Presentation to Social Sciences May 27, 2009
Jan 24, 2016
Presentation to Social Sciences
May 27, 2009
November 2001 - June 2002
• “Aksan Report” - ad-hoc committee to review the library– “Our library system is not entirely measuring up, as
demonstrated in aspects of this report. The community is increasingly aware of deficiencies, as evidenced by recent workshops and newspaper reports about the library. Students point to lack of space, lack of “new” books on the shelves, serial subscriptions which have been cancelled, and insufficient computer stations. “
November 2001 - June 2002
“the ability of the library to sustain a reasonable level of acquisitions of books and serials (paper, or electronic) has declined, and drastically”
November 2001 - June 2002
“The University Library stands at 111th out of 112 in the Association of Research Libraries (of North America) rankings. The Association of Research Libraries group puts McMaster in very significant company, and we have never been (nor should be expect to be) higher than 90, but we are close to being removed from the list”
Recommendations
• That new monies be drawn in the form of a fixed percentage of the Indirect Research Costs fund announced by the Federal Government, of those funds under the administration of the Vice-President (Research).
• That the library acquisitions base budget receive matching funds ($700,000) from reallocations for at least the next three years, 2002/-05, for a total infusion of $1,400,000 each year should the Indirect Research Fund continue.
Increased Indirect Costs
• 2006/07 $556,000
• 2009/10 $766,976
Thanks to Office of Research Services
One-time infusion
• $1.5 million budget committee (quality assurance funds)– Enhance book/journal collections– Support new acquisitions– Upgrade spaces
• $900,000 over three years– Technology Renewal
Thanks to University Budget Committee
Increased Donations
*new pledges*:restricted $368,852 (2008) $117,542 (2007) 214% increasegifts-in-kind $483,068 (2008) $218,746 (2007) 121% increasetotal $851,920 (2008) $336,287 (2007) 153% increase
*cash received:*restricted $229,242 (2008) $124,882 (2007) 84% increasegifts-in-kind $483,068 (2008) $218,746 (2007) 121% increasetotal $712,310 (2008) $343,627 (2007) 107% increase
Thanks to University Advancement
Total Expenditures
2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009
Budget $13,626,100 $15,213,067 $17,409,428*
Increase $1,586,967 $2,196,361
ARL Expenditure
Ranking
104 92 86
*Approximately 28% increase since 2006
Solicited your opinion (2007 LibQUAL)
• LibQUAL
• Message: Improve collections
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We responded: increased serials and monographs
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
Monographs 33,718 117,880 178,743
Serials 26,908 41,216 53,584*
*Probably closer to 48,000 subtracting for duplicates
2008/09 ARL Stats
Volumes
Added
Current Serials Materials
Budget
McMaster 178,927 53,584 $8,261,937
Rank in ARL
(2006)
110 93 90
Rank in ARL
(2009, pending review)
16 76 81
Yes, I said 16th1 COLUMBIA 547,346
2 HARVARD 319,547
3 CHICAGO 277,507
4 CALIFORNIA IRVINE 274,219
5 OKLAHOMA 257,137
6 TORONTO 247,666
7 YALE 238,862
8 ILLINOIS URBANA 208,659
9 CALIFORNIA BERKELEY 207,779
10 TEXAS A&M 206,223
11 TEXAS 191,363
12 BRIGHAM YOUNG 187,005
13 ALBERTA 186,313
14 IOWA 185,900
15 PENNSYLVANIA STATE 184,457
16 MCMASTER 178,927
17 INDIANA 174,417
18 PRINCETON 174,320
19 OHIO STATE 161,118
20 PITTSBURGH 160,722
ARL Ranking
Year* 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09**
ARL
Ranking
108 102 94 90?
*Published in Chronicle of Higher Education**August 2009 Chronicle
Where have we invested?
June 2008 - $47 million CRKN/CFI award for social sciences and humanities. Included:
– ALPSP Learned Journals Collection - 696 journal titles by 52 publishers– CAIRN - 143 French-language titles from 40 publishers– erudit – 57 mainly French-language journals – Oxford Islamic Studies Online/Index Islamicus– Periodicals Archives Online - six separate collections including 500 titles– Adam Matthew Digital - eight collections that offer rare printed sources– InteLex Past Masters - offers 117 full-text humanities databases – Canadian Publishers Collection - 8,100 English and French e-book titles – Ingram Digital Group - collection of e-books from three major publishers– Classical Scores Library - contains 400,000 pages of the most important
classical scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished materials.– Theatre in Video - contains more than 250 of the world's most important plays,
together with more than 100 video documentaries and online streaming video
Significant New Special Collections
• Jackie Washington Archives - local jazz musician
• Michel Brisebois collection - Anti-Semitism, Resistance, and Propaganda in WWII.
