Technology & Engineering Collection Assessment
Houston Cole Library
Submitted by Hanrong Wang
November, 2011
Introduction
Based on guidelines provided by the OCLC/WLN Collection Assessment Service, which
provides a framework within which to evaluate a Library’s current holdings and the level
of activity at which the collection is being developed, the Technology collection is rated
an overall 3bP, Intermediate Study or Instructional Support Level, Predominately
English. A more narrowly defined assessment of the collection in the areas of
Automotive Manufacturing and Manufactures, which supports the graduate curriculum,
indicates a rating of 3cP. Refer to the Technology conspectus sheets and checklist
analyses for a more detailed examination of the Library’s collection.
Holdings
The Technology & Engineering collection contains 26,896 titles classified in T-TX
(excluding TR), UG, VK, VM, and Z116-279. There are 907 e-book titles in these
subject areas integrated into the Library’s catalog. 1,977 print titles were added since
last assessment in the Technology call number range. This is a 8% increase in the
whole collection since the last assessment. In addition, the Library privides access (no
call number range available) to more than 902 e-book titles via various databse
subscriptions. The numbers of titles for each subclass are listed below:
LC Class
Category
Print Holdings
T
TA
TC
TD
TE
TF
TG
TH
TJ
TK
TL
TN
TP
TS
TT
TX
UG
VK
VM
Z116-278
Total
General Technology
General Engineering
Hydraulic Engineering
Environmental Technology
Highway Engineering
Railroad Engineering
Bridge Engineering
Building Construction
Mechanical Engineering & Machinery
Electrical Engineering
Motor Vehicle, Aeronautics, Astronautics
Mining Engineering & Metallurgy
Chemical Technology
Manufacture
Handicrafts, Arts & Crafts
Domestic Engineering
Military Engineering
Navigation, Merchant Marine
Naval Architecture, Shipbuilding, etc.
Printing
2,433
1,694
281
1,626
50
108
56
1,180
1,251
3,418
2,232
521
1,014
1,362
2,273
4,572
1,041
128
211
538
25,989
E-books under
Catalog
111
63
5
42
3
1
1
32
32
368
46
10
42
38
18
47
26
5
10
12
907
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Totals
2,544
1,757
286
1,668
53
109
57
1,212
1,283
3,786
2,278
531
1,056
1,400
2,291
4,619
1,067
133
221
550
26,896
Expenditures
The total Technology expenditures for books and serials in the academic years
2006/07- 2010/11 was $94,563.03 (see table below).
Fiscal Year
Amount Expended For
Books
$10,958.23
$16,538.06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
Total ($85,820.89)
$11,466.26
$11,435.52
$10,070.22
$60,468.29
Amount Expended for
Serials
$9,775.76
Expenditures were
shifted to other FY’s
$14,880.39
$9,438.59
Imcomplete*
$34,094.74**
*Fiscal year not complete at the time of the assessment.
*Some individual subscriptions have been cancelled due to their inclusion in one or
more aggregated databases to which the Library subscribes, or which are provided by
the Alabama Virtual Library. Because the coverage of these databases extends over a
wide range of disciplines, expenditures have been assigned a fund code of ‘general’ (for
fiscal year 2010 the reporting expenditure amount for ‘general’ was $159,276).
Books
The Library’s collecting level was measured against the Books in Print database with
keyword in subject: Technology; status: in print; audience: College; Format: Book”. The
average percentage added from 2007 to 2011 is 38%. This rate exceeds the guidelines
of the recommended collecting level to maintain a 3bP level collection, which is between
16%-25%.
Fiscal Year
Year 2011
Year 2010
Year 2009
Year 2008
Year 2007
Total
Number of Listed
Titles in Books in
Print database
1,091
1,197
986
1,042
815
5,131
Number of Library
Percent
added titles (Call
number range: T-TT) *
291
27%
382
32%
379
38%
447
43%
431
53%
1,930
Average
38% *
*Excludes 907 ebook titles.
