1. Building the VALE Virtual Last Copy Collection
VALE 2009 Conference Panel Session
January 9, 2009

2. VLCC Panel Members
Suxiao Hu, Collection Management Librarian, Montclair State University
Pamela Theus, Assistant Director, Resource Management & Collection Development, William Paterson University
Christopher Sterback, System Administrator, Rutgers University Libraries   

3. Presentation Outline:
VALE Cooperative Collection Management Committee
VALE Last Copy Program Background
Model Last Copy Programs
Virtual Collections
VALE Last Copy Program Pilot Project
Next Steps

5. VALE Last Copy Repository White Paper 2005

11. RLG Policy Frameworks for Shared Print Collections 2007

12. What is a Virtual Collection?

14. VALE Last Copy Pilot Project
Three VALE member libraries,
Montclair State U.,
William Paterson U. and
Rutgers U. Libraries ,
volunteered in May, 2007 to identify items at risk in their circulating collections (excluding Special Collections items) that fit the criteria in the VALE Last Copy Guidelines and to define procedures for editing and loading the MARC records of these books into a shared virtual collection (VLCC) hosted by the New Jersey State Library JerseyCat Union Catalog.

15. VLCC Pilot Project
The first task the VLCC Pilot Project members agreed upon was to test and document how to:
identify last copy books in the circulating collection,
establish local policies for labeling these items,
edit the MARC records according to VLCC policies for identification in the JerseyCat Union Catalog,
import the MARC records into the JerseyCat Union Catalog VALE Last Copy Collection, and
report on the first phase of the project at the VALE Users Conference in January, 2008.

19. Next Steps for VLCC Project
Sign up your Library Team to:
identify last copy books in the circulating collection,
establish local policies for labeling these items,
edit the MARC records according to VLCC policies for identification in the JerseyCat Union Catalog, and
import the MARC records into the JerseyCat Union Catalog VALE Last Copy Collection (VLCC)

20. Pull Books off the Shelf Place Books Back on the Shelf Run Report
Edit & Load MARC Records into JerseyCat
Review & Verify VLCC Candidates

21. Save books from this fate!

22. Thank you! Contact: Mary Mallery, Ph.D.
Suxiao Hu
Pamela Theus
Christopher Sterback