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SERVICE
%
Change from
CATEGORY
2003/2004
2002103*
Previous Year
Use of Library
24,010
9,650
149%
User Assistance
Reference Enquiries
4,038
747.
441%
Directional Enquiries
602
121
398%
Total Enquiries
4,640
868
435%
Use of Collection
Circulation
45,246
20,633
119%
Items from other branches
1,555
694
124%
Items delivered to other
branches**
857
n/a
n/a
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Instructional Sessions
43
10
330%
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Number of Participants
1,568
252
522%
Statistics not available before September
2002.
Statistics not available before November
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SERVICE
% Change from
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2002103
Previous Year
Use of Library
(Gate
Count)
136,937
130,874
4.6%
User Assistance
Total Enquiries
38,487
35,856
7%
General Information
28,341
27,486
3%
Reserves
2,166
1,822
19%
Total Reference
7,962
6,548
22%
In-person
Reference*
6,157
5,019
23%
E-mail
Reference*
1,805
1,529
18%
Use of Collection
Total Use
26,459
25,286
5%
Circulation
18,691
15,725
19%
In-Library Use
7,768
9,561
-19%
Items from Other Branches
Items Delivered to Other Branches
9,836
1,578
8,808
1,569
12%
1%
Library Instruction
Instructional Sessions
95
77
23%
Number of Participants
565
446
27%
included in Total Reference.
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
2
COLLECTIONS
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2
LIBRARYSERVICES
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INFORMATION
COMMONS
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ASKUS
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INSTRUCTION
SERVICES
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FACULTY/UNIVERSITY OUTREACH
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MEDIASERVICES
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TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT
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DIGITALINITIATIVES
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4
IMPACT OF ELECTRONIC SERVICES ON LIBRARY ACTIVITY
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SAMUEL AND FRANCES BELZBERG LIBRARY
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SFUSURREY CAMPUS
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"WORKING TOGETHER
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EVENTS
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CULTURAL
EVENTS
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LIBRARY
AND UNIVERSITY EVENTS
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GIFTS& DONATIONS
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STAFF
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TABLE A - RECORDED USAGE OF LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
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TABLE B - DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICES
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TABLE C - GROWTH OF LIBRARY COLLECTION
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TABLE D - PUBLIC SERVICES ACTIVITIES
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TABLE E - SAMUEL AND FRANCES BELZBERG LIBRARY
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TABLE F - SURREY CAMPUS LIBRARY
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D - PUBLIC SERVICES ACTIVITIES
USER
Directional ?
Reference
%
Change from
ASSISTANCE
Queries ?
Questions 2003/04
2002/03
Previous Year
Service Location
AskALibrarian E-mail
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1,805
1,805
1,529*
18%
AskUsLive ?
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1,265
1,265
654
93%
LibHelp E-mail
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298
298
439
-32%
Belzberg Library
30,525
6,157
36,682
34,327
7%
Surrey***
4,038
602
4,640
854
443%
Media Collection
553
2,431
2,984
1,679
78%
Information Desk
12,888
-
12,888
15,557*
-17%
Maps/Data/GIS
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1431
1,431
1,906
-25%
Reference Desk
8,076 ?
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29,212 37,288 31,515
18%
Librarian Offices
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2,448
2,448
2,107
16%
Special
Collections**
.1-78
283
461
482 - ?
-4%
Theses Help
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1,431
1,431
850
68%
Totals ?
59,120
44,501 ?
103,621 91,899
13%
Calculation adjustment
*Theses Assistant position removed from Special Collections in 2002 resulting in a drop in stats.
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USER INSTRUCTION ?
#
Classes # Students # Classes # Students
2003/04
2003/04
2002/03
2002/03
Instruction Service
Bennett Library (general) ?
52
2,224
25
269
Bennett Library
(course-integrated) ?
397
10,334
358
9,621
Bennett Library
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(theses
workshops)* ?
28
413
n/a
n/a
Belzberg Library ?
95
565
77
446
Surrey Library
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43
1,568
10
252
Totals ?
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615
15,104
470
10,588
%CHANGE
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31%
43%
*2003/2004
Theses workshops offered for the first time.