Bibliographies including American Reference Books Annual; RCL: Resources for
College Libraries, 2007; and OCLC WorldCat Rare Items were used to measure the
quality of the Library’s collection. In checking the bibliographies against the Library’s
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catalog, the following percentages were revealed in specific subject areas within
Technology & Engineering:
Title
Collected
RCL: Resources for College Libraries, 2007
Technology and Engineering:
--- General and Reference Works
--- Technology: General
--- Applied Mathematics
--- Industrial Engineering
--- Civil Engineering
--- Structural Engineering
--- Transportation Engineering
--- Applied Optics
--- Environmental Engineering
--- Mechanical Engineering
--- Aeronautical Engineering
--- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
--- Metallurgy
--- Nuclear Engineering
--- Water Resource Engineering
--- Chemical Engineering
Listed
Percent
Held
196
8
3
3
7
16
8
4
1
24
50
15
25
18
4
1
7
1,091
18
50
15
15
201
44
20
7
63
163
61
168
128
18
31
58
18%
44%
6%
20%
47%
8%
18%
20%
14%
38%
31%
25%
15%
14%
22%
3%
12%
American Reference Books Annual 2006
27
100
27%
American Reference Books Annual 2007
6
77
8%
American Reference Books Annual 2008
11
48
23%
American Reference Books Annual 2009
12
68
18%
American Reference Books Annual 2010
16
66
24%
American Reference Books Annual 2011
16
85
19%
Periodicals and Serials
According to the Library’s electronic resources management service, Serials Solution,
the Library currently subscribes or provides access to approximately 3,735 periodical
titles in the area of Technology and Engineering. Applied Sciences & Technology
Index/Abstracts/Full Text bibliography was used to measure the quality of the Library’s
collection. By checking the bibliographies against the Library’s catalog, the result
revealed that the library provides access to 461 journal titles out of 799 titles listed, a
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percentage of 58%. The numbers of the electronic periodical titles held/accessible in
each subclass are listed below:
Category
Current Electronic Subscription
Technology (General)
235
Engineering (General)
207
Chemical & Materials Engineering
464
Civil & Environmental Engineering
569
Electrical & Computer Engineering
600
Applied Mathematics
72
Applied Physics
64
Computer Science
605
Mechanical Engineering
959
Total
3,775
The Library currently provides access to nine electronic journal databases related to
Technology & Engineering. They are: Applied Science Full Text, ACM Digital Library,
Auto Repair Reference Center, DOE Information Bridge, Emerald Fulltext, Elsevier
ScienceDirect, NTIS’s DARTS, Wiley Online Journals, Vocational Search, and Emerald
Fulltext. A list of full-text journals available to the JSU community is available at the
Serials Solution (an e-journal index) page at:
http://we8af9qh2e.search.serialssolutions.com/. In addition to these databases, the
Library also has access to several general databases including EBSCOhost databases,
Gale databases, and ProQuest databases.
The following table lists the most useful Technology & Engineering databases to which
the Library has current subscriptions:
Database Title
Applied Scienc Full Text
ACM Digital Library
Auto Repair Reference
Center
DOE Information Bridge
Emerald Fulltext
NTIS’s DARTS
ScienceDirect
Wiley Online Journals
Vocational Search
Description
Journal articles in the applied sciences and
technology.
Journal articles from ACM journals, magazines,
and conference proceedings.
Automotive repair information.
Full-text
Full-text
Department of Energy publications.
Journal articles related to management issues
in a variety of subject areas.
Governmental technical reports in all subject
areas.
Science, technology and medicine database
with journal articles in agricultural sciences
Science database with journal articles in the
agricultural sciences.
Journal articles in vocational and general
subjects.
Full-text
Full-text
Full-text
Full-text
Full-text
Full-text
Full-text
Full-text
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Audio-Visual Materials
The Library holds 265 audiovisual (AV) titles within the Technology collection. Films on
Demand, a new database to which the Library subscribes, also provides 182 titles of
Technology video clips.
