Mandatory Fee: Library

Tuition and Fee Proposal Committee PresentationsTuition and Fee Proposal Committee PresentationsFor the Academic Years 2010-11 and 2011-12 For the Academic Years 2010-11 and 2011-12

Student Benefits: Study Spaces

• 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

• 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

• 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)