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TABLE C- GROWTH OF LIBRARY COLLECTION
COLLECTION
Collection Size ?
Net Growth
Collection Size
CATEGORY
Mar 31, 2003
2003/04
Mar 31, 2004
LC Classified Volumes
1,116,521
1,162,387
Computer Item Count Adjustment
13,032
4,107
Adjusted Classed Volumes Count
1,129,553
36,941
1,166,494
Unclassed Volumes (journals)
261,987
7,347
269,334
Unclassed Volumes (StatsCan)
6,276
892
7,168
Subtotal Volumes
1,397,816
45,180
1,442,996
Microfilm (# of reels)
48,561
791
49,352
Microfiche
(#
of sheets)
1,136,745
11,648
1,148,393
Microfiche Volume Equivalencies
811,960
8,321
820,281
(i.e., ?
1/1.4)
Subtotal Net Micromaterial Volumes
860,521
9,112
869,633
Total Print Volume
Holdings
2,258,337
54,292
2,312,629
OTHER COLLECTIONS FORMATS
Manuscripts (in linear metres)
568
59
627
Maps
88,526
3,657
92,183
Slides & Cartoons
50,622
1,264
51,886
Sound Recordings
7,904
639
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8,543
Video Recordings (tapes, DVDs & films)*
2,309
2,294
4,603
Total Other
Collections Formats
149,929
7,913
157,842
MAGNETIC FORMATS
Electronic Journals (EJDB + RDL files)
15,513
3,899
19,412
Electronic Monographs (computer count)
9,468
3,308
12,776
Database Licenses
154
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154
Other electronic
formats**
2,866
Total Magnetic Formats
25,135
7,207
35,208
CURRENT SERIAL
SUBSCRIPTIONS
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Print and Microform Subscriptions
7,832
-1011
6,821
Computer Count Adjustment
-651
-34
Subtotal Print and Microform
7,181
-394
6,787
Subscriptions
Electronic Subscriptions (e-journals, RDL,
15,667
3,899
19,566
databases)
Total Current Subscriptions
22,848
3,505
26,353
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and films added for the first time
Note: includes games (new format) and CD-ROMS (previously counted with print volumes)
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- INTRODUCTION
The recently completed
Library External Review Report
noted the quality of SFU Library staff. The
Review
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notes "The appropriate and flexible responses of the Library staff to individual concerns and survey
results" and goes further to say that "A proactive attitude of continuous improvement marks the staff's
approach to service."
Throughout this Annual Report, specific staff achievements are highlighted. But one that deserves particular
mention is that staff in the Serials Acquisitions unit contributed to the efficiency of the Library in conjunction
with Collections staff by recovering several hundred thousand dollars in incorrect charges from vendors over
the past three years. By taking the initiative and paying particular attention to the detail as many print
subscriptions were converted to online through the Canadian National Site Licensing Project, the dedicated
staff in this area identified discrepancies between SFU Library and vendor records. While a particularly
dramatic example, such care is typical of the quality of work performed by SFU Library staff and librarians.
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The Library continued Its migration to online-only access for part of the ?
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journal collection.
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Results from the faculty and student surveys ?
meeting our users needs;
conducted by the Library in Fall 2003 indicated that the enthusiastic use ?
82 of faculty respondents
of online journals is accompanied by an appreciation for the expanded ?
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access to electronic journal titles. Faculty and students responding to
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online journals satisfied their
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the survey indicated e-journals were one of the most important areas
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Another area of significant collection development was in support of health-related research at the university.
The Library hired a Health Sciences Librarian with expertise in this area. We conducted a detailed analysis
of our holdings against standard bibliographies and with specific reference to the existing and expected
activity at SFU in Health Sciences and Health Studies. With financial contributions from the University
Administration, the Library, and the Institute for Health Research and Education, over twenty-five new journal
subscriptions were established, backfiles were acquired and monograph holdings were strengthened
considerably. An approval profile for Health materials was established with our major book wholesaler to.
ensure that we receive all important new publications in the subject areas that match with our interests.