Access to Electronic Resources (Defined Access)
The library's defined access is rated a 3 (Study or Instructional Support level). Access
is provided to an extensive collection of remotely accessible electronic resources,
including indexing systems, texts, indexes, journals, etc. Most of the electronic journal
titles are integrated, analyzed, and accessible through the online Voyager catalog.
These sources encompass titles available through various aggregator databases, ebook collections, appropriate websites, documents, and e-journals. The Library provides
backfile coverage to a number of resources in electronic format via additional
subscriptions.
In addition, the Library provides access to Applied Science Full Text, ACM Digital
Library, Elsevier ScienceDirect, and Wiley Online Library, which offers abstracts,
citations and full text articles for research in various areas of technology. Links are
provided in the Library catalog to journals with full text in library-subscribed databases
and Internet resources.
E-books in technology are accessible through Ebrary, Gale Virtual Reference Library,
EBSCO ebook Collection, ACLS Humanities E-book, and ACM Digital Library. These ebooks can be located under E-Books tab through the Library homepage at:
http://www.jsu.edu/library/.
Subject specialist librarians also review and recommend World Wide Web sites for
inclusion in the Voyager catalog or in the librarian’s library subject research guides.
Examples of websites that are integrated into the Library’s catalog include the Internet
Guide to Engineering (http://www.eevl.ac.uk), and The Technology Interface: the
Electronic Journal for Engineering Technology (http://web.bsu.edu/tti/archives.htm),
IEEE Xplore (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/dynhome.jsp).
Preservation
The Preservation Commitment indicator is Level 2, Content/Preservation Level/Planned
Replacement. 675 titles were withdrawn in 2007-2011. Missing items are replaced by
the original titles if possible (or with the purchase of new titles in the same subject area)
while damaged items are routinely sent for repair.
Supplemental Support
The Technology collection is further supported by related collections: Agriculture; Art;
Chemistry; Commerce and Business Administration; Communications; Geology;
General Works; Mathematical, Computing, and Information Sciences; Military Science;
and Physics.
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Summary
Total holdings, conspectus evaluations, and quantitative and qualitative comparisons
indicate that the Technology collection is adequate to support courses for the Master of
Science Degree with a major in manufacturing systems technology, and the Bachelor of
Science degree with four majors: Applied Manufacturing (Design and Automation or
Manufacturing Management), Applied Electronics Engineering, Industrial Leadership,
and Occupational Safety and Health Technology.
Strengths:
The Technology & Engineering collection has grown since the last assessment in 2006.
The total expenditures for the technology collection from fiscal year 2006/2007 to the
present were $94,563.03. The overall average added percentage since 2006/2007 per
the Books in Print database is 38% which exceedes the 3b level.
The subject specialist has been working closely with the faculty liaison and
departmental members for book, serial, and audio-visual material selections. The
strongest subclasses within the Technology & Engineering classification are: General
Technology (T) with 2,433 titles; General Engineering (TA) with 1,694 titles;
Environmental Technology (TD) with 1,626 titles; Building Construction (TH) with 1,180
titles; Mechanical Engineering (TJ) with 1,251 titles; Electrical Engineering (TK) with
3,418 titles, Motor Vehicle, Aeronautics, Astronautics (TL) with 2,232 tiles,
Manufactures (TS) with 1,362 titles; Handicrafts, Arts & Crafts (TT) with 2,273 titles;
and Home Economics (TX) with 4,572 titles. The Electronic Engineering collection and
Manufacture collection are particularly well developed. New areas of home economics
such as nutrition and alternative medicine that have expanded in the recent years are
being actively collected.
The results of the checklist comparisons indicate that the Library’s holdings are of good
quality. Half of the bibliographies consulted revealed holdings percentages higher than
43%. Though some of the bibliographies checked showed lower percentages held, this
is not indicative of a weak collection as these bibliographies concentrate on subjects
outside the scope of the curriculum.
