Transcript Presentation to Social Sciences

Presentation to Social Sciences
May 27, 2009
November 2001 - June 2002
• “Aksan Report” - ad-hoc committee to review
the library
– “Our library system is not entirely measuring up, as
demonstrated in aspects of this report. The community is
increasingly aware of deficiencies, as evidenced by recent
workshops and newspaper reports about the library.
Students point to lack of space, lack of “new” books on the
shelves, serial subscriptions which have been cancelled, and
insufficient computer stations. “
November 2001 - June 2002
“the ability of the library to sustain a
reasonable level of acquisitions of books
and serials (paper, or electronic) has
declined, and drastically”
November 2001 - June 2002
“The University Library stands at 111th out of 112
in the Association of Research Libraries (of North
America) rankings. The Association of Research
Libraries group puts McMaster in very significant
company, and we have never been (nor should be
expect to be) higher than 90, but we are close to
being removed from the list”
Recommendations
• That new monies be drawn in the form of a fixed
percentage of the Indirect Research Costs fund
announced by the Federal Government, of those funds
under the administration of the Vice-President
(Research).
• That the library acquisitions base budget receive
matching funds ($700,000) from reallocations for at
least the next three years, 2002/-05, for a total infusion
of $1,400,000 each year should the Indirect Research
Fund continue.
Increased Indirect Costs
• 2006/07
• 2009/10
$556,000
$766,976
Thanks to Office of Research Services
One-time infusion
• $1.5 million budget committee (quality
assurance funds)
– Enhance book/journal collections
– Support new acquisitions
– Upgrade spaces
• $900,000 over three years
– Technology Renewal
Thanks to University Budget Committee
Increased Donations
*new pledges*:
restricted
$368,852 (2008)
gifts-in-kind $483,068 (2008)
total
$851,920 (2008)
$117,542 (2007)
$218,746 (2007)
$336,287 (2007)
214% increase
121% increase
153% increase
*cash received:*
restricted
$229,242 (2008)
gifts-in-kind $483,068 (2008)
total
$712,310 (2008)
$124,882 (2007)
$218,746 (2007)
$343,627 (2007)
84% increase
121% increase
107% increase
Thanks to University Advancement
Total Expenditures
Budget
2006/2007
2007/2008
2008/2009
$13,626,100
$15,213,067
$17,409,428*
$1,586,967
$2,196,361
92
86
Increase
ARL
Expenditure
Ranking
104
*Approximately 28% increase since 2006
Solicited your opinion (2007
LibQUAL)
• LibQUAL
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• Message:
Improve
collections
We responded: increased
serials and monographs
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
Monographs
33,718
117,880
178,743
Serials
26,908
41,216
53,584*
*Probably closer to 48,000 subtracting for duplicates
2008/09 ARL Stats
Volumes
Added
Current Serials
Materials
Budget
McMaster
178,927
53,584
$8,261,937
Rank in ARL
(2006)
110
93
90
Rank in ARL
(2009, pending
review)
16
76
81
Yes, I said 16th
1
COLUMBIA
547,346
2
HARVARD
319,547
3
CHICAGO
277,507
4
CALIFORNIA IRVINE
274,219
5
OKLAHOMA
257,137
6
TORONTO
247,666
7
YALE
238,862
8
ILLINOIS URBANA
208,659
9
CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
207,779
10
TEXAS A&M
206,223
11
TEXAS
191,363
12
BRIGHAM YOUNG
187,005
13
ALBERTA
186,313
14
IOWA
185,900
15
PENNSYLVANIA STATE
184,457
16
MCMASTER
178,927
17
INDIANA
174,417
18
PRINCETON
174,320
19
OHIO STATE
161,118
20
PITTSBURGH
160,722
ARL Ranking
Year*
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09**
ARL
Ranking
108
102
94
90?
*Published in Chronicle of Higher Education
**August 2009 Chronicle
Where have we invested?
June 2008 - $47 million CRKN/CFI award for social sciences and humanities. Included:
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ALPSP Learned Journals Collection - 696 journal titles by 52 publishers
CAIRN - 143 French-language titles from 40 publishers
erudit – 57 mainly French-language journals
Oxford Islamic Studies Online/Index Islamicus
Periodicals Archives Online - six separate collections including 500 titles
Adam Matthew Digital - eight collections that offer rare printed sources
InteLex Past Masters - offers 117 full-text humanities databases
Canadian Publishers Collection - 8,100 English and French e-book titles
Ingram Digital Group - collection of e-books from three major publishers
Classical Scores Library - contains 400,000 pages of the most important
classical scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished materials.