A useful SFULibrary
Although survey results show that the community welcomes the expanded
access achieved through further growth of the e-journal collection, even
software development
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when it means forgoing print, nevertheless, we continue to consult with
allows specific faculty to
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faculty and work closely with departments to identify cases when print
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needs to be retained for specific scholarly purposes, and to maintain a core
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journal and database titles
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when decisions are being ?
possible as many publishers digitize their backfiles; we have been
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needs to deepen our access to the scholarly literature.
Finally, the strengthening of the Canadian dollar resulted in budget fallout that led to special opportunities for
acquisitions towards year end. For example, the purchase of
Early English Books Online
and SFU's
membership in the related Text Creation Partnership were received enthusiastically in disciplines such as
English
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History, Philosophy and Humanities. Access to the online archive of the
Globe and Mall
back to
. - 1844 is proving to be a valuable research tool in a wide variety of subject areas. The strong dollar also
allowed the Library to pay extra attention to the development of our monograph collection in the final
months of the year, and to renew several important sources in our print reference collection.
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New Resources:
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Canada's Heritage to 1 844 (Globe and Mail online archive)
. Canadian Poetry (full text online database from Chadwyck Healey)
. Cochrane Library (including Systematic Reviews)
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Dominion Law Reports Online
. Early English Books Online
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. Gale Virtual Reference Library (selected titles)
. Journal Citation Reports
. Lexis/Nexis Environmental
. Mergent Online
. North American Immigrant Letters and Diaries (digital collection)
. North American Women's Letters and Diaries (digital collection)
. • OCLC WorldCat
. OP Legaleze
• SPIE Digital Library (International Society for Optical Engineering)
• Ulrich's Online
• Web of Science (deeper backfiles to 1976)
• X-Refer Plus
LIBRARY SERVICES
Information
Commons
The SFU Alumni Information Commons was funded by a special donation
from the Alumni, by income from the Alumni Library Endowment and through
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On April 1, 2004,
reallocation of Library and ACS resources. Working together, the Library and
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twenty-five laptops
Academic Computing Services planned and launched the Alumni Information
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were made available
Commons in
September 2003. Providing access to assignment software
for check out from
along with library databases and resources as well as integrating reference
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the Reserve desk.
service and technical assistance, the Information Commons . proved
immediately popular. User contact at the desk increased 27% in August alone, and 33% overall by the end
of the fiscal year. The majority of questions were answered by librarians, demonstrating a continuing need
for library research assistance, but the large number of questions directed to the computer technicians
indicated that a former gap was being filled.
Ask Us...
Use of the Ask
Us Live
interactive reference service has been steadily increasing, a trend expected to
continue. Collaboration with the University of Victoria Library expanded in August to a 50/50 split of service
hours, enabling each institution to improve the popular reference service with manageable time and cost
impacts.
Ask Us Here, a service
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The simple yet effective
Ask Us Here
mobile reference service began
which SFU Library ?
September 2003. Twice a week, reference librarians armed with a wireless
pioneered in Canada, won ?
laptop, signage, pushcart and chairs set up a reference booth in the Applied
the BC Academic Libraries
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Sciences Atrium and the student lounge in the West Mall Annex. There, they
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were able to answer questions, refer students and faculty for complex
Outstanding Service
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information requirements and raise awareness about Library services.
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Interlibrary Loans, Telebook (Distance Education)
and Media
Booking
INTERLIBRARY
% Change from
LOAN SERVICES
2003/2004
2002/03
Previous Year
SFU Loans
to
Other Libraries
Books
8,923
8,523
5%
Photocopies ?
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12,768
14,129
-10%
Total Items
Loaned by SFU
21,691
22,652
-4%
Items Borrowed from
Other Libraries
Books
7,023
6,947
1%
Photocopies
23,184
30,752
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Total Items Supplied
to SFU
30,207
37,699
-20%
TELEBOOK SERVICES
% Change from
(DISTANCE
EDUCATION)
2003/2004
2002/03
Previous Year
Distance Education Student Requests
1,132
1,702
-33%
Items Requested by Students
2,400
3,836
-37%
Items Sent to
Students:
Books
1,398
1,738
-20%
Journal Articles
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868
1,378
-37%
Videos
107
142
-25%
Total Items Sent
2,373
3,258
-27%
% Change from
MEDIA BOOKINGS* ?
