ProQuest also purchased Ebrary, but the platform fee for access remains out of reach of the University Library at present. At the same time, Wilsonweb, and its venerable parent company H.W. Wilson, was purchased by EBSCO; the Wilson databases are now migrating to the EBSCO platform. Finally, EBSCO purchased NetLibrary, which makes new e-books available to us at no further charge than the purchase of the title. We expect to make good use of this in the future. Challenges: In the coming year, the Collection Development unit and workgroup will continue to focus on expansion or electronic resources, especially e-books and online periodicals. Filmstrips, slides and older technology, will be withdrawn, VHS films essential for classroom use will be replaced with DVDs, video streaming will be evaluated for time-sensitive videos, microfiche and small-run, hard copy periodicals will be withdrawn from the stacks. The new Collection Development Librarian, Cory Mitchell, assumed his role as of July 1, and has already shown great potential to move the University’s unique collection of resources forward. Statistics: 2010-11 acquisitions --3,738 new monographs added to collection (Over 5,000 damaged and superseded items were withdrawn) 234,720 monograph volumes in collection --424 new DVDs added to collection Almost 14,000 videos now in collection 11,183 Audio-Visual items in collection (sound recordings, software, cds.) Total number of hardcopy monographs and a-v items in collection: 259,903 848 Print journal subscriptions 14,225 e-books available 114,616 Full-text serials 863,160 Full text e-documents Scanning done for D2L classes and students with disabilities: MB scanned -- 1863.606 Pages scanned -- 21,373
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