Using Evidence in Practice: Evidence for Development and Enhancement of a Popular Reading Collection in an Academic Library

Bailey, Rachel

Hackman, T., Corlett-Rivera, K. & Larson, E. (2014). Using evidence in practice: Evidence for development  and enhancement of a popular reading collection in an academic library. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 9(4), 82-85.

Summary: Users of the McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland often requested non-academic books. Because of this, the Librarian for English and Linguistics proposed the addition of a popular reading collection. This article addresses the process the librarian goes through to acquire these materials as well as students’ responses to the new collection.

Evaluation: I am glad that the librarian listened to the wishes of the library’s clientele. Although McKeldin Library’s main function is for academic pursuits, it’s nice that the requests of users were taken into account. Since the students, most likely, visit McKeldin often, it’s nice that they can get all their reading needs in one place.