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2003/2004
2002/03
Previous Year
Bookings
1,155
n/a
n/a
Items Borrowed from Other Institutions
500
n/a
n/a
Items Loaned to Other Institutions
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107
n/a
n/a
Services moved from LIDC in August 2003. Statistics not available before August 2003.
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A - RECORDED
USAGE OF LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
Librarians deliver instruction in a wide variety of ways: labs and lecture halls in the Library and on campus
via detailed web pages and off campus on request.
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This year
librarians continued to
work with new technologies such
as
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Demand for course-integrated
Viewlet
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participated ?
in ?
WebCT ?
forums
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Business
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InSt1UCtIoflCOfltIflUed toincrease.
Communication. While many undergraduate courses are textbook
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SERVICE
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Change from
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or lab based, SFU's recent adoption of revised undergraduate
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year. The 397 classes with
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CATEGORY
2003/04 ?
2002/03 ?
Previous Year
curriculum requirements is expected to increase demand for Library
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1.0,334stUd
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delivered by
Use of Library
1,685,415 ?
1,542,632 ?
9%
instruction,
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especially ?
for ?
courses ?
designated
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writing-intensive,
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Bennett
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librarians represent a
which ?
may require research beyond textbook or course pack
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10.890inceaseoverthe,
COLLECTION
#Items ?
#ltems Used
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Total Items
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Total Items
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% Change from
readings. ?
Librarians have already begun working with faculty to
CATEGORY
Loaned ?
in Library ?
Used 2003/04 ?
Used 2002/03 ?
Previous Year
integrate Library instruction into course content, and the Library is
Books:
represented on the university-wide Student Learning
Services Task Force.
General Stacks
459,777
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163,350
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623,127 ?
654,507 ?
-5%
Reserves
81,313 ?
N/A ?
81,313 ?
89,641
?
-9%
Faculty/University Outreach
Librarians participated in a variety of special activities targeted for faculty and students.
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These included a
Subtotal
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541,090 ?
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163,350
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704,440 ?
744,148 ?
-5%
reception for new
faculty and departmental Library representatives
in
the Fall, and
a
faculty workshop
entitled
Managing The Information Flow in Your Field: An Update for SFU Faculty
and an EndNote training
Others:
.
workshop in the Spring.
Media Collections
16,933 ?
N/A ?
16,933 ?
13,458* ?
26%
In Process
679 ?
N/A ?
679
?
454 ?
50%
Librarians also continued to work closely with their academic departments in reference, instruction and
Journals
N/A ?
89,578 ?
89,578 ?
126,560 ?
-29%
collection roles, with the recent Library Review Report noting that faculty indeed sees them as "partners". In
particular, this appreciation has been recognized by the Women's Studies liaison librarian being granted
Maps
387 ?
8,092 ?
8,479 ?
7,667 ?
1 1%
adjunct professor status by that department, and the Communication liaison librarian being invited to join the
Microforrns
N/A ?
11,291 ?
1 1 ,291
?
12,112 ?
-7%
Advisory Committee for a large SSHRC INE project.
Subtotal
Reference
17,999
N/A
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122,393140,392
13,432
.
?
13,432
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177,103
16,852 ?
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-20%
-21%
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Media
In August,
Services
the campus film, video and DVD collection was transferred from the Learning and Instructional
Bennett Totals
559,089 ?
285,743 ?
844,832 ?
922,825 ?
-8%
Development Centre (LIDC) and located with the slides and sound recordings collections in the Fine Arts
Belzberg Totals
18,691 ?
7,768 ?
.
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26,459 ?
25,286 ?
5%
Room in the Bennett Library. ?
To reflect the broader scope of the collection, the Fine Arts Room was
Surrey Totals
45,246
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N/A ?
45,246 ?
20,633**
?
119%
renamed the Media Collection. With this transition, the Library assumed responsibility for maintenance and
stewardship of these important resources. ?
It was a successful first year with many significant acquisitions.
Totals
623,026 ?
293,511
?
916,537
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968,744 ?
