Forest Resource Management Information Access Policy Clemson University Libraries

Forest Resource Management Librarian Written by S. Rook Schilf L. Sill Forest Resource Management Librarian Fall, 1999; Revised Fall, 2002

I. Purpose: To support research and teaching needs of students and faculty in the field of forestry. The Clemson University Department of Forestry offers programs leading to the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Forest Resource Management, Master of Forest Resources, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. The Society of American Foresters accredits the Forest Resource Management curriculum.

A. Curriculum

1. The undergraduate Forest Resource Management curriculum provides students the basic knowledge and skills required for the scientific management of forest resources, products, and services. Graduates are prepared for a variety of careers in both the public and private sectors, including positions as managers of forestlands, technical specialists, or professionals in other areas of natural resources.

2. The Master of Forest Resources degree program is designed to augment the non-forestry undergraduates’ understanding of natural resource management; this is a professional degree and no thesis is required. The Master of Science and Ph.D. degree programs focus on research to help students comprehend and manipulate complex forest ecosystems and the consequent products. A formal thesis/dissertation is required. Foresters who earn advanced degrees often find work in academia or in public/private research agencies.

B. Users (Fact Book, Fall 2001)

1. Primary Users: Forestry Department

Undergraduate majors: 173 Graduate students: 42 Faculty: 21

2. Secondary Users:

Forest Resource Management minors USDA Forestry Personnel in SC Forest Products Industry in SC

1 II. Scope of In-House Collection

Materials are purchased for the forestry collection to support academic classes offered by the Forestry department at Clemson University (Appendix A, below). The primary forestry collection is housed in the R.M. Cooper Library. Materials for the circulating collection (other than government documents) will be evaluated and selected by the Forestry liaison. The Head of Reference will select materials for the reference collection.

A. Format Guidelines

1. Print Sources

Books and journals will be the primary formats collected. Books accompanied by CD-ROMs may also be selected.

2. Electronic Sources

Electronic sources may be purchased if they support forestry research and if funds are available.

3. Microfiche/Microfilm

USDA Forest Service publications are often distributed in microfiche format to depository libraries. No effort will be made to collect any materials other than government documents in microfiche or microfilm format.

B. Language Guidelines

The majority of materials purchased should be written in the English language, though it may be necessary to occasionally select multi-lingual publications.

C. Geographical Guidelines

Primary emphasis of items selected should focus on forestry issues of concern to the southeastern United States. However, since many topics in forestry know no geographic bounds, books about forestry concerns in other U.S. regions and countries may also be selected.

D. Chronological Guidelines

Selections will focus on current, up-to-date information. Important new works about the history of forestry and natural resource management may also be selected.

2 E. Publication Date Guidelines

The majority of books purchased should have been published during the previous two years. Exceptions: books requested by faculty members or books highly recommended in a review source.

F. Types of Materials Included

Almanacs and Yearbooks: Purchased for the Reference Collection.

Bibliographies: Narrow subject scope bibliographies will be selected to supplement the collection.

Biographies: Biographical compilations are generally purchased for the Reference collection. Biographical accounts of famous foresters may be purchased for the general collection.

Career guidance materials: Career guides and job-seeking books for forestry and natural resource majors will be purchased.

Databases: Electronic databases that can be used to locate journal articles and other publications for research in forestry:

Agricola AGRIS/CARIS Information Centre Biological & Agricultural Index BIOSIS (Biological Abstracts) CAB Direct (includes Forestry Abstracts & Forest Products Abstracts) Dissertation Abstracts Web of Science (includes Science Citation Index) ISI Current Contents Zoological Record Applied Science & Technology Index SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts) Ingenta UnCover Expanded Academic Index PAIS (Public Affairs Info. Service) General Business File Lexis/Nexis

Dictionaries: Purchased for the Reference collection.

Directories: Purchased for the Reference collection.

Electronic Books: Available through the Library’s subscription to netLibrary.

3 Electronic Journals: Electronic access to existing and new journal subscriptions will be provided whenever possible.

Encyclopedias: New editions and new titles will be purchased for the Reference collection.

Handbooks, Field Guides, and Manuals: Current, authoritative handbooks, field guides, and manuals may be purchased to support the curriculum.

Journals: Every effort will be made to preserve the current journal collection and to add new titles as funds allow. Evaluation tools such as faculty surveys, thesis citation analysis, and interlibrary loan activity will be used to identify core journals and faculty favorites to ensure they remain in the collection.

