SMARTCheck Solution for Limited Resources
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Lyndsey Raney; Catherine Pepper; Thomas Derek Halling; Christine L. Foster
- Source
- Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. 13:18-29
- Subject
- Service (systems architecture)
Information control
Focus (computing)
Health (social science)
Computer science
0206 medical engineering
05 social sciences
Staffing
02 engineering and technology
Library and Information Sciences
020601 biomedical engineering
Usage data
World Wide Web
Circulation (currency)
0509 other social sciences
050904 information & library sciences
Limited resources
Budget constraint
- Language
- ISSN
- 1542-4073
1542-4065
Persistent access to library spaces and collections with limited staffing due to budget constraints can easily transition into a circulation nightmare. A lack of information control can result in materials being removed with no record of current location or usage data. A dedicated focus on student integrity combined with the leveraging of new but familiar technologies allowed the Medical Sciences Library of Texas A&M University to overcome both physical and fiscal barriers. In addition, the novel method of capturing circulation usage allowed for expanded services and opportunities for additional interactions with library users.