Collection Management

About Collection management

The Collection Management Team manages the overall lifecycle for general electronic and print library resources for the Boca Raton, Jupiter, Harbor Branch, and Fort Lauderdale campuses. This includes tasks related to collection development and deaccessioning; acquisitions; electronic resources (e-resources) activation, maintenance, and troubleshooting; cataloging and metadata; gifts. The Team also processes collections renewals and invoice payments; negotiates and reviews licenses; and activates resources and problem-solves access issues on behalf of the College of Medicine.

For further information about Collection Management services, please contact lycollmgmt@fau.edu.

• New books, videos, journals - Materials Suggestion Form
• Electronic resources troubleshooting: eresources@fau.edu
• Gifts - Donation Intention Form (seeking new textbooks and test prep materials only)

Who does what in Collection management?

Maris Hayashi, Assistant Dean for Collection Strategies and Discovery Services (Faculty)

• Administrative oversight for Collection Management and Interlibrary Loan units
• University Libraries’ Senior Leadership Team, Member
• Manage all aspects of Collection Management, including day-to-day operations and strategic planning
• Manage collections budgets
• Vendor contract negotiations
• Collection analysis 
• Representative to the CSUL Collections Advisory Committee (CAC)
   

Daniel Colson, Depository Assistant (AMP)

• Government documents processing and statistics
• Monographs receiving
• E-books activation and access level notes
• Electronic resources troubleshooting
• Relocations 
• E-Textbooks 
• Promote electronic and print collections
• Better World Books shipments

Anne Frankel, Electronic Resources Coordinator (AMP)

• Electronic resources troubleshooting, problem resolution, and maintenance (intermediate/advanced)
• Activating collections and portfolios in Alma; managing coverage and access points
• OpenAthens authentication and activation
• Manage A-Z Database List
• Liaison to vendors’ technical and customer support teams
• Communicate e-resources updates and issues to the Libraries’ faculty and staff
• Provide historical knowledge of serials acquisitions, access, and cataloging
• Manage OCLC IFM (ILL) debits and credits for FGM

Sean Laubenberger, Coordinator for Library Collections (AMP)

• Electronic and print book ordering 
• Administrator for OASIS, E-Book Central
• Streaming videos - requests and ordering
• Electronic resources troubleshooting
• Maintain liaison monograph orders and budgets
• Withdrawals
• Alma Collections using Logical Sets 
• Gifts-in-kind contact (General Collection)

Audri Pabustan, Acquisitions and Collections Data Librarian (Faculty)

• E-resources licensing, including transformative agreements
• E-resources usage statistics reports and analyses
• Collections renewals
• Collections data reports for BOG New Degree Program Proposals and accreditations
• Primary vendor relations contact
• FLVC Group Licensing Liaison
• Maintain collections wish list
• Representative to the CSUL CAC Electronic Resources Subcommittee 

Daniel Scheide, Catalog Librarian (Faculty)

• Electronic, print, and media resources original and copy cataloging 
• Principal cataloger for materials from the Recorded Sound Archives, Jaffe Center for Book Arts, and the Print Sheet Music collections
• Metadata record batch loading
• Cataloging workflows
• Advising Collection Management team on cataloging issues

Deepa Sonpar, Coordinator, Academic Support Services (AMP)

• Electronic, print, and media resources copy cataloging 
• Withdrawals (Lead)
• Physical processing
• Relocations
• Print serials check-in
• Alma collection codes
• Collection Management student supervisor

Brian Wert, Coordinator, Academic Support Services (AMP)

• Invoice payments and Workday purchase order requisitions for library resources
• P-card payments and processing for library resources
• Posting payments and managing budget allocations in Alma
• Statistics for holdings, cataloging, and withdrawals
• Liaison to accounts receiving and accounts payable teams
• E-resources usage statistics reports