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NRRI Peat Collection
Evaluating a Working Research Collection
Pam Enrici                                                                                                                   Jodi Carlson Grebinoski
Engineering & Science Librarian Biology & Government Information Librarian
BACKGROUND
• This specialized peat collection was started in the late 1960’s 
to evaluate peat as an energy and economic resource
• Very few resources were added to this collection after the 
1980’s
• The library supported the researchers at the Natural 
Resources Research Institute (NRRI) at the University of 
Minnesota Duluth (UMD)
• NRRI is located approximate 8 miles from the UMD
• 6 roundtrips were made to retrieve the materials
• Collection consisted of monographs, serials, technical 
reports and maps that were located in various parts 
throughout the NRRI Library
OBJECTIVE
Move remainder of Natural Resources Research Institute 
(NRRI) Peat Collection to the University of Minnesota 
Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library.
Thank you Susan Hendrickson, Library Manager, NRRI
NRRI RESOURCES EVALUATION PROCESS
CONCLUSION  (WHAT WE LEARNED)
• Researcher needs and focus change
• Expertise needed to make decisions
• Collaborative work (many people involved)
• Collection usage needed to be evaluated and considered
• Librarians and Researchers needed to be contacted
Serials
Worked from 
NRRI holding 
list
Retrieved 
appropriate 
titles
Technical 
Reports 
Collection was 
not fully 
cataloged 
Each report 
needed to be 
quickly evaluated 
onsite
Several thousand 
reports were 
reviewed & many 
were not Peat 
related
Over 10 boxes of 
technical reports 
were retrieved
Monographs
Not considered
Major Publisher
Available via Get It 
& ILL
Considered & 
Retrieved
Society & Minor 
Publishers 
• Date considered
• Not an archival collection
• Unique in topics
• Each item retrieved was checked
• University of Minnesota (UMN) all campus catalog
• Google search (stable PDF of item)
• Minnesota Legislative Library
• HathiTrust (full-text or limited view)
• Worldcat
• NRRI reports in process of being digitized
• UMD Faculty materials in University of MN Duluth 
Archives 
• Not appropriate for UMD Collection
• Sent to  UMN Twin Cities Archives
• Sent to UMN Twin Cities Libraries , including maps
• Sent to original authors
• Items to be digitized by UMD library
• Discarded
• Added necessary titles to the UMD collection
Maps
Many maps  
& aerial 
photos 
were 
brought to 
the 
library
http://z.umn.edu/nrripeat