-5%
Films that had been repeatedly borrowed from external sources for classroom use were acquired for the
*Not a true usage count.
Most Media Collection reserve items used
in
the Library were counted
as
one-time use only.
collection. ?
Librarians and faculty members in several subject areas also teamed up to do intensive
Statistics not available before September 2002.
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development of this collection. $70,000 was spent on 400 items.
Technological Development
2003/2004 saw continued development of the Library's software,
ReSearcher,
which is funded through
COPPUL and used at Western Canadian university libraries. Together, the online serials linking and
requesting components (CUFTS and GODOT) and the citation product
Citation Manager won the
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Citation Manager
are maturing into serious competition for commercial
2003 Canadian Association
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products, and will be released under an Open Source license so that other
of College and University
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libraries can benefit from them.
Libraries Innovation Award.
Beginning in January, a pilot project was undertaken to
assess
the viability
of gaining permission from journal and book publishers to scan and make material available online for
specific
courses. ?
The locally developed software includes
a
sophisticated copyright clearance application
that manages every aspect of the scanned documents.
Digital Initiatives
For the second year, SFU Library participated in
Our Roots,
digitizing 25,000 pages for the collection. The
Library
also added over 500 editorial cartoons
to
our well-received
online collection. An important Lake
District Bibliography, with high-quality images from rare and unique items in our Wordsworth Collection, will
be lauAchéd Fall 2004. The Multicultural Canada project, which aims to make the cultural materials by
immigrant
communities (newspapers, photos and oral histories) available online
to
all Canadians,
is
based
at
SFU Library. In addition, some unique materials from Harrison Brown's personal archives are being digitized
by a graduate student and housed on the Library's servers.
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The Library and; the
Canadian Journal of Communication
have worked together to house the electronic
version of the journal on the Library's servers, and the Library has digitized approximately 10 years of
backfiles which are available online.
. - SFU has established an institutional repository using the DSpace software from MIT. Several University
communities are depositing material in the repository and interest is growing. As part of SFU Library's
participation in the Canadian Association of Research Libraries' Institutional Repository Project, it is hosting
the CARL Harvester, which allows simultaneous searching of all the participating repositories.
IMPACT
OF ELECTRONIC SERVICES ON LIBRARY
ACTIVITY
Requesting of print journal articles from other libraries dropped by 20% in 2003/2004. Much of this decline
can be attributed to the impact of the increase in e-journals. This demonstrates that the increased availability
of e-journals is having an impact on Interlibrary Loans. After years of rapid growth, ILL usage now appears to
have peaked and we are beginning to see a reduction in demand for this service.
The Library experienced a 12% decrease in overall re-shelving, primarily due to the decreasing use of print
journals when electronic copies are available.
SAMUEL AND FRANCES BELZBERG LIBRARY
Use of Belzberg Library grew in all areas: total enquiries up 7.3%, total reference questions up 21.6%
instructional sessions up 23.4%, in person reference up 22.7%, use of the libask email service up 18.1°
use of the print collection up 4.6% and the number of people coming into the library increased by 4.6% over
the previous year. This increase is tied to the ongoing expansion of Harbour Centre, including enrolment
growth of 13.2% to 1,105 FTE, the addition of the
3r6
floor and the new Master of Public Policy program.
The use of the physical collection continues to grow and increased by 18.9%, delivery to Belzberg grew
11.7% and annual transfers of less-used material was required to make space for new acquisitions. The
critical need for expanded library space for collections, instruction and liaison was recognized.
The completion of the Harbour Centre academic plan and recommendations of the SFU Library review will
enable the library to plan how Belzberg Library can support SFU's expanding presence in Vancouver, and
what collections, services, space and resources will be required.
SFU SURREY CAMPUS
This was a successful year for the Surrey Library, with very significant growth in the use of the Library and
our collections and services: head count up 126%, circulation up 89%, borrowing from other libraries and
branches up 121%, questions answered up 371%, instructional workshops up 775% and students
participating in workshops up 2419%.
Meeting the needs of this growth was the greatest challenge, collections were expanded as much as the
budget allowed and additional one-time funding was secured to hire temporary reference and
circulation/media equipment staff for the spring semester.
