the Mathematics Library at UIUC.

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Abstract

The Mathematics Library at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is currently housed in Altgeld Hall, a building established in 1897 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Altgeld Hall is set to undergo restoration starting summer 2023. When construction begins, the entire mathematics collection will be moved and housed in a temporary location for the duration of the building restoration project. This presentation aims to share preliminary information on the collection management processes utilized to realign the physical bound collection to a size that can be accommodated in the transitional space. Due to the historic significance of the library, this information will be shared through the scope of preservation, including strategies that have succeeded and issues encountered, in order to provide insight to this process and initiate dialog with fellow librarians in similar situations.

Morgan, K., & Cabada, E. (2023, June), Board 93: Collection Management in Preparation for Building Restoration: University of Illinois Mathematics Library Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43249

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