The UWI Mona Campus' Annual Departmental Reports 2022_2023

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OVERVIEW

during the period; but, due to the unavailability of the Content DM platform items were not uploaded, however, 106 reggae CD-ROMS were added to the collection. Metadata was created for 202 West Indian theses, and the compact discs accompa- nying them, and theses which were born digital were catalogued and then uploaded to UWISpace by the Systems Unit. Metadata was also created for 125 electronic resources purchased or received as gifts, while 2,330 bibliographic records were retrospectively converted from card to electronic, to increase the visibility of and access to these resources in the OPAC. Of the print and non-print items catalogued, 59 monographs were sent to the Mona Western Jamaica Campus. A total of 1,268 items were sent to the Bindery for stiffening and rebinding and 939 items were returned to the Section while 440 items were tattled.

ACCESS TO UWI MONA LIBRARY COLLECTIONS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEARS 2020–2023

2020–2021

2022–2023

Items /Collections Electronic Resources

Numbers Items /Collections

Numbers

257 116

Electronic Resources

125 202

Theses and Research Papers WISC Special Collections WISC Rare Books and Periodicals New items (print and Non- print) Tablets and Laptops Retrospective Conversion

Theses and Research papers Special Digitized collections

32

WISC Rare Books and Periodicals

25

256

Tablets and Laptops

2,632

New items (Print and Non-print)

2,829

1,195 4,488

Retrospective Conversion

2,330 5,511

Total items

Total items

UWISpace; Institutional Repository In collaboration with the St. Augustine Campus, the Library migrated from UWIS- pace version 6 to version 7 towards improving operational efficiency, and providing greater integration between UWIlinC and UWISpace. The Systems Unit facilitated the uploading to UWISpace of 25 full texts and 21 abstracts for theses received. Quality control checks were conducted on 69 CDs, while anomalies were corrected throughout the year. Challenges with Access to Collections A number of issues arose concerning access to ALEPH by users and staff. There was a disruption in the system, December 28–31, and during this period users were

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