Abstract

As libraries and communities consider institutional values and ethical standards, there is a need to scrutinize how those values and standards connect with collections decisions. An existing body of literature about the contents of the collections exists, with respect to issues like decolonization and open access, but little about the business relationships libraries maintain in order to acquire these collections. In this paper, librarians from Purdue University take a critical approach to identifying the values of their institution at multiple levels, including a newly released Libraries strategic plan, to create a values-based evaluation tool for future collection assessment.

摘要

当图书馆和社区考虑机构价值观和道德标准时，有必要仔细审查这些价值观和标准如何与馆藏决策联系起来。关于馆藏内容的现有文献存在，涉及非殖民化和开放获取等问题，但很少有关于图书馆为了获取这些馆藏而维持的业务关系的文献。在本文中，普渡大学的图书馆员采用批判性方法来确定其机构在多个层面的价值观，包括新发布的图书馆战略计划，为未来的馆藏评估创建基于价值观的评估工具。