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FISCAL HEALTH OF THE JAMES C. KIRKPATRICK
LIBRARY
(AKA “THE BUDGET CRUNCH”)
JCKL Materials Budget Advisory Committee
Thursday, October 30, 2008
LIBRARIES AND APPLE PIE “A university is just a group of buildings around a
library.” - Shelby Foote
“The Library is the Heart of the University.” - Charles W. Eliot
“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.” - Henry Ward Beecher
“‘Money makes the mare go’ is a proverb that I heard my mother say on many occasions…money may indeed make the mare go, and I contend that it takes a great library to make the university go.” – Library Dean Mollie Dinwiddie, InfoOne Newsletter, Fall 2008.
LIBRARIES AND ACCREDITATION
“Unless libraries are used and valued by students and faculty, their impact on learning is small. In short, a library—or a learning resource center—exists to support learning and teaching. To make learning resources an integral part of a student’s education, an organization will have to invest in appropriate materials and equipment and provide the staff that can maintain these resources, train students in their use, and provide assistance when it is needed.
– Criterion 3, Core Component 3d, Accreditation Handbook, The Higher Learning Commission (accrediting agency for UCM)
JCKL HAS NOT HAD A BUDGET INCREASE SINCE 2006
JCKL HAS NOT HAD A BUDGET INCREASE SINCE 2006
UCM SUPPORT FOR THE LIBRARY IS AT HISTORIC LOWS
SERIALS INFLATION CONTINUES TO ERODE JCKL’S PURCHASING
POWER
SERIALS INFLATION VS. JCKL BUDGET
ECONOMIZING MEASURES
1. Elimination of print/electronic access duplication
2. Identification of materials of lower value or usage for cutting.
3. Implementation of new monographic budget with belt-tightening provisions
ECONOMIZING MEASURES:2008-2009 DATABASE CUTS
Gale Business & Company Resource Center Ethnic Newswatch Essay and General Literature Index iPoll Standards Infoweb WebFeet Academic CollegeSource LexisNexis Statistical Universe LexisNexis Government Periodicals
ECONOMIZING MEASURES:2008-2009 MONOGRAPH BUDGET
Implemented new monograph allocation formula that considers departmental size, use and cost of materials
Belt-tightening provisions: Departmental allocations can rise by no more
than 10%, but can drop by up to 20%
Overall monographic budget reduced by 6.6% vs. 2007-2008
LOOKING FORWARD, FY2010(IF NO BUDGETARY RELIEF)
Additional possible cuts to electronic resources: Either LexisNexis or Westlaw Plunkett Research Scopus Britannica Refworks Central Search
Additional cuts to monograph budget
Individual journal cancellations
Increasing reliance on ILL
RECOMMENDATIONS, FY2010
Materials:Base budget increase of 13% ($180,000)
Operations: Increase of $10,000 to cover rising MOBIUS costs
Summit Center $25,000 to install Lock-a-Shelf unit $100,000 for space design/construction, library
materials, and staffing to support growing program
QUESTIONS?