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Versioning History & Topic Suggestions for Future Updates

Versioning History

The table below lists major changes to this work. Minor content and formatting updates are expected to occur continuously, and page updated dates will reflect these, but the details of minor updates will not be tracked in this table.

Version Date Change
2.09 06/16/2025 Updated Evaluating Resources chapter with links to cost-per-use articles and an updated Nursing Essential Resources List. Added “Last Updated” information at the top of each chapter. Added information about AI agents to the “Managing Relationships with Vendors” chapter.
2.08 02/26/2025 Added a reference to a new e-resource licensing ebook and a section on AI clauses in the “Licensing and Copyright” chapter. Added in a section for service opportunities in the “Professional Development” chapter.
2.07 11/15/2024 Added a small section on “Non-Traditional Budget Allocations” to the “Budget and Planning” chapter, and expanded the list of “Non-Traditional Online Resources” in the “Unique Collections Genres” chapter.
2.06 08/19/2024 Added a new chapter on “Getting Started,” and added a new section on how to “Share Feedback through the Hypothesis Sidebar.”
2.05 07/23/2024 Updated several MLA links following MLA’s transition to a new website.
2.04 04/15/2024 Renamed “Assessment” chapter to “Evaluating Resources: Deciding What to Buy, Keep, Weed, or Cancel”.
2.03 10/03/2023 Added a small section on “Grant Funding for Collections Content” in the “Budget and Planning” chapter.
2.02 09/22/2023 Added a section on streaming media acquisitions, updated glossary terms, and removed broken links.
2.01 07/26/2023 Added sample challenged materials policies and updated a few links.
2.00
 01/03/2023
 Completed work is officially published.

 Topics Suggestions for Future Updates

Please suggest any updates to the 2nd edition or topics you would like to see added to the 3rd edition to gaukh@vcu.edu and iriskg@msu.edu.

  • More details about how to look at COUNTER reports. Which are the most common COUNTER reports we use?
  • Reliability of SUSHI reports.
  • Transformative agreements, read and publish, subscribe to open.
  • Link to Contemporary Issues in Collection Management?
  • Include a government/federal library perspective.

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