Library Update:Academic Senate Library

Advisory Committee

Pat Kreitz2/14/14

Agenda

• Introductions• Update on Library’s activities and plans

Library/Learning Commons update• New initiatives• Role of the Library Advisory Committee

The Library serves

• 4,228 students• 458 faculty (194 ft, 264 pt)

• 513 staff (366 ft, 147 pt)

• 54 Bachelors’ Masters’ and Doctoral programs (doesn’t count credential programs)

• 1,129+ courses (2010)

• Visitors, alums, neighbors

Library’s core activities• Select & Manage Collections:

– 273K print and e-books– 11,522 journal titles (254 in print)– 199 licensed databases (access to selected articles in 72,844 journals)

• Provide Access and Assistance: – Physical:

• 362,165 2012/13 gate count (avg. 1,000 patrons a day)• 44,421 items circulated (not including Link+)

– Virtual: • Albert & Archon catalogs• Multisearch/Discovery tools• 400 specialized Web pages• Just-in-time short instructional videos (16)

5-year Electronic Resources Growth & Use

Library’s core activities

• Resource access:– Document delivery to faculty and graduate students up

32%– Link+ borrowing 7,161– Interlibrary lending up 3% (12,389 items)– Books as world travellers:

• Gonzaga San Diego• Harvard, MIT and the Library of Congress• U.S. Sports Academy (Alabama)• Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (Hawaii)• Drug Enforcement Administration Library (Virginia)• American University of Beirut, Universitat de Valencia, Sabanci

University, Istanbul

Comparative ServicesNational Center for Education Statistics: Academic Libraries

Survey Fiscal Year: 2010

Comparative Student Library Use

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 -

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

College Senior Survey: Percent of students, since entering college, who "frequently" used the library for

research or homework

Saint Mary's College of California Catholic Four-Year Colleges All Private Four-Year Colleges

Library’s core activities

• Collaborate with faculty to build information literacy and critical thinking– 5,110 individual research assistance sessions– 7,033 students, faculty, & staff attended instruction

sessions (17% increase over 2011/12)

• Library as space: thinking, learning, & student collaboration– 362,165 2012/13 gate count (avg. 1,000 patrons a day)– 3 group student study rooms, one with

presentation/practice tools

Total Instruction Sessions1999/2000 – 2012/2013

1999-2000

2000-2001

2001-2002

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

04080

120160200240280320360400

147

145

117

133

137

112155

183196

165

216

331

356 379

Total Instruction Sessions - 1999-2000 to 2012-2013

Academic Year

Num

ber o

f Ses

sion

s

1999-2000

2000-2001

2001-2002

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

04080

120160200240280320360400

147

145

117

133

137

112155

183196

165

216

331

356 379

Academic Year

Num

ber o

f Ses

sion

s

Library’s core activities

• Continuous improvement to meet changing needs– Hours

• 24/7 pre-finals and finals week• Open earlier Saturdays & Sundays for graduate student use

– Textbook collection (190 titles, UG, multi-sections, required readings)

– Social Media: Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn– Grants

• NIH Muslim Journeys Bookshelf• ALA/ACRL Information Literacy Partnering & Assessment

Library’s core activities: College service

• Susan Birkenseer– Educational Policies Board (EPB), 2008 (closed after that year)– SMC Web Planning Committee, 2011 to present– Staff Council, 2004-2007– Undergraduate Educational Policies Committee (UEPC), 2008-2010

• Margaret Brown-Salazar– Graduate and Professional Studies Educational Policies Committee, 2010-present– Kalmanovitz School of Education Commission on Teacher Credentialing Accreditation, October 2011

• Br. Richard Lemberg– College Facilities Planning Committee 2004 to Present– Presidential Search Committee 2004-2005

• Sharon Radcliff– Program Review Committee, 2010-2013– Graduate and Professional Studies Educational Policies Committee, 2009-2010

• Sarah Vital– Staff Council, 2008-2011 (chair elect, 09-10; chair, 10-11)

College Committee on Inclusive Excellence, 2009-2012 Budget Committee, 2010-2012 Institutional Effectiveness Committee, 2010-2011 Facilities Planning Committee, 2009-2010 Faculty Senate Library Committee, 2007-2010

– Library Appendix A:– Staff Activities and Service

Library’s core activities: College service • Patty Wade

– Staff Council 2011-12 and 2012-13 (Chair, Staff Climate and Development Committee 2012-13) Presidential Search Committee 2012-13

– Core Curriculum Committee Implementation Group on Information Literacy 2011 – Staff Great Books Committee 2009-2011

• Sharon Walters– Center for Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, Spring 2012-present– Habits of Mind Sub-Committee of the Core Curriculum Committee, Fall 2012-present– Core Curriculum Committee, Fall 2011-present– Liberal Education for Arts Professionals (LEAP) Advisory Board, 2008-present– Women's and Gender Studies Advisory Committee, 1999–present– Judge, Spectrum Writing Contest, January 2013– Interviewer, Writing Development Specialist position search, January 2013– Participant, Collegiate Seminar Formation Series, Fall 2012– College Committee on Inclusive Excellence, 2010-2011 – Women’s Resource Center Founder, 2000

• Linda Wobbe– Undergraduate Educational Policies Committee, 2010–present – Chair, Dean for Library and Academic Resources Search Committee, 2011–2012

Staff Great Books Seminar Planning Committee Member, 2002–2011

• Elise Wong– Institutional Marketing Committee, 2012-2013– Search Committee for Dean for Library and Academic Resources, 2011- 2012 – Academic Senate Library Committee, 2010-2012

New Initiatives• Strategic Initiatives proposed 2014/15

– Vault Career Insider Database (joint with Career Center and Alumni Office)

– Pilot program Student Peer Information & Reference Assistants

• Library retreat to develop new mission, values and strategic themes (Summer 2014)

• Institutional Repository planning task force (summer or fall?)

• Focus on the Future Faculty Conversations(Spring 2014)

Ongoing Initiative: Library/Learning Commons

Presentation TitleSeptember 13, 2013

Senate Library Advisory CommitteeRoles

• Advise on policies and services (ongoing)• Bring issues, problems, ideas to the table• White paper on teaching and research needs

from FOF Faculty Conversations data• Review Library/Learning Commons services

and design in the light of Campus’ strategic planning and FOF findings