• Levy virtual holocaust museum and post-doctoral fellow.
• Professor Pierre Conlon – French Enlightenment
• E. Pauline Johnson archives. 3 issues of the Boys Own World; and programs and news clippings of three plays produced by the Brantford Amateurs between 1885 and 1887 in which Johnson appeared.
• Margaret Laurence archives. Her annotated copy of Tom Harpur’s For Christ’s Sake (1986).
• Penang Daily News. A propaganda newspaper in English issued by the Japanese imperial army in 1942.
• Dr. Peter Chasseaud World War I trench maps (in progress)
Significant partnerships
• The World Newspaper Archive - First Canadian participant - the world's largest, fully searchable digital archive of international newspapers. By fall of 2009 nearly 1,000,000 pages will be accessible online.
• World War I Adam Matthew Digital (UK), McMaster University Library and other internationally renowned libraries (UK, US, Australia, Canada) have entered into agreement to create a scholarly resource of primary source materials.
Supporting McMaster Publications
Digital Commons – publishing seven scholarly journals (more in queue)– o Eighteenth-Century Fiction– o Energy Studies Review– o Esurio: Ontario Journal of Hunger and
Poverty– o Global Labour Journal– o Journal of Ethics in Mental Health– o Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell
Studies– o The McMaster Journal of Communication
Physical Changes
• Learning Commons (Mills, Thode, Burlington)
• Lyons New Media Centre
• Centre for Digital Scholarship
• Faculty/Grad/Pos-doc Reading Room
Still much work to do
• Significant change in use of the library– Transactions– Physical use– Demands
Transactions
Transaction
Type
2006/07 2007/08
Reference 39,986* 28,154
Instruction
Sessions
524 501
Circulation 341,154** 299,049***
*Down from more than 40,000 prior year
**Down from more than 425,000 prior year
***Approximately 1/3 are laptop loans
Physical Use: Gate Count (Thode)
September 2007 40,658 September 2008 44,684 +9.9%
October 2007 74,471 October 2008 82,364 +10.6%
November 2007 69,591 November 2008 78,065 +12.2%
December 2007 34,962 December 2008 37,693 +7.8%
How do we know we’re doing well?
• 2008 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award
• Balanced Scorecard initiative
The UL are Facing a Significant Budget Challenge for 2009-2010
• Flat budget for 2009-2010• Worldwide economic crisis
– Collections budget• Average serials inflation at or near 8%• International currency fluctuations• Declining Canadian dollar
– May 1, 2008 - On Par– May 1, 2009 - $0.84– 16% loss of purchasing power– 85% of our budget is spent in US
• Result: UL were facing more than $700,000 deficit
McMaster is not alone
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Causes:
-current economic trends
-major underlying problem is the rising costs of library materials especially serials and electronic information.
-increasing at an unsustainable rate of 8% annually
-Association of Research Libraries (ARL) reports that median expenditures for serials in research libraries has risen 340% from 1986-2007.
ARL Statement
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very few ARL member libraries are not facing substantial reductions in both operating and materials budgets. This is not a prediction but an observation of current realities
International: ICOLC Statement
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Endorsed by OCUL, CRKN and many others
ICOLC Statement
• We expect significant and widespread cuts in budget levels for libraries and consortia
• These cuts will be prolonged.
• Exchange rate fluctuations are complicating and in some cases amplifying the impact.
How is McMaster Responding?
• Past 2 years offered two CAW voluntary separation packages (14 early retirements)
• This year: TMG/MUFA librarian voluntary separation packages (4 early retirements) - will likely be filled with internal promotions
• Did not reach goal, had to declare two redundancies
Any additional impact?
• Do not anticipate any impact on – Collections– Services– Facilities
Future
• Continue to invest in:– Research collections (licensed and owned)– User services (particularly virtual)– Space renovations