Periodical Indexes: The library retains current subscriptions to the following indexes and abstracts that can be used for forestry research:

Forestry Abstracts Forest Products Abstracts Biological Abstracts Chemical Abstracts

Theses and Dissertations: The library will keep two copies of all theses and dissertations written by Clemson University students: one copy in Cooper Library; one copy in Special Collections. An effort will be made to collect dissertations written at southeastern universities about regional forestry issues. However, the majority of theses and dissertations written at other universities should be obtained through Interlibrary Loan.

USDA Forest Service Publications: USDA Forest Service publications are received in paper and microfiche as part of Cooper Library’s status as an U.S. Federal Document Depository.

G. Types of Materials Excluded

Textbooks: Textbooks that are used in classes taught at Clemson University will not be purchased. Other textbooks may occasionally be purchased if they supplement the forestry curriculum.

Guidebooks and workbooks: Books that are targeted for professional foresters, or books composed of worksheets or checklists, will not be purchased.

Audiotapes and Videos: Unless specifically requested by a faculty member, no effort will be made to purchase audiotapes or videos for the forestry collection.

4 H. List of Journals Ranked "Core" or "Research"

American Forests * Journal of Ecology • ^ American Journal of Journal of Forestry *• ^ Botany • ^ American Midland Journal of the American Society for Naturalist ^ Horticultural Science • ^ Annals of Botany • Journal of Wildlife Management • ^ BioScience • ^ Nature • Biotropica • ^ Northern Journal of Applied Forestry * Bulletin of the Torrey Phytopathology ^ Botanical Club ^ Canadian Journal of Plant Physiology • ^ Botany • ^ Canadian J. of Forestry Science • ^ Research • ^ Castanea ^ Silvae Genetica • Conservation Biology ^ Society of American Foresters. Proceedings * Ecological Monographs Soil Science Society of America • ^ Journal • ^ Ecology • ^ Southern Journal of Applied Forestry *• ^ Forest Ecology and Transactions of the American Management *•^ Fisheries Society ^ Forest Products Journal Unasylva • • ^ Forest Science *• ^ Western Journal of Applied Forestry * Forestry • Wildlife Society Bulletin ^ Forestry Chronicle *• Wood and Fiber Science * HortScience • ^ Journal of Arboriculture ^

* Ranked by Forestry Faculty as "core" in a 1994 survey. • Top journals ranked by the Core Agricultural Literature Project citation analysis. ^ Journals cited multiple times in CU Forest Resources theses and dissertations.

5 III. Collection Analysis by Subject

A. Library of Congress Subject Headings and Call Number Ranges

Description Call Number

Forestry SD

Forest Products

Lumber (economics) HD9750-9773

Paper (economics) HD9820-9843

Wood Construction TA419-424, 666

Wood Technology TS800-937

Paper Manufacturing TS1080-1268

USDA Forest Service Publications Docs A13.

Related Classifications

Agriculture, general S583-667

Botany OK

Ecology OH540-549

Environment TD, GF51-895

Environmental Economics HD75-75.6

Outdoor Recreation GV191-200

Parks and Public Reservations SB481-485

Pests and Diseases SB608-998

Animal Behavior QL750-785

Wildlife Conservation QL81-84

Wildlife Management SK351-579

Wood Finishing TT330-345

6 B. Level of Collecting

Approximately 75% of the books ordered for the Forestry collection should support the undergraduate curriculum. Titles should be reviewed on an individual basis, and the selector should determine which courses the book will support (Appendix A, below). Since many courses are offered at the both the 300/400 and 600 levels, both undergraduate and graduate students will benefit from books selected for these subjects.

IV. Access to Information not On-Site

A. Interlibrary Loan

The primary access point for books, journals, and other types of publications not owned or accessible by the Libraries will be Interlibrary Loan. This service is free to Clemson University students, faculty, and staff.

B. Commercial Document Suppliers

Document Delivery via Commercial Document Suppliers will be offered free of charge to Clemson University students, faculty, or staff if the needed information is not available from interlibrary loan sources.

C. Web Sites

There are many excellent resources for forestry research that can be accessed via the Web. The forestry librarian has compiled a list of forestry-related sites on the Web: http://www.lib.clemson.edu/subjects/forestry.htm. Due to the ephemeral nature of URLs, a list of sites will not be included in this document.

