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SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE

Annual Report for 1998/99

Senate Library Committee Meetings: June 1998 - May 1999

The Senate Library Committee met four times between June 1998 through May

1909, and considered the following things:

• Reviewed the outcomes of the serials cancellations made in 1998. It was suggested

that ranking journals should be an ongoing process. Liaison librarians and faculty

representatives have the responsibility to keep such ranking lists current.

• Reviewed the Library's Annual Report for 1997/98, and compared it to other sample

library annual reports. It was concluded that the SFU Library annual report is in line

with other Canadian University Reports. Approved the Senate Library Annual

Report for 1997/98.

• Discussed the External Library Review Report and Library's Response. Considered

revised terms of reference for membership and the mandate of the Senate Library

Committee.

• Passed a motion to recommend that Senate modify the membership of the Senate

Library Committee: to change student membership and to add one librarian and one

Library staff person to be elected by the employee groups.

• Passed a motion that "The Senate Library Committee encourages the University

President to support the [CARL] document ['Statement of Principles for the

Management of Copyright in the Digital Environment.']'

• Passed a motion "That (1) the expiry date for students' library cards beset to week 2

of the following semester, and (2) students not registered or registered on-leave

during a semester will be eligible for an external card for a fee of $20.00"

• Revisited the proposal for an automated book retrieval facility as the least cost

option for increasing storage space for library collections.

• Approved a fall 1999 Senate Library Committee sponsored Forum on the crisis in

scholarly publishing and what is being done about it. Plans for the forum were

subsequently revised to consist of a number of lectures during the fall semester.

• Reviewed and made suggestions regarding the draft "Library Three Year Plan:

1999-2001".

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Senate Library Committee Membership, 1998/99

Ex-Officio Members:

Bruce Clayman, Chair, Vice-President, Research and Dean of Graduate Studies

David Gagan, Vice-President, Academic

Jane Cowan (Designate for the Dean of Continuing Studies)

Lynn Copeland, University Librarian Pro Tern

Paul Baldwin, Associate University Librarian (non-voting)

Elected Members:

Jay Burr (Science Faculty)

Albert Chan (Senator)

Mary Ann Gillies (Senator)

Lawrence Ho (Student Senator Alternate)

Pat Howard (Applied Sciences Faculty)

Gary Mauser (Business Administration)

Tom O'Shea (Education Faculty)

Jennifer Overington (Student Senator)

Richard Schwindt (Arts Faculty)

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Library Penalties Appeal Committee Report 1998/99

The Library Penalties Appeal Committee met once during the 1998/99 fiscal year to

consider patron fine appeals.

At the October 22, 1998 meeting, the Committee members present included the

following:

Jay Burr Biological Sciences

Patricia Aoward, School of Communication

Gary Mauser, Business Admin.

Tom O'Shea, Education

Richard Schwindt, Economics

Jason Thomas Undergraduate Student Representative

Also in attendance: Alexandra Flynn, Ombudsperson

Gisele Pomerleau, Head, Loans Division

Anvar Rahemtula, Public Service Group Leader

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Eight appeal cases were heard as outlined below:

Category of

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Type of Fine

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Amount

Borrower ?

of Fine

Undergraduate ?

4 overdue Reserve fines

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$40.00

Undergraduate ?

7 replacements charges and

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$685.50

7 processing charges

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Decision

Appeal denied & fine reduced

to $20.00 - borrower held

responsible for returning

materials by due date.

Appeal denied and fine

reduced to $318.38 (the

actual replacement cost) -

borrower held responsible for

returning materials by due

date.

Undergraduate

4 recall fines

$100.00

Appeal denied & fine reduced

to $50.00

Undergraduate

1 replacement charge, 1 end-of-

$99.50

Appeal denied - book not

semester fine and 1 processing

found after extensive

charge

searches & borrower held

responsible for all use made

of the card.

Alumnus

1 end-of-semester fine and 1

$45.00

Appeal denied - borrower

processing charge

held responsible for returning

materials by due date.

Undergraduate

1 replacement charge, 1 end-of-

$93.50

Appeal denied - book not

semester fines and 1 processing

found after extensive

charge

searches & borrower held

responsible for all use made

of the card.

Undergraduate

1 replacement charge, and 1

$108.50

Appeal denied - book not

processing charge

found after extensive

searches & borrower held

responsible for all use made

of the card.

Graduate Student 1 processing charge

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$20.00 ?

Appeal denied - borrower

held responsible for all use

made of the card.

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Simon Fraser University

SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE

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Annual Report

for 1998/99

Senate Library Committee Meetings: June 1998 - May 1999

The Senate Library Committee met four times between June 1998 through May

1999, and considered the following things:

• Reviewed the outcomes of the serials cancellations made ml

998. It was suggested

that ranking journals should be an ongoing process. Liaison librarians and faculty

representatives have the responsibility to keep such ranking lists current.