– Theatre in Video - contains more than 250 of the world's most important
plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries and online
streaming video
Significant New Special Collections
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Jackie Washington Archives - local jazz musician
Michel Brisebois collection - Anti-Semitism, Resistance, and Propaganda in WWII.
Levy virtual holocaust museum and post-doctoral fellow.
Professor Pierre Conlon – French Enlightenment
E. Pauline Johnson archives. 3 issues of the Boys Own World; and programs and
news clippings of three plays produced by the Brantford Amateurs between 1885
and 1887 in which Johnson appeared.
Margaret Laurence archives. Her annotated copy of Tom Harpur’s For Christ’s
Sake (1986).
Penang Daily News. A propaganda newspaper in English issued by the Japanese
imperial army in 1942.
Dr. Peter Chasseaud World War I trench maps (in progress)
Significant partnerships
• The World Newspaper Archive - First Canadian participant - the
world's largest, fully searchable digital archive of international
newspapers. By fall of 2009 nearly 1,000,000 pages will be
accessible online.
• World War I Adam Matthew Digital (UK), McMaster
University Library and other internationally renowned libraries
(UK, US, Australia, Canada) have entered into agreement to
create a scholarly resource of primary source materials.
Supporting McMaster
Publications
Digital Commons – publishing seven scholarly
journals (more in queue)
– o Eighteenth-Century Fiction
– o Energy Studies Review
– o Esurio: Ontario Journal of Hunger and Poverty
– o Global Labour Journal
– o Journal of Ethics in Mental Health
– o Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies
– o The McMaster Journal of Communication
Physical Changes
• Learning Commons (Mills, Thode,
Burlington)
• Lyons New Media Centre
• Centre for Digital Scholarship
• Faculty/Grad/Pos-doc Reading Room
Still much work to do
• Significant change in use of the library
– Transactions
– Physical use
– Demands
Transactions
Transaction
Type
2006/07
2007/08
Reference
39,986*
28,154
Instruction
Sessions
524
501
Circulation
341,154**
299,049***
*Down from more than 40,000 prior year
**Down from more than 425,000 prior year
***Approximately 1/3 are laptop loans
Physical Use: Gate Count (Thode)
September 2007
40,658
September 2008
44,684
+9.9%
October 2007
74,471
October 2008
82,364
+10.6%
November 2007
69,591
November 2008
78,065
+12.2%
December 2007
34,962
December 2008
37,693
+7.8%
How do we know we’re doing
well?
• 2008 ACRL Excellence in Academic
Libraries Award
• Balanced Scorecard initiative
The UL are Facing a Significant
Budget Challenge for 2009-2010
• Flat budget for 2009-2010
• Worldwide economic crisis
– Collections budget
• Average serials inflation at or near 8%
• International currency fluctuations
• Declining Canadian dollar
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May 1, 2008 - On Par
May 1, 2009 - $0.84
16% loss of purchasing power
85% of our budget is spent in US
• Result: UL were facing more than $700,000 deficit
McMaster is not alone
Causes:
-current economic trends
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-major underlying problem is the
rising costs of library materials
especially serials and electronic
information.
-increasing at an unsustainable
rate of 8% annually
-Association of Research Libraries
(ARL) reports that median
expenditures for serials in research
libraries has risen 340% from
1986-2007.
ARL Statement
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very few ARL
member libraries
are not facing
substantial
reductions in both
operating and
materials budgets.
This is not a
prediction but an
observation of
current realities
International: ICOLC Statement
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Endorsed by OCUL, CRKN and many others
ICOLC Statement
• We expect significant and widespread
cuts in budget levels for libraries and
consortia
• These cuts will be prolonged.
• Exchange rate fluctuations are
complicating and in some cases
amplifying the impact.
How is McMaster Responding?
• Past 2 years offered two CAW voluntary separation
packages (14 early retirements)
• This year: TMG/MUFA librarian voluntary
separation packages (4 early retirements) - will
likely be filled with internal promotions
• Did not reach goal, had to declare two redundancies
Any additional impact?
• Do not anticipate any impact on
– Collections
– Services
– Facilities
Future
• Continue to invest in:
– Research collections (licensed and owned)
– User services (particularly virtual)
– Space renovations