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Grow @ Your Library. Library Staff Update Wednesday, April 16, 2008 DC Conference Room. Spring. Growing... As a theme and a purpose. Accomplishments Current projects Future directions. Library Video Contest. 3 rd place video. Accomplishments. Campaign Waterloo – raised close to $7 M.
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Grow @ Your Library Library Staff Update Wednesday, April 16, 2008 DC Conference Room
Growing... As a theme and a purpose • Accomplishments • Current projects • Future directions
Accomplishments • Campaign Waterloo – raised close to $7 M
Accomplishments • Constructed the RBC Information Commons and the new look of the Davis main floor • Created the Sims Silent Study area in Davis and added new study carrels and chairs
Accomplishments • Provided new public and staff workstations in all locations • Renovated the 3rd floor of Porter including replacing all study carrels and creating the Betty Sims Reading Room
Accomplishments • Created the Musagetes Library
Accomplishments • Installed an RFID and Collection Management System in both Davis and Porter
Accomplishments • Equipped the Adaptive Technology Centre with new furnishings and equipment • Enhanced accessibility by retrofitting the Porter public elevators and beginning to replace range end signs • Installed glass display cabinets in the entrance to Special Collections
Accomplishments • Kresge Challenge – received the largest grant ever awarded to a Canadian Library
Your accomplishments… • Have allowed us to grow • And provide campus-wide benefits • For years to come • Despite it being a period of ongoing annual cuts
What’s ahead... • UW Financial Situation • Staffing • Acquisitions Budget • Sixth Decade Plans
Financial situation • Operating budget • Annual cuts • One-time only (OTO) supplements • Acquisitions budget • OTO • Base budget • Fund raising • Growing differently
Budget cuts • 2001/02: 3.5% • 2002/03: 2% • 2003/04: 2% • 2004/05: 2% • 2005/06: 1% • 2006/07: 1.5% • 2007/08: 2% • 2008/09: 2% • 2009/10: 3 – 3.5%???
OTO supplements • “Matching” dollars • 3M RFID initiative • IBM workstations & servers • Porter renovation health & safety requirements • Leveraging our dollars through partnerships
New appointments • 2005-2006 • Jennifer Haas, Alison Hitchens, Tim Ireland, Maria Reinhard • 2006-2007 • Allan Bell, Zsuzsanna Lancsak, Stef Voichita, Liz Wehner • 2007-2008 • Nancy Collins, Linda Finn, Leeanne Romane, Jonathan Sutherland, Carolyn Vincent • Debbie Loney (Apr 21), Kathy MacDonald (May 5) • Sunanda Brouwer, Gladys Torres, Christine Reilly, Yi-Mei Wang, Elzbieta Kucharska
Acquisitions Budgets • OTO supplements • Annual “OTO ongoing” supplement • Increase to base in 2007/08 and 2008/09 • Fluctuations in the Canadian currency • Leveraging our dollars • Latest CRKN CFI Humanities & Social Sciences • $350,000 worth of e-resources for $75,000 • i.e. > $1 million for $225,000 over three years
UW’s 6th Decade Plans A strong and vibrant library is a vital component of an excellent teaching and research intensive university. The UW Library will continue to foster and be a model of collaboration, connectedness, and partnerships.
Sixth Decade Plans • We will concentrate our efforts on three key themes: 1) Student experience 2) Space 3) E-initiatives
UW Executive Committee • Several working groups established last fall: • Space • Online learning • Student engagement
Three themes • Student experience • Engaging with students in the libraries and in the faculties • “Commons” areas • Space • Porter renovations • Davis lab • A major campus issue
Three themes – cont’d. • E-Initiatives • Verde • Primo • Electronic theses • UW-Space • Pre-print server pilot • E-content, e.g. latest CRKN CFI Humanities & Social Sciences
Growing in different ways • Sustaining and nurturing what we have done to date • Seeding new initiatives and pilot projects • Leveraging growth opportunities as they arise