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The W. Frank Steely Library

The W. Frank Steely Library. 2011 – ULAC State of the Library Presentation. Arne J. Almquist, PhD Associate Provost for Library Services. The W. Frank Steely Library. Arne J. Almquist, PhD Associate Provost for Library Services. 2008 - A Bold Leap Forward. 2008. 2008 BLF Initiatives.

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The W. Frank Steely Library

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  1. The W. Frank Steely Library • 2011 – ULAC State of the Library Presentation Arne J. Almquist, PhD Associate Provost for Library Services

  2. The W. Frank Steely Library Arne J. Almquist, PhD Associate Provost for Library Services 2008 - A Bold Leap Forward 2008

  3. 2008 BLF Initiatives • Collections as Service • Serials • Cost per use • “E only” • No multiple formats • Monographs • RFID • Building as Service • Develop the building and space-dependent services

  4. 2008 BLF Initiatives, cont’d • Marketing Orientation • Develop communications/marketing plan • Conduct market research in partnership with Dept. of Marketing • Publications audit • Culture of Assessment • Develop better understanding of current assessment trends/techniques • Align measures with surveys • Provide better ways of sharing data

  5. Collections -- Serials Expenditures by Format FY 2007FY 2012 Microform 11% Microform <1% Paper 48% Paper 4% Journal Subscriptions – Unique Titles(2008): 1,578 Journal Subscriptions – Unique Titles(2012): 4,124 Total Unique Current Titles – Agg & Subsc (2009): 28,512 Total Unique Current Titles – Agg & Subsc (2012): 44,761 +161% + 57%

  6. Collections -- Monographs RFID • Approximately 30,000 items in the main circulating collection remain to be tagged (tags have been purchased). • Purchasing security gates, self-check, and other RFID equipment, Fall 2011. Information Brokerage/PDA • Created 2 new pooled funds (teaching faculty, Steely faculty) to broaden PDA experiment.

  7. 2001: “I tell my students not to bother with Steely. I send them to UC’s library for their information needs.” 2010: “I told our candidate that if it’s not in Steely’s collection, they can get anything you want -- virtually overnight in most cases.”

  8. Steely Library – User Satisfaction -- Faculty 2004 2009

  9. Library Expenditures Library Expenditures as a Percent of University Expenditures – NKU, 2001-2011

  10. Continuing a Negative Trend …

  11. The Next Step Collections Transition Serials to 100% online • Reconfigure Third Floor • Repurpose Current Periodicals Area Serials Circ Data

  12. The Next Step Collections Apply our successful serials collection techniques to book collection • Purchase more e-books and e-book collections • Transition more $$$ to pooled and PDA funds (Observation indicates that better purchases are made, on average) • Transition more of reference resources to electronic format

  13. eBooks Rocket eBook Reader, circa 1998 Amazon Kindle, 2011

  14. With the advent of the MP3 in the 2000s, the sales of CDs has dropped in seven out of the last eight years. In 2008, large label CD sales dropped 20%,[20] although independent and DIY music sales may be tracking better according to figures released March 30, 2009.[21] Guardian, UK (guardian.co.uk, Friday, April 15, 2011): Ebooks have become the single bestselling category in American publishing for the first time, according to new data released yesterday.

  15. Circulation, Enrollment & Collection Size

  16. The Next Step Collections Transition Government Documents • Collections of Excellence vscomprensive • More aggressive weeding of current materials • Concentration on 2 or 3 Federal agencies We now have our first Collection of Excellence in the ASERL Government Documents Shared Collections Project.

  17. The Next Step Collections Special Collections • Continue renovation of SC&A facility • Political papers fundraising • Continue pursuing new collections • Advisory board

  18. The Next Step Services New service points leveraging skills/strengths • IPAC (leverages on GovDocs COE initiative) • Access to technology • Reconfigure existing spaces

  19. Instructional Services Bachelor of Science in Library Informatics Continuing Education Program

  20. NKU’s Library Informatics Program

  21. NKU’s Library Informatics Program

  22. The Bridging the Gap “Series” Bridging the Gap I (KY): $1.3 million project • 50 counties (Appalachian, far Western, bordering) • 50 full package participants, 12 tuition only • Partners: NKU, Bluegrass, KDLA Bridging the Gap II (WV): $1.2 million project • Concentrating on isolated, at-risk counties • 40 participants planned • Partners: NKU, Mountwest, WV Library Commission

  23. Bridging the Gap II

  24. The Next Step Marketing Packaging our message • Learn how to market our “products” • Begin using digital signage • Liaison program EHIS

  25. Resources Existing resources • Examine current workflows, tasks • Increase application of technology New Resources • Grow revenue opportunities • Pursue grant opportunities • Philanthropy • Pursue new resources within university

  26. Questions . . .

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