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EAST Analysis Scope and Ephemera Document Last Updated May 2021

This document describes the current scope criteria for the EAST monograph collection. Developed during the original collection analysis process in 2015, the list has been refined by subsequent new cohorts and individual members.

The document specifies the types of materials that are out of scope for retention allocation to the EAST Retention Partners.

This ephemera list applies to print in circulating collections. The following materials are currently determined to be out of scope for EAST monograph retention:

● Non circulating monographs ● Special collections and reference materials ● Theses ● Scores ● Maps ● Government documents (both US and international) ● E- ● Media, microforms, scores, audio/video materials ● Serials/journals (being addressed in separate work by EAST) ● Titles published since 2011: it is expected that these recently acquired materials will not be candidates for deselection for some time. ● Juvenile literature ● Titles considered to be “ephemera”: the ephemera category is detailed further below and represents material that were deemed to be non-scholarly and, hence, not appropriate for retention.

Multi- sets of monographs were in scope, though handled slightly differently between cohorts 1 and 2. In cohort 1, retentions were assigned if only one library held the title or holdings between were identical. In cohort 2 libraries were also assigned retentions if a library held a superset of all volumes held across the EAST libraries.

The “Ephemera” Category

During the collection analyses, EAST defined as “ephemera” titles that were not expected to have scholarly value in the long term. Approximately 1% of the titles and holdings in the EAST collective collection were tagged as “ephemera” and not considered for retention. This includes titles whose MARC records contained the following keywords or phrases in the title: ● Test prep ● LSAT ● GMAT ● MCAT ● GRE ● CLEP ● Civil Service Test ● Civil Service Exam ● PCAT ● TOEFL ● For Dummies ● Complete Idiot’s Guide ● Better Homes and Gardens ● McCall’s

In addition, the ephemera designation was made for titles that contain the following keywords or phrases in the publisher field:

● Abacus Software ● Arco (test prep) ● Benchmark ● Abdo ● AuthorHouse (self ● Bernan Press ● Ace publisher) ● Betterway ● Addison[-]Wesley ● Avalon Publications ● Adobe Press ● Baedeker ● Black & Decker (Cool ● Adobe Systems ● Ballantine Springers) ● ALA editions ● Bantam ● Bloom’s (both ● Aladdin Mix ● Barnes & Noble Press Infobase imprints) ● Alpha Books (Idiot’s (self publisher) ● Blue Apple guides) ● Barron’s Educational ● Bluefire (Random ● American Series (test prep) House Children’s Girl/Pleasant ● Barrons imprint) Company ● Bearport ● Blurb (self publisher) ● Amicus ● Beach Tree ● Bradt ● Apple Computer Books (paperback ● Brady ● Apple imprint) Communications ● Applesauce ● Bellwether Media ● Britannica ● Brooks/Cole ● DK ● IngramSpark (self ● Brown Bear Books (Eyewitness books) publisher) ● Burke Publishing ● Dorling Kindersley ● Institute for Research ● Byte Books ● Dover ● Institute of Real ● Candy Apple Books ● Draft2Digital (self Estate Management (paperback imprint) publisher) ● iUniverse (self ● Capstone ● Dragonfly (Random publisher) ● Carolrhoda House Children’s ● Jove ● Cavendish Square paperback) ● Jump!/Tadpole ● Cengage ● Dreaming Robot Books/Bullfrog Books ● Cherry Lake Press ● Kaplan ● Cherrytree ● Educational Testing ● Kidhaven Press ● Child’s World Service (test ● Kindle Direct ● Children’s Press preparation) Publishing (self ● Chilton Books ● Ember (Random publisher) ● Chooseco House Children’s ● Kingfisher ● Cliffs Notes and Cliff’s paperback) ● Kobo (self publishing) Notes ● Enslow ● Kraken Publishing ● compass Point ● Eyewitness ● Landmark Editions ● Computer Science ● Facts on File ● Laurel Leaf (Random Press ● Fodor’s House Children's ● Consumer Reports ● Forbes travel guide paperback) ● Corgi Books (Penguin ● For Dummies ● Learning Express paperback imprint) ● Franklin Watts / ● Leisure Arts ● Crabtree F.Watts/Watts ● Lerner Publishing ● Create Space (self ● Free Spirit ● Libraries unlimited publisher) ● Frommer’s ● Linnet ● Creative Education / ● Gareth Stevens ● Little Apple Books Creative Company ● Golden Books (scholastic paperback ● Creative Homeowner ● Grosset and Dunlap imprint) ● Darby Creek ● Harlequin ● Little Simon Publishing (Lerner ● Hayden Co. ● Lobster paperback) ● ● Lonely Planet ● Daw ● Heinle ● Longman ● Dearborn Real Estate ● Highlights ● Lorimer ● Del Rey ● Holt ● Lucent Books ● Delta Books ● IDEAL Books ● LULU (self publisher) ● Dilithium Press ● IDG Books Worldwide ● Lumina Press ● Dillon Press ● Lyrick Publishing/Big ● Powerkids ● Thomson Learning Red Chair Books ● Prentice[-]Hall (test prep) ● Magic Carpet Books ● Puffin ● Tokyopop ● Purple Toad ● TOR Books ● Magination Press ● Pushkin Children’s ● TOR Fantasy ● Maple Tree Press Books ● Travelbrains ● Marshall Cavendish ● QUE ● Troll Books ● Mason Crest ● Reader's Digest (paperback imprint) ● McGraw[-]Hill ● Red Chair Press ● Twenty First Century ● Meredith Books ● Reference Point Books ● Medical Examination Press ● Ulverscroft (large Pub. Co. ● Research and print) ● Merrill Books Education Association ● Upstart Books ● Michelin (test prep) ● Usborne ● Microsoft ● Ripley ● Van Nostrand ● MilkWeed Editions ● Rosen Reinhold ● Millbrook ● Rough Guides ● Viz ● Mitchell International ● Rourke ● Wadsworth Electronic (test prep) ● Rowman & Littlefield Pub Co ● Mitchell Lane ● Ruby Tuesday ● Warner Books ● Mobil travel guide ● Sams ● Weinstein Books ● Napoleon Publishing ● Scholastic ● Wildlife Education ● National Learning ● Scribd (self-publisher) ● Wiley (in computer Corp (test prep) ● Signet Books science LC class) ● National ● Silhouette ● Williams and Wilkins ● Neal-Schuman ● Silver Burdett (test prep) ● No Starch Press ● Simon Spotlight ● Williamson ● NOLO ● Sky Pony Express ● Windmill ● Nova Press (test ● Smart Apple Media ● World Almanac prep) ● Smashwords ● World Book ● O’Reilly (self-publisher) ● (self-publisher) ● Oxmoor ● Southwestern-College ● Yearling (Random ● PaperStar ● St. Martin's House Children’s ● Peach Pit Press (tech Paperbacks paperbacks) books) ● Steadwell Books ● Zagat ● Pearson ● Steck-Vaughan ● Zebra ● Peterson’s Guides ● Stepping Stone Books ● Piccadilly Publishing ● Studio Fun ● Picture Window International ● Piscataway, N.J.: The ● Sunset Association, (test ● Sybex preparation) ● Synergy ● PM Press - Reach ● Tab Books and Teach ● Tantrum Books ● ● Thomson/Gale