Transcript Mandatory Fee: Library Tuition and Fee Proposal Committee Presentations For the Academic Years 2010-11 and 2011-12

Mandatory Fee: Library
Tuition and Fee Proposal Committee Presentations
For the Academic Years 2010-11 and 2011-12
Student Benefits: Study Spaces
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Information Commons: 125 computers
1607 study seats
30 group study rooms (19,000 uses)
Graduate quiet and collaborative study rooms
775,000 people entered the building (Gate
Count)
Student Benefits: Collections
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1.2 Million Volumes
43,000 Current Serial Subscriptions
12,500 Video, 20,000 Audio Items
16,000 Maps, 3.2 Million Microform Units
4,800 Linear Feet of Special Collections
Student Benefits: Collections
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175,000 items checked-out
2,124,119 searches in indexes and databases
1,411,981 accesses to online articles
7,800 items borrowed from other libraries
914 items on e-reserve
Student Benefits: Services
• Reference and Instruction:
– 64,000 reference questions (desk, phone, chat, IM)
– 240 instruction sessions for 4855 students
– 333 tours for 8277 students
• 45 laptops (15,607 uses)
• 5240 students reached with other activities on
campus
Highlights
• Completion of the first phase of the
Information Commons
• Completion of a new Special Collections area
• New integrated discovery environment that
connections books, indexes, databases and
articles
Internal Realignments
• Improvements in processing:
– Get books to the shelves faster with less staff
intervention
– Staff previously focused on processing physical
materials moved to digital materials
– More records for digital books loaded into the
library catalog so they will be easier to find
Internal Realignments
• New First-Year Services Department:
– Collaborate with other first-year services to offer
seamless support for students
– Develop more online content related to finding and
using information
Plans for 2011/2012
• Complete the renovation of the 2nd floor:
– 50 additional computers
– 10 more study rooms
– Space for the Writing Center and Tomas Rivera
Tutoring Services and Supplemental Instruction
– Move services not directly related to students and
faculty out of the library
Adequacy of funding
• Large fund balances are being used to improve
the physical spaces in the library
• Current fee is adequate for 2010 operations
(budget is balanced)