The Library holds or provides access to approximately 3,775 Technology and
Engineering related periodicals/serials titles. In addition, several databases were added
to provide access to full text articles, citations and abstracts from thousands of
periodicals, conference proceedings, etc. The periodicals/serials collection is more than
adequate to support the curriculum with high quality materials. A comparison of the
Library’s journal holdings against the journal checklists revealed a holdings rate of 58%.
The greatest strength of the Technology & Engineering collection is its journal
holdings/access. Due to the Library’s database subscriptions there has been a high
increase in the number of journals available for Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics,
Chemical & Materials Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science Engineering,
Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering, General Engineering, Industrial
Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
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The newly subscribed database, Films on Demand, amplifies the library’s audio video
access.
Internet sites for Technology & Engineering are easily accessible from the Library’s
catalog or the subject librarian’s research guides. Web sites are reviewed for scholarly
content, particularly focusing on environmental engineering, motor vehicle, aeronautics,
chemical technology, and manufacturing sites.
The peer Institution Comparison also showed that the Technology collection at
Jacksonville State University Library ranked number four out of 14 university libraries,
which indicated a strong collection (add?).
Weaknesses:
The checklist comparisons showed that the percentage of monographs held is low
compared to RCL: Resources for College Libraries, 2007, which list all the published
books since 1988. This can be attributed to some textbook titles in the lists which the
Library did not collect.
The checklist comparisons also show that the Library collects at a lower level than 3bp
in the areas of Hydraulic Engineering (TC), Highway Engineering (TE), Railroad
Engineering and Operation (TF), and Bridge Engineering (TG). However, these
specialized areas are not part of the current curriculum, thus the small holdings are not
indicative of a weakness for this assessment.
Though not directly curriculum support, the following areas needs improving for more
current information to support general curriculum: “Applied mathematics. Quantitative
methods”, “Production capacity. Manufacturing capacity”, “Standardization”,
“Bioengineering”, “Engineering machinery, tools, and implements”, “Disaster and
engineering”, “General preliminary operations. Dredging. Submarine building”, “Highway
engineering. Roads and Pavements”, “Materials for roadmaking”, “Railroad engineering
and operation”, “Electric railways”, “High speed ground transportation”, “Maintenance
and repair”, “Environmental engineering of buildings. Sanitary engineering of buildings”,
“Lifting and pressing machinery”, “Agricultural machinery. Farm machinery”, “Mine
transportation, haulage and hoisting. Mining machinery”, “Stonework”, “Chemical
processing of wood”, “Mobile home living”, and “Recreational vehicle living”.
More weeding in the area of cookery shall be undertaken.
Recommendations:
Monograph collecting in this area should continue at the 3b level for Technology overall.
The areas of Automotive Manufacturing and Manufactures, which supports the graduate
curriculum, should be sustainablely developed. More recent titles on manufacturing and
electrical engineering should be added to the collection. Emergency management
related titles should be collected to support the doctoral program in Emergency
Management. (add ?) Academic journals with full-text available through databases,
Internet sites, and other online electronic publication should continue to be added to the
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catalog for access. The subject specialist librarian should keep up with any name
changes and subscription changes, and publicize this information to faculty.
