CSUDH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Presentation to the Academic SenateMarch 16, 2016

Stephanie Sterling Brasley, Dean

Igniting intellectual curiosity – facilitating creativity and

innovation

• Laying the Foundation

• Accomplishments & Current Activities

• On the Horizon

Spaces•Group study•Cultural events•Collections•Classrooms•Technology

enriched

Services•Information Literacy

Instruction•24/7 Remote Access•Research Assistance•Outreach

People•Students•Faculty•Staff•Librarians •Community

Guiding Principles

■ Create

■ Collaborate

■ Innovate

■ Student-Centered

■ Faculty-Responsive

■ Quality-as a Process and Destination

■ Data-Informed Decision Making

■ Continuous Improvement

Laying the Foundation…Needs Assessment: Students

• Library Hours

• Current & Future Services

• Promoting Library Services & Collections Surveys & Focus Groups

Student Surveys & Focus GroupsData

■ Large Survey, Spring 2015: 1,375 respondents■ Focus Groups, Spring, 2015: 4 groups, 38 students■ Extended Hours, Fall, 2014: ~258 respondents

Student Feedback-Space/Service NeedsMajor Themes■ Group Study Rooms

■ Quiet Study Spaces

■ Collaborative Spaces

■ Faster Computers

■ More Outlets

■ Projectors for Group Study Rooms

■ More Tables and Lounge Seating in the Dominguez Den

■ Signage

■ Marketing of Services (Tech. Check Out, Instruction Workshops)

■ Tutoring/Advising/Financial Aid Assistance Located within the Library

Laying the Foundation…Needs Assessment: Faculty

• Collections

• Promoting Library Services & Collections

Faculty Survey on Library Collections, 2015Data – 11 Questions

Resource Very Important Essential Total

Print Books 31.75% 30.16% 62%

Electronic Books 27.42% 45.16% 73%

Print Journals 19.05% 19.05% 38%

Electronic Journals 22.22% 69.84% 92%

Electronic Databases 25.40% 68.25% 94%

Faculty Survey on Library Collections, 2015Faculty Feedback on Collection Needs

■ Subject-focused full-text databases (e.g. criminal justice, art, communications, psychology, and health

■ Electronic journals, both current and archival

■ Updated print collections

■ E-Books

■ DVDs & Video Collections

■ Interlibrary Loans

■ Expansion of Reserves Collection

■ Instructional Videos on Resources

Laying the Foundation…Needs Assessment: Library Infrastructure

• Staffing

• Policies & Procedures

• Workflow

• Collections

• Library Faculty Priorities

Accomplishments & Current Activities …Faculty■ New Faculty receive $1,000 for new books■ 2015-2016: Each college allotted $20,000 for new print and e-book

purchases■ Liaison Librarian Model – One librarian faculty contact for each

college■ Review of Collections: Microforms, Reference, Stacks■ Moved many core journal titles from print to online format (Sage, Ovid,

Wiley, etc.)■ Interlibrary Loans Service relocated to 2nd floor

Accomplishments & Current Activities …New/Enhanced Databases, 2015 -■ Business Expert Press (CBAPP)

■ Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities (CAH, CBAPP, CNBS, CHHSN, COE)-FACULTY RTP

■ Chronicle of Higher Education with licensed access to the website (COE and all Campus)

■ CINAHL Complete, upgraded from CINAHL Plus with Full-text (CHHSN)

■ CountryWatch (CNBS & CBAPP)

■ Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full-Text (CBAPP)

■ Humanities E-Books from the ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies) (CAH & CEIE)

Accomplishments & Current Activities …New/Enhanced Databases, 2015 – con’t

■ Literature Criticism Online, including Contemporary Literary Criticism &■ Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (CAH & CEIE)

■ MEDLINE Complete (CHHSN)

■ Opposing Viewpoints (CAH and other colleges)

■ SciFinder (Chemistry) (CNBS)

■ PsycTESTS - American Psychological Association (CNBS & COE)

■ Wiley Online Database

Accomplishments & Current Activities …New Media Databases, 2015 – con’t■ BBC Shakespeare Plays (CAH)

■ Films on Demand

■ Kanopy Streaming Videos (includes requested psychotherapy.net films)

Accomplishments & Current Activities …Students

■ Extended Library Hours to 2am (Before & During Finals)■ Library Open on Sundays (Student Success Fee Funding)■ Enhanced Spaces

– Dominguez Den– Mancillas Courtyard– Internet Café

■ New Computers- 2nd floor, instructional labs■ Charging Stations■ Student Support

– Supplemental Instruction (EOPS) – 5th Floor– Academic Support Center (Advising, Career Center)– 2nd Floor

Dominguez DenCollaborative spaces, charging stations, more outlets, more tables…

Mancillas Courtyard, Internet Café, Academic Support Center

Grants and Affordable Learning Solutions■ Japanese American Archives

Projects– National Park Service

■ Pilot Grant - $40,000■ Multi-Campus - $320,000

■ Impending news of new grant

■ Affordable Learning Solutions– AL$ grants totally $26,000– COOL4ED System-wide

Project: 7 faculty participants

– Naomi Moy Conducted Webinars on CSUDH Activities

– Upcoming Grant: AB 798– CBAPP Bookstore/Publisher

Initiative (Lowering costs of books)

On the Horizon – 2016 and Beyond■ Next Generation Library: Learning Commons

– Visioning– Repurposing Space for Student-Support Activities

■ Library Strategic Plan ■ Library Advisory Board ■ Campus Information Literacy Plan■ Expand Liaison Librarian Model■ Continue Collections Review (Relevance, Delivery format)

■ Partnerships/Collaborations■ Re-Purpose Spaces (e.g. Pilot Makerspace)■ Re-designed Website; Suite of Instructional Tutorials■ Continue Review/Enhancement of Services (e.g. ILL)■ Affordable Learning Solutions - System-wide Grant for AB 798 College Textbook Affordability■ Cultural Events (Book Talks, Poetry Jams, Hacker events and more)

What the CSUDH Library Is About!

Thank you!