We will note the progress we have made with respect to communicating with our local communities about cooperative collection development B. Future assessment could take a number of forms. We could ascertain whether the materials purchased have been used, either locally or system-wide. We could track ILL activity for a statistically relevant portion of purchased materials or for particular collections 3. We could measure the comparative strength of both our local collections and the system collection against standard checklists, authoritative bibliographies or even other collections, noting the portion of our holdings that were acquired using the supplemental funding. In the case of WEB-based electronic products, we will be able to count the number of times the database has been used.
Libraries can track the use of their serial titles.
The future of library development for the MnSCU libraries can be very bright. There is much to be done. We need to examine our roles as regional libraries and develop a plan that complements and supports the efforts of other libraries and information centers in our respective areas. We need to develop a relationship with the University of Minnesota in order to facilitate discussions on coordinated collection development and the use of the new storage facility. But, foremost, we need to work with MnSCU to plan for a financially stable future for our libraries.