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• Reviewed the Library's Annual Report for 1997/98, and compared it to other sample

library annual reports. It was concluded that the SFU Library annual report is in line

with other Canadian University Reports. Approved the Senate Library Annual

Report for 1997/98.

• Discussed the External Library Review Report and Library's Response. Considered

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revised terms of reference for membership and the mandate of the Senate Library

Committee.

• Passed a motion to recommend that Senate modify the membership of the Senate

Library Committee: to change student membership and to add one librarian and one

Library staff person to be elected by the employee groups.

• Passed a motion that "The Senate Library Committee encourages the University

President to support the [CARL] document ['Statement of Principles for the

Management of Copyright in the Digital Environment.']"

• Passed a motion "That (1) the expiry date for students' library cards beset to week 2

of the following semester, and (2) students not registered or registered on-leave

during a semester will be eligible for an external card for a fee of $20.00"

• Revisited the proposal for an automated book retrieval facility as the least cost

option for increasing storage space for library collections.

• Approved a fall 1999 Senate Library Committee sponsored Forum on the crisis in

scholarly publishing and what is being done about it. Plans for the forum were

subsequently revised to consist of a number of lectures during the fall semester.

• Reviewed and made suggestions regarding the draft "Library Three Year Plan:

1999-2001 ".

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Senate Library Committee Membership, 1998/99

Ex-Officio Members:

Bruce Clayman, Chair, Vice-President, Research and Dean of Graduate Studies

David Gagan, Vice-President, Academic

Jane Cowan (Designate for the Dean of Continuing Studies)

Lynn Copeland, University Librarian Pro Tern

Paul Baldwin, Associate University Librarian (non-voting)

Elected Members:

Jay Burr (Science Faculty)

Albert Chan (Senator)

Mary Ann Gillies (Senator)

Lawrence Ho (Student Senator Alternate)

Pat Howard (Applied Sciences Faculty)

Gary Mauser (Business Administration)

Tom O'Shea (Education Faculty)

Jennifer Overington (Student Senator)

Richard Schwindt (Arts Faculty)

Library Penalties Appeal Committee Report 1998/99

The Library Penalties Appeal Committee met once during the 1998/99 fiscal year to

consider patron fine appeals.

At the October 22, 1998 meeting, the Committee members present included the

following:

Jay Burr Bioloqical Sciences

Patricia Howard, School of Communication

Gary Mauser, Business Admin.

Tom O'Shea, Education

Richard Schwindt, Economics

Jason Thomas Undergraduate Student Representative

Also in attendance: Alexandra Flynn, Ombudsperson

Gisele Pomerleau, Head, Loans Division

Anvar Rahemtula, Public Service Group Leader

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Eight appeal cases were heard as outlined below:

Category of ?

Type of Fine ?

Amount

Borrower ?

of Fine

Undergraduate ?

4 overdue Reserve fines ?

$40.00

Undergraduate ?

7 replacements charges and

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$685.50 ?

7 processing charges

Undergraduate

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4 recall fines ?

$100.00

Undergraduate ?

1 replacement charge, 1 end-of- ?

$99.50

semester fine and 1 processing

charge

Alumnus

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1 end-of-semester fine and 1 ?

$45.00

processing charge

Undergraduate ?

1 replacement charge, 1 end-of- ?

$93.50

semester fines and 1 processing

charge

Undergraduate ?

1 replacement charge, and 1 ?

$108.50

processing charge

Graduate Student 1 processing charge

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$20.00

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Decision

Appeal denied & fine reduced

to $20.00 - borrower held

responsible for returning

materials by due date.

Appeal denied and fine

reduced to $318.38 (the

actual replacement cost) -

borrower held responsible for

returning materials by due

date.

Appeal denied & fine reduced

to $50.00

Appeal denied - book not

found after extensive

searches & borrower held

responsible for all use made

of the card.

Appeal denied - borrower

held responsible for returning

materials by due date.

Appeal denied - book not

found after extensive

searches & borrower held

responsible for all use made

of the card.

Appeal denied - book not

found after extensive

searches & borrower held

responsible for all use made

of the card.

Appeal denied - borrower

held responsible for all use

made of the card.

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I. Materials Borrowed from Other Libraries, 1997/98

Library ?

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Photocopies

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TOTAL

SFU

5,267

14,915

20,182

Guelph

2,760

10,848

13,608

Waterloo

2,864

8,308

11,172

Victoria

3,969

10,657

14,626

York

2,271

1,778

4,049

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Library ?

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Books

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Photocopies

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TOTAL

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SFU

6,656

8,719

15,375

Guelph

692

5,330

6,022

Waterloo

6,787

6,642

13,429

Victoria

904

2,393

3,297

York

6,253

7,875

14,128

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Computer Workstations in the Library for Public Use, 1997/98

Web Format

Electronic Class or

Library Catalog Converted

Library

Public Workstations

Lab in Library?

to Electronic Form?

SFU

120

Yes

Yes

Guelph

70

Yes

No

Waterloo

84

Yes

No

Victoria

100

Yes

No

York

200

Yes

Yes

L.