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ATTACHMENTS
The following table lists a sampling of the full-text journal titles related to Technology &
Engineering to which the Library has print and/or electronic access. A more detailed list
can be accessed via Serials Solution at: http://we8af9qh2e.search.serialssolutions.com/
Subclass/ Journal Title
Print Subscription
Electronic Access
Motor Vehicle, Aerospace and
Aeronautical Engineering
Aerospace America
AIAA Journal
Automotive Industries
Car and Driver
Flying
Interavia Business & Technology
Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Motor Trend
TL501.A688 A25
2000-present
(1964-2009)
TL501.A688 A2 (19691991)
TL1.A6 (1976-2005)
01/01/1998-present
TL1.C27 (1976present)
TL501.P6 (1964-2010)
07/01/1993-present
02/24/1997-present
TL1.G9447 (19701992-present
1973, 1975-2008)
Architectural Engineering
Journal of Architectural Engineering
03/01/1995-1 years ago
Bioengineering
Biotechnology Progress
Engineering in Life Sciences
Journal of Biomechanics
Journal of Bioscience and
Bioengineering
Journal of Biotechnology
2000-present
2001-present
QP303.J6 (1972-1977) 1995-present
12/01/1999-present
1995-present
Chemical Engineering
Aerosol Science and Technology
AIChE Journal
Biotechnology Progress
Chemical and Engineering News
Chemical Week
Energy and Fuels
Food Technology
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Research
1981-present
01/01/1998-present
2000-present
TP1.C35 (1964-1998)
TP1.C37 (1964-2002) 1991-present
2000-present
TP370.F63 (19511999-present
1953, 1955-1956,
1958-1961, 1963present)
2000-present
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Subclass/ Journal Title
Journal of Chemical and Engineering
Data
Print Subscription
Electronic Access
QD1.J92 (1956-1991) 2000-Present
Civil Engineering
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
ITE Journal
HE331.T7 (19782007)
Journal of Cold Regions Engineering
Journal of Composites for
Construction
Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Journal of Management in
Engineering
Journal of Structural Engineering
Journal of Transportation Engineering
Journal of Urban Planning and
Development
Public Roads
TE1.A3 P8x (19792000)
This Old House
TH4805.T49 (2002present)
02/01/2001-1 year ago
1998-present
1995-1 year ago
02/01/1997-1 year ago
01/1995-1 year ago
01/01/1995-1 year ago
01/01/1995-1 year ago
01/01/1995-1 year ago
01/01/1995-1 year ago
03/01/1990-present
Computer Science Engineering
ACM Computing Survey
ACM Transactions on ComputerHuman Interaction
ACM Transactions on Database
Systems
ACM Transactions on Design
Automation of Electronics Systems
ACM Transactions on Graphics
ACM Transactions on Information
Systems
ACM Transactions on Modeling and
Computer Simulation
ACM Transactions on Software
Engineering and Methodology
AI Magazine
Communications of the ACM
Computer
QA76.5.C167 (19781988)
03/01/1969-present
03/01/1994-present
01/01/1976-present
01/01/1996-present
01/01/1982-present
01/01/1993-present
01/01/1991-present
01/01/1992-present
QA76.A772 (1991present)
TK7885.A1 I5 (19821983, 1991-2008)
01/01/1997-present
01/01/1958-present
1970-present
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Subclass/ Journal Title
Computers & Electrical Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Computers
IEEE Transactions on Visualization
and Computer Graphics
Intel Technology Journal
Journal of the ACM
SIAM Journal on Computing
SIAM Journal on Control and
Optimization
Videography
Wired
Print Subscription
Electronic Access
1995-present
TK7885.A1I2 (19821987)
QA76.I17 (1978-1987,
1992-present)
02/14/2002-present
01/1954-present
02/01/1997- 1 year ago
01/01/1997- 1 year ago
TK6630.A1 V53
(1977-2008)
TK5105.5.W57
2002-present
1993-present
Electrical Engineering
Applied Optics
Connector Specifier
Circuit World
IEE Proceedings. Circuits, Devices,
and Systems
IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting
QC350.O62 (19621988)
04/01/2003-present
1996-present
02/01/2003-1 year ago
TK6561.I2 (19691988)
International Journal of Circuit Theory
