W. Frank Steely Library

ULAC: State of the Library

Arne J. Almquist, Ph.D.Associate Provost for Library Services

W. Frank Steely Library

Bridging the Gap

Steely Library made substantial progress this year in broadening patron access to resources, building and improving services, and continuing its growth as a provider of instruction to a widening clientele. These accomplishments were made more notable by the fact that Steely Library, as did the rest of the university, sustained a cut in funding.

W. Frank Steely Library

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State of the Library--Highlights:

• Collections• Budget• KYVL• Instruction• New Directions

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Collections

• Continued to widen access to the journal literature• Approximately 92% of our current journals are accessed

electronically• The total number of journals from which users can obtain

articles is now 39,067(a 20% increase from one year ago)• The number of electronic books has reached 35,611 (12% of

the collection)• Added 3 new collections to JSTOR

• We remain the only public university in Kentucky to hold all JSTOR collections for academic libraries

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Collections, cont’d:

• Experienced a decline in the use of SourceFinder• Our observations indicate that targeted purchases of journal packages

and databases has allowed users to satisfy more of their information needs using local holdings.

• Purchased 3,381 monographs• 17% decline in expenditures year-to-year• For the first time, we removed more books from the collection than we

purchased

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Budget:• Continued decline in materials budget

• FY09: $1,198,298 vs FY10: $1,168,593• Decline aggravated by serials inflation (est. $70,000)• 82% of expenditures went to serials

• Maintained departmental allocation budget at $139,000• Actual allocations totaled $140,518 after adjusting for the 30% cap• Two departments hit the cap—should stabilize soon• Allocations going forward will depend on stability of materials budget

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KYVL:

• State agencies are reducing their support • All constituencies are being asked to carry more of the budget load• NKU will see its fees increase from approximately $11,000 two years ago to $26,173 this year (a 1% increase in the middle of a fiscal year)

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Instructional Programs:

• Bachelor of Library Informatics• Completely online• Have reached 55 students as of Fall 2010• Students reside in 5 states

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Instructional Programs:

• Bridging the Gap• Federally-funded program is in its second year• There are 62 scholars in the program• We are looking for private funds to extend the scholarship portion of the

program• We are talking with another state government to try to replicate the

program there

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Bridging the Gap Service Area

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Accelerate/American Library Association Certification Program

• American Library Association Program• Online, continuing education• National coverage• Significant revenue share with the library

• Accelerate• Certificate program for people in the business world• Teaches concepts of information literacy• Taught through Community Ed

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Future Directions:

• Continuing the move to a virtual collection• Content• Access• Budget

• Designing 21st century services• Improving convenience of access• New applications