ProQuest has released a new survey of more than 600 libraries. The survey found that 82 percent of academic libraries consider space reclamation a priority or believe it will be in the near future. More than a third have prioritized repurposing space for more than five years.
The survey revealed the innovative ways libraries are using reclaimed space, with 25 percent stating they are developing makerspaces and hackerspaces. The survey whitepaper, 'Evolving Spaces for Evolving User Needs in Academic Libraries' is free to anyone who registers at http://bit.ly/libspacereclaim.
Enabling libraries to achieve that balance and repurpose space underlies a variety of ProQuest solutions and services. For instance, the company's complimentary Title Matching Fast (TMF) service helps libraries assess their print and digital books and journals to make data-driven collection development decisions. Its Digital Archive and Access Program (DAAP) enables libraries to convert print archives to online, often saving miles of shelf space without reducing the scope of their collections.
ProQuest's online solutions help libraries confidently replace physical materials with robust, comprehensive and often more complete digital collections than libraries owned in print.
These solutions include more than 830,000 ebooks from over 650 publishers with flexible and affordable models that guarantee access for users; Access-To-Own, an acquisition model that allows libraries to purchase ebooks according to demand and apply rental fees toward title ownership; Premium Ebook Packs in five interdisciplinary subject areas – aligned with ProQuest's digital archives that offer unlimited multi-user access to industry-leading content; ProQuest Historical Newspapers, featuring over 35 million digitized pages of full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th century; Periodicals Archive Online (PAO), a major electronic archive of over 700 scholarly journal backfiles, within the arts, humanities and social sciences; government document collections that include ProQuest Congressional, Executive Branch Documents and UK Parliamentary Papers (includes both the House of Commons and the House of Lords); and online video collections such as Alexander Street's Academic Video Online, which save shelf space and expands discovery.
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