Collection Analysis and Strategy
Collection Analysis and Strategy (CAS) supports the distributed, three-campus collection development environment at the University of Washington Libraries. CAS collaborates with departments across the Libraries and the three campuses on selection, acquisition, and management of resources to support teaching, learning, and research at the University of Washington.
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What We Do
CAS coordinates the development and management of the Libraries’ collections and related guidelines, which include the Collection Development Guiding Principles, Subject Collection Guidelines, and Deaccessioning Guidelines.
CAS collaborates with Subject Librarians to provide central support for negotiation with vendors and licensing of resources for research and teaching.
CAS collaborates with Subject Librarians and other departments to negotiate and support Open Access publishing agreements with publishers and vendors.
CAS reviews licensed resources for accessibility and evaluates VPATs from vendors to ensure library resources are usable by all. Methodology and results from the accessibility reviews are available on the Library E-Resource Accessibility Testing page.
CAS collaborates with other departments to provide alternative access paths to resources not immediately available in UW Libraries. We also work to secure consortial partnerships that ensure fast, reliable access to research material via a network of libraries across the country and around the world.
Related Resources
Collection Development Guiding Principles
These guiding principles provide a framework for collection development strategies and decisions.
UW Libraries’ Principles in Licensing Scholarly Resources
Our goal is to develop scalable, strategic and sustainable models of collection development, preservation and stewardship.