V. Selection Tools

A. Book Review Sources

Choice Z1035.A1 C5

Library Journal Z671.L698

Forest Science SD1.F7s

Forest Chronicle SD1.F71c

Forestry SD1.F71s

Forestry Abstracts CAB Direct (online)

Journal of Forestry SD1.S6

7 Unasylva SD1.U5

Forest Products Journal SD1.F7p

Wildlife Society Bulletin SK351.W64

Natural Areas Journal QH76.J68

Conservation Biology QH75.A1 C665

B. Approval Plans

Approval plans for books and notification slips are arranged with Yankee Book Peddler to ensure arrival/notification of titles that fit the needs of the library’s circulating collection. The plan for forestry will be reviewed each year to ensure the plan is efficient.

C. Publisher’s Catalogs & Web Pages

A few publishers that offer titles on forestry topics include:

CAB International (http://www.cabi.org/)

Academic Press (http://www.apnet.com/)

John Wiley & Sons (http://www.wiley.com/)

Kluwer Academic (Forestry Sciences series) (http://www.wkap.com/)

FAO of the UN (http://www.fao.org/)

Island Press (http://www.islandpress.com/)

D. Faculty, Staff, and Student Requests

Forestry faculty members are encouraged to submit requests for new books and journals. Top consideration will be given to any request received by faculty, staff, or students.

VI. Deselection (Weeding) Guidelines

Books will be removed from the collection if they are in such poor condition that they cannot be repaired. Duplicate copies of books published before 1980 that have not circulated since 1985 will be weeded. Serials (journals) published

8 before 1970 that have not circulated in over ten years may be evaluated for weeding or for removal to remote storage.

VII. Evaluation Tools

A. Collection Use Databases

Circulation records of monographs in the SD and other forestry call number ranges.

B. Amigos Collection Evaluation Reports

Comparison of CU Libraries’ collection to "benchmark" institutions’ collections.

C. Science Citation Index Journal Citation Reports

D. Forestry Abstracts & Forest Products Abstracts

E. Books for College Libraries

F. Theses & Dissertations completed for the M.S. and Ph.D. in Forest Resource Management at Clemson University

G. Faculty Teaching & Research Interests

VIII. Collection Assessment & Planning

A. Qualitative Measures

1. Bibliographies

Comparison of the CU Libraries’ holdings with standard bibliographies, such as Books for College Libraries, ACRL lists for forestry-related topics, and Literature of Forestry and Agroforestry, edited by Peter McDonald and James Lassoie, Cornell University Press, 1996.

2. Clemson Benchmark Institutions

Auburn Purdue Georgia Tech Texas A&M Iowa State University of California at Davis Virginia Tech Michigan State North Carolina State

9 3. User Surveys

Surveys should be conducted to determine how forestry students and faculty perceive the collection and to determine what they think is weak/strong about the collection. Surveys could also be used to find out what resources/services users would like added and if there are any they could do without.

B. Quantitative Measures

1. Interlibrary Loan Activities

Book Requests (1998/1999): Book Requests (2001/2002):

Faculty: 0 Faculty: 6 Staff: 6 Staff: 6 Graduate Students: 21 Graduate Students: 37 Undergraduates: 1

Total: 27 Total: 50

Article Requests (1998/1999): Article Requests (2001/2002):

Faculty: 2 Faculty: 2 Staff: 17 Staff: 10 Graduate Students: 38 Graduate Students: 44

Total: 57 Total: 56

Subject areas emphasized in Interlibrary Loan requests:

Wild turkeys White-tailed deer Loblolly pine / southern pine Environmental education Prescribed burning / forest fires Plant ecology GIS Watersheds

Journals requested multiple times through Interlibrary Loan:

10 International Journal of Geographical Information Science (3 requests) Landscape Ecology (3 requests)

2. Circulation Statistics

Listed below are subjects which books have consistently high levels of circulation (10 or more circs per title) from 1986-2000.

SD 143 United States forests

SD 247 tropical forest ecosystems & management

SD 373 Forestry theses & dissertations written at Clemson University

SD 387 old-growth forests

SD 387.5 sustainable forest management

SD 390 forest soils

SD 390.7 greenhouse effect, climate change effects on forests

SD 414 woodland conservation (tropics, latin america, asia)

SD 418 deforestation

SD 418.3 Amazon rain forests

SD 421 forest fires: control & management

SD 427 economics of public forests

SD 538.2 clearcutting

SD 555 forest measurement

SK 353- wildlife conservation, management, ecology 355

TA 419 wood science

TA 422 wood preservation

TA 423.2 wood decomposition

TS 875 particle board manufacturing

11 TS 932 wood chemistry

TS 1105 pulp & paper technology/papermaking

TS paper recycling 1120.5

Appendix A: Forest Resources Courses offered at Clemson University

Undergraduate Announcements: Forest Resources

Schedule of Classes: current or future semesters

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