and Applications
Journal of Circuits, Systems, and
Computers
Journal of the Optical Society of
QC350.J68 (1970America A: Optics, Image Science and 1990)
Vision
Journal of the Optical Society of
Q350.J7 (1984-1990)
America B: Optical Physics
01/01/1997-present
02/1999-1 year ago
Environmental Engineering
Environment
Environmental Science and
Technology
Journal of the Air and Waste
Management Association
Journal of Environmental Engineering
Water Environment and Technology
Water Environment Research
TD180.E47 (1969present)
TD180.E5 (19671973)
01/01/1975-present
2000-present
01/01/1997-present
01/01/1995-1 year ago
01/01/1997-present
01/01/1997-present
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Subclass/ Journal Title
Print Subscription
Electronic Access
T61.A83 (1991-2005)
01/01/1996-present
03/01/1997-present
1995-present
General Engineering
ASEE Prism
Experimental Mechanics
Human Factors
T58.A2 H8 (19751998)
TA1.I749 (1972-1978) 1995-present
International Journal of Engineering
Science
Journal of Safety Research
HV675.A1 J68
Journal of Technical Writing &
T11.J66 (1986-2008)
Communication
Occupational Ergonomics the Journal
of the International Society for
Occupational Ergonomics and Safety
Occupational Health & Safety
PE & RS
TA593.A2 P5 (19512009)
Popular Mechanics
T1.P77 (1951-present)
Professional Safety
T55.A1 A418a (19742005)
Reliability Engineering & System
Safety
Risk Analysis
T174.5.R55 (19992005)
Safety Management
Scientific American
T1.S5 (1845-1866,
1928-present)
Surveying and Land Information
TA501.A6436 (1971Science
2005)
Technical Communication
The Technology Teacher
T61.M28 (1971-1983,
1999-2005)
1995-present
1971-present
03/01/1998 - 3 months
ago
2003-present
1975-2 years ago
01/01/1996-present
01/01/1997 - present
1995 - present
02/01/2000-present
02/01/1999 -03/01/2003
01/01/1995-present
2002-present
02/01/1992-present
09/01/1993-present
Industrial Engineering
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Systems
Human Factors and Ergonomics in
Manufacturing
IIE Solution
1995 -1998
1997 -present
01/01/1996-present
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Subclass/ Journal Title
Integrated Manufacturing Systems
IMS
International Journal of Computer
Integrated Manufacturing
Journal of Manufacturing Science and
Engineering
Journal of Manufacturing Technology
Management
Journal of Operations Management
Print Subscription
Electronic Access
1994- 2003
01/01/1997-1 year ago
Ordered 01/12/2006
(print & online)
2004 - present
TS155.A1 J68 (19902005)
Journal of Quality Technology
Manufacturing Systems
Mechatronics: Mechanics, Electronics,
Control
Plant Engineering
TS155.A1 P53 (19701971, 1975-present)
Robotics and Computer-Integrated
Manufacturing
1995-present
01/01/1997 to present
07/01/1999-06/30/2003
1995-present
01/01/1983-present
1995-present
Materials Engineering
American Ceramic Society Bulletin
Advanced Materials and Processes
JOM
TA401.A296 (19952005)
TS155.A1J68 (19902005)
Journal of Coatings Technology
Plastics Engineering
07/01/2000-present
1994-present
1995-present
06/01/1999-2003
06/01/1989-present
Mechanical Engineering
ASHRAE Journal
Combustion and Flame
QD516.C613 (19691977)
Journal of Fire Protection Engineering
Transactions of the ASME. Journal of TA1.J6 (1975-2003)
Applied Mechanics
01/01/1997-present
1995-present
08/01/2005-present
Mining Engineering
International Journal of Rock
Mechanics and Mining Sciences
Journal of Mining Science
Mineral Resources Engineering
Mining Engineering
1997-present
01/01/2003-1 year ago
03/01/1999-12/01/2002
01/01/1997-present
Nuclear Engineering
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Subclass/ Journal Title
Annals of Nuclear Energy
Fusion Engineering and Design
Nuclear Engineering and Design: an
International Journal Devoted to the
Thermal, Mechanical and Structural
Problems of Nuclear Energy
Progress in Nuclear Energy
Print Subscription
Electronic Access
1995-present
1995-present
1995-present
1995-present
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