Conforming collections: assessing medical and allied health collections using Doody's Core Titles

This study assessed the print collection of an Asian academic medical library using list-checking. The library's book collection was matched to Doody's Core Titles (DCT) subspecialties to identify strong and weak subject areas and understand temporal trends from 2014 to 2020. Basic science...

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Published inJournal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 110; no. 3; pp. 340 - 347
Main Authors Torres, Efren, Dery, Zipporah, Samar, Raquel, Gado, Marlon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Medical Library Association 01.07.2022
University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Subjects
Academic libraries
Bibliographic literature
Collection analysis
Collection development
Collection development (Libraries)
Collections and collecting
Doody’s Core Titles
Evaluation
Graduate students
Humans
Librarians
Libraries, Medical
Library catalogs
Library Collection Development
Library collections
match
medical and allied health collection
Medical libraries
Medicine
Nursing
Original Investigation
Science
Social sciences
trend
Trends
Philippines
match
Doody's Core Titles
collection development
medical and allied health collection
trend
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Summary:This study assessed the print collection of an Asian academic medical library using list-checking. The library's book collection was matched to Doody's Core Titles (DCT) subspecialties to identify strong and weak subject areas and understand temporal trends from 2014 to 2020. Basic sciences and nursing were the strongest subspecialties from 2018 to 2020, with many subjects having 100% matches, likely because most academic programs share the same basic sciences foundation subjects and nursing collections had been developed for many years as a long-standing program of the institution. Associated health-related disciplines was the weakest subspecialty. These subjects need to be prioritized in collection development. All subspecialties exhibited an increasing trend of matching between 2014 and 2020. Electronic books were included in the matching to DCT 2020; however, the match was low compared to print only or both print and electronic titles. DCT title matching can not only identify gaps in library collections that need to be filled but also point toward opportunities to develop strong and varied collections in medicine and allied health.
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ISSN:1536-5050
1558-9439
DOI:10.5195/jmla.2022.1114