Another challenge was the demand on the facilities, particularly high in the fall semester, with every chair
filled at peak times. With no additional space, reconfigurations included the conversion of the meeting roo
to a silent study space in response to student demand. Another change was the re-vitalization of the Games
Room with new hardware, expanded platforms and a growing gaming software collection.
This was also a year of self-evaluating and planning for the future, with the creation of a user-centred,
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Penny Swanson
• Presenter: UCFV - presentation to Library Technician students on Library Systems.
• Presenter: UBC - presentation to SLAIS students on classification systems.
Sandra Wong
• Co-presenter, "Bridging the Strait: UVIC/SFU's Live Reference Collaboration"; at
Hot Ideas.
BCLA
Annual Conference. Harrison Hot Springs; BC; May 2003.
• Co-presenter, "How I Got My Job";
BCLAICLA student
chapter event.
School of Library, Archival and
Information Studies, UBC. November 2003.
Co-presenter, "Lifelong Learning in the Information Profession";
SLA WCC Vancouver.
Hotel.
Georaia. November 2003.
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Mark Jordan
. Panelist: "Applications for Broadband Networks"; Institutional Repositories: Facilitating a Community
of Scholarly Information, 3rd Annual BCNET Advanced Networks Conference, Vancouver, BC, April
2003.
. OAt FYI: "All You Need to Know About the Open Archives Initiative"; The Annual British Columbia
Library Conference, Harrison Hot Springs, BC, May 2003.
. Instructor: Canadian Centre for Studies In Publishing's Journal Publishing Online Workshop (July 21-
22
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SFU Harbour Centre).
. Guest Speaker: SFU MPub Program, March 2004.
. Guest Speaker: UBC SLAIS Course, March 2004.
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Presenter: "Technologies for Cross-Searching Databases: dbWiz, Z39.50, SOAP"; Hot Ideas, BCLA
Annual Conference, Harrison, BC, May 2003.
Karen Marotz
• Co-Presenter (with Nina Saklikar): Demonstration of Ask Us Live to Council of Post-Secondary
Library Directors of BC, April 2003.
Kim Minkus
• Reviewer: "Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada"; Reference Reviewer vol. 17 (no. 4) 2003, p. 28.
• Reviewer: "Bibliographic Guide to Chicana and Latina Narrative"; Reference Reviewer vol. 18 (no. 3)
2003, p. 28.
• Publication: Minkus, Kim. "Librarian or Fundraiser? How About Both" LlScareer.com
2003, http://www.liscareer.com/minkus_fundraiser
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• Publication: Minkus, Kim. "History Online: Accessing Our Multicultural Heritage" aq: The Magazine o
Simon Fraser University, April 2004,
p.
23-25.
Heather Morrison
• Co-Presenter & Convener: "Linking Systems: Transforming Resource Sharing Through ISO ILL and
Other Standards"; BCLNCLA, Victoria, June 2004.
• Publication: Morrison, Heather. Professional Library & Information Associations Should Rise to the
Challenge of Promoting Open Access and Lead by Example. Library Hi Tech News, 21, 4 (2004)
pp.
8-10.
Kevin Stranack
• Presenter: "Why Use GODOT/CUFTS"; University of Victoria Libraries, University of Victoria,
January 2004.
• Presenter: "ReSearcher Update"; Council of Prairie and Public University Libraries (COPPUL)
ReSearcher Steering Committee, Simon Fraser University, March 2004.
• Publication: Stranack, K. (2004) "Revolution in the Stacks: A Bibliography of Selected Multimedia
Anarchist Resources in English", Collection Building 23 (3), 110-117.
Eric Swanick
• Publication: Review of Duff Hart-Davis', Audubon's
Elephant America's Greatest Naturalist and the
Making of the Birds of America.... Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada ... 42,
no.1 (Spring
2004)90-2.
• Publication: Review of CIRCUS: "Five Poems on the Circus...
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Amphora no.132 (September
2003) :30-1.
• Publication: Review
of Edmund M.B. King's,
"Victorian Decorated Trade Binding, 1830-1880: A
Descriptive Bibliography...", Parenthesis
no.9 (March 2004):43.
