STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLELIBRARY COLLECTIONS: WHAT’S OUR CARRY CAPACITY?

1c. Continue to pursue strategies for withdrawing appropriate materials from CSU Libraries…

3b…establish additional storage space for books that should continue to be kept and preserved, and relocated from the first floor of Morgan to Lake St.

R2 CONSULTANTS – CARRYING CAPACITYBiologyMaximum number of organisms that

can be supported in a given habitat.

R2 CONSULTANTS - CARRYING CAPACITY

Libraries - Maximum number of books that can supported within a library system.

Collection Strategies Manage Collection Growth

Expand Shelving Capability Withdraw Unneeded Material

CARRYING CAPACITY - SOME ORGANISMS CAN MANIPULATE THEIR ENVIRONMENT

ANALYSIS - ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Withdraw plan completed – concentrate on Government Documents, duplicates, and electronic journal print equivalents

Removed 0.25 miles of Government Documents from collection

Duplicates in collection being withdrawnBasic design of Lake St. Depository

addition completedList of additional Governments

Documents being compiled

ANALYSIS - COLLECTION CHALLENGES

Unknown impact of Alliance proposalsUnknown collection growth 2010-2020Funds needed to purchase more electronic

collectionsArchives and Special Collections will fill

Annex by 2013Morgan Renovation and Expansion will

remove 22,500 lf of shelving from Morgan. Will we need to install more compact shelving in Morgan basement to accommodate collection?

Communicating future of Libraries’ collections with faculty and students.

OPERATIONALIZATION

Continue to implement withdraw and Lake St. expansion plan

Identify additional shelving for Annex collection

Analyze Storage and Withdraw Plan and Morgan Expansion/Renovation to identify libraries carrying capacity

Identify and purchase digital collections that will shrink the print collection

Define collection priorities with campus community

Develop Library 2010-2020 Collection Plan

LIBRARY COLLECTIONS BY THE NUMBERS

2,028,198 volumes – size of print collection

125, 284 lf – Morgan Shelves69,794 lf - Lake St. Depository Shelves8,352 lf – Annex Shelves22,500 lf – Shelving removed from

Morgan after expansion and renovation