• Publication: Review of "Wallace Brown's: A Bibliography, 1959-1999",
Acadiensis
32, no.2 (Spring
2003):[140]-51.
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Early 2004 saw the arrival of the Electronic Library Network offices at SFU. Systems and other staff worked
with ELN to integrate their activities into those of the Library and preserve services to BC Post Secondary
Libraries. Their proximity promises to lead to even more collaborative initiatives offering BC Campus
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The Library hosted 17 events for the cultural community, university community and library professionals.
The Library's participation in
Word on the Street
was one of the more novel and enjoyable events and will be
repeated in the coming academic year with the support of the SFU Friends of the Library Board.
Cultural Events
September -
Peter Trower, Logger Poet, read his work in Special Collections at the Bennett Library.
• Fred Cogswell, Poet, read his work in Special Collections at the Bennett Library.
• Word on the Street - The Library and the Friends of the Library participated in the citywide book and
publishing fair with giveaways, book sales and raffles. 200-300 people came by the Library Booth
and many volunteers from the Library and the Friends of the Library board assisted with the event.
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• Carole Gerson, SFU Professor, read from her work
Pauline Johnson in Print.
The lecture and the
accompanying display of books were hosted by Special Collections at the Bennett Library.
October
• John Keenlyside Lecture: "BC's Hanging Judge and My BC Colonial Paper Collection"; Share the
Enthusiasm.
• Stephen Collis, Poet and SFU Professor, read his work in Special Collections in the Bennett Library.
November
• Timothy Barrett Lecture: "Japanese Papermaking and the Aesthetics of Paper", Friends of the
Library Lecture Series, Fletcher Challenge Theatre, Harbour Centre. Highlights included a beautiful
display of handmade papers and books that the audience was invited to explore.
• Jeff Derksen, Poet and SFU Professor, read his work in Special Collections in the Bennett Library.
February
• Caroline Adderson, Fiction Writer, read her work in Special Collections in the Bennett Library.
• Playwrights Andrew Moodie, Mercedes Baines and Lorena Gale read their work in Special
Collections in the Bennett Library. Highlights included gospel singing and an avid turnout by the
English Department.
• Daphne Marlatt, Poet, read her work in Special Collections in the Bennett Library.
March
• Cohn Browne, Poet and Documentary Filmmaker, read his poetry in Special Collections in the
Bennett Library.
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• John Meier: "Collecting the Governor General's Award", Share the Enthusiasm, Morris J. Wosk
Centre for Dialogue.
• Bill Bissett, Poet, Library co-sponsored a reading by Bill Bissett for an English Department class
taught by Professor Carl Peters.
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Library and
University Events
April
. The McDonald Archives. A launch party was held celebrating the donation by Robert McDonald. In
attendance were Robert McDonald, members of SFU's Greek department and members of the
Libraryand Special Collections.
May
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Biomed Central: "Next Generation Academic Publishing". This lecture was hosted by the library
and the lecture was given by a representative from Biomed Central.
. John Willinsky, Professor, 'The Academy and Public Knowledge", SFU, Lecture on the Public
Knowledge Project.
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Information Commons launch and reception. The Library and University celebrated the launch of
the Information Commons. Highlights included speeches by SFU .President Michael Stevenson
and SFU student Mark Masongsong.
Tours
• Matilda Naidoo, Acting Director, Library Services, Cape Technikon (Cape Town, South Africa).
GIFTS & DONATIONS
The
The Special
papers of
Collections
Caroline
and
Adderson,
Rare Books
Lisa Robertson,
Division received
Alan Twigg's
several
BC
significant
Bookworld,
acquisitions
Roy Kiyooka,
including:Tamahnous ?
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Theatre, Social Credit collections, Chinese Cultural Revolution posters, Basel imprints of the 1530s and the
Artichoke magazine archives.
Three new cartoonists were added to the editorial cartoons collection: Daniel Murphy, Ingrid Rice and Robert
Bierman. Graham Harrop and Robert Kreiger donated more of their cartoons and their applications to the
Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board were successful.
Cash donations in 2004 totalled $85,982 and in-kind donations totalled $471,752, with many Alumni, faculty,
staff and other Library supporters continuing to support the Library's endowment funds. Alumni made two
special donations this year: a $30,000 special contribution to the development of the SFU Alumni Information
Commons and $5,000 toward the purchase of badly needed student lockers.
STAFF
Librarian Percilia Groves received a well-deserved SFU Staff Achievement Award. This Award recognized
her many years of exemplary service to the SFU Library, the BC library community and the University.
SFU Library co-hosted Access 2003, the major Canadian library technology conference. Mark Jordan sat on
the planning committee and helped organize the Hackfest, Kristina Long spoke on open source link servers
and Calvin Mah set up a server for use during the Hackfest.
Walter Piovesan continued to serve on the Statistics Canada DLI External Advisory Committee. He was also
elected
Mary Harris
to serve
retired
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December
Council
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Librarian Heather-Ann Tingley retired after 33 years of service.
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In January, Penny Swanson joined the Library as the new Division Head of Processing.
Cross-division interaction and coordination within SFU Library and staff renewal were enhanced by the
secondment of Mike McIntosh from Belzberg Library to the Bennett and Surrey libraries for a parental leave
replacement.
As a member of the Harbour Centre Academic Planning Committee, Karen Marotz participated in the
development of a draft vision for the SFU campus in downtown Vancouver which should be completed and
approved this fall.
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Co-Presenter (with Jack Corse, Mark Bodnar & Percilla Groves): "Beyond Google"; Symposium on
Innovative Teaching (SIT) Conference, SFU, May 2003.
• Co-Presenter: "Experiences of New Librarians"; LIBR 560 Presentation, School of Library, Archival, and
Information Studies (SLAIS), UBC, May 2003.
• Publication: Coleman, Gordon. "Conference Report: Access 2003: Extending Our Abilities." Wired West:
Web Journal of the SLA Western Canada Chapter, vol. 7 no. 2.
http://www.sla.org/chapter/cwcn/wwest/v7n2/coleman.shtml
Lynn Copeland
• Presenter: Digital Libraries in Canada and Elsewhere"; Meeting on Digital Libraries, BIBSAM, Sweden,
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November 2003.
• Presenter 'Libraries, The 'Net' and Lifelong Learning: Canadian Experiences"; e-Learning and
Libraries, Malmo (Sweden), November 2003.
• Presenter: "Academic Libraries and Graduate Study" on behalf of CARL; Canadian Association of
Graduate Studies, November 2003.
• Presenter: "Multicultural Canada Digital Project"; Sien Lok Society Annual Meeting, Calgary, October
2003.
• Presenter: Toward A User-Centered Approach To Digital Libraries: Canadian Experiences"; Digilib
2003, Espoo, Finland, September 2003.
• Presenter: "Canadian Academic Libraries Online"; National/University Library, Reykjavik, Iceland,
September 2003.
Jack Corse
• Presenter: "SFU Library Resources for Genealogy"; 7
1h
Annual Tr-Stake Family History Seminar, Surrey
Family History Centre, Saturday, October 18, 2003.
Elaine Fairey
• Co-Presenter: "Putting It All Together: Creating Coherent Learning Environments"; Blending Classroom
and eLearning Practice Conference, SFU, May 2004.
• Presenter: "Virtual Reference - the Future is Here"; LIBR 540 Presentation, School of Library, Archival &
Information Studies (SLAIS), UBC, February 2004, March & October 2003.
• Presenter: "So You Want to Work In An Academic Library"; February 2004 & October 2003.
• Co-Presenter: "Resume/Cover Letter/Interview Tips & Techniques"; SLAIS Co-op Program Workshop,
UBC, February 2004 & October 2003.
• Presenter: "All On The Internet? Yes, But... Why Libraries - And Librarians - Are Still Needed"; Group
for Independent Schools Professional Day, Coq., BC, January 2003.
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• Publication: Fairey, Elaine. "All on the Internet? Academic Information on the Web",
In Touch (March
2003) 3: 2-3.
Natalie Gick
• Panelist: Academic Librarians in Public Service (ALPS)
• Presenter: "Academic Librarianship"; Student Association Presentation, SLAIS, UBC, November 2003.
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