Library Service Hours, Library Instruction, Reference Service, 1997/98

S1U

7

84.0

5

281

2

5,650

2

99,072 ?

2

Guelph

6

105.5

1

138

4

1,167

4

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53,134 ?

5

Waterloo

16

86.0

4

204

3

4,095

3

61,127 ?

3

Victoria

12

105.5

2

112

5

931

5

53,631 ?

4

York

22

88.0

3

663

1

10,747

1

162,746 ?

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1. ?

Introduction.............................................................................................................................................2

2. ?

Collections..............................................................................................................................................2

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Services .................................................................................................................................................... ?

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Loans.................................................................................................................................................3

In-library Reference Services ............................................................................................................3

Instruction..........................................................................................................................................

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IndividualConsultations....................................................................................................................4

Publications.......................................................................................................................................4

Interlibrary Loans, Intralibrary Loans, and Services to Distance Education Students ......................4

BelzbergLibrary................................................................................................................................

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SpecialCollections............................................................................................................................

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NewService Directions.....................................................................................................................

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4.

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Building Changes and Improvements.....................................................................................................

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5.

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In the Wider Context...............................................................................................................................

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6. ?

Celebrations and Passages ......................................................................................................................

7. ?

The Process for Change..........................................................................................................................

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8. ?

Community Activities.............................................................................................................................

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9. ?

Friends of the Library .............................................................................................................................

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Giftsin ?

kind ......................................................................................................................................

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Notablecash donations ....................................................................................................................

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TABLE ?

A: Recorded Usage of Library Collections...................................................................................

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TABLE ?

B: ?

Growth of Library Collections 1998/99 ..................................................................................

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TABLE ?

C: ?

Interlibrary Loans and Telebook Services...............................................................................

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TABLE

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D:

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Samuel and Frances Belzberg Library .... .................................................................................

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TABLE ?

E: ?

W.A.C. Bennett Library Reference Service ............................................................................

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TABLE F: SFU Library Materials Budget - Expenditures for 1993/94 - 1998/99 ..................................

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TABLE G: ?

Expenditures for Monographs VS Serials 1997/98 to 1998/99...............................................

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TABLE H:

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Selected Library Benchmarks from CARL Statistics..............................................................

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#Hours/

# of staffed

week

# of Ref

service

library is

# Library Class

# of Class

Questions

Library

points

open

Rank

Presentations

Rank

Participants

Rank

year

Rank

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1. ?

Introduction

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D. Other Library Budget Categories in Dollars, 1997/98

The year 1998/99 was a busy one for the Simon Fraser University Library. The Library Review Report

and Response led us to make changes to the Library's organization, internal communications, and

committee structures in order to provide greater opportunity for staff input to decision making and cross-

divisional consultation. Librarian and staff representatives have been added to the Senate Library

Committee. Library staff have also worked hard at improving communications with the campus

community. A Three Year Plan was developed with input from all Library staff.

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Collections

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Professional

Support

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Temp.

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Non-Sal.

GRAND

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Library

Salaries

Salaries

Salaries

Salaries

Benefits

Operating

TOTAL

Rank

SFU

1,822,417

2,539,224

342,235

4,703,876

854,460

1,822,417

7,380,753 ?

4

Guelph

1,502,583

3,231,899

1,148,800

5,883,282

1,052,520

1,831,885

8,767,687 ?

2

Waterloo

2,024,338

3,156,526

417,928

5,598,792

855,911

1,217,360

7,672,063 ?

3

Victoria

1,772,013

3,215,767

U.A.

4,987,780

726,751

867,563

6,582,094 ?

5

York

3,208,176

4,049,627

781,849

8,039,652

1,526,866

1,823,204

11,389,722 ?

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In response to a zero increase in the collection budget, a serials cancellation project of $200,000 was

undertaken in 1998/99 to cover anticipated journal price increases. Smaller departmental budgets, less

than $10,000, were exempted. Collection budget problems were compounded in summer 1998 by a major

currency crisis for the Canadian dollar. Since 40% of the serials budget is in US dollars and

45%

is in

pounds sterling, the Library was hit hard when renewing its subscriptions. Income from the Library's

endowment enabled us to cover the increase. The Library has taken steps to ensure that the impact in the

1999/2000 fiscal year is reduced by pre-purchasing foreign currencies. A lift of $400,000 to the base

collection budget has meant that cancellations are not necessary in 1999/2000.

The shift toward online scholarly resources is now a major factor in collections development. As more

journals produce online versions, the Library is working to provide access to both print and electronic

versions. In some cases, this has had an impact on the Library materials budget. This is an area that will

continue to expand and provide a challenge to the Library as we strive to meet the information needs of

our clientele. A significant online resource was acquired for students, on and off campus, through our

participation in the ELN licence for the EBSCO collection of 1,200 full text journals. The recent approval

of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation National Site Licence Project should help provide for the

transition from print to electronic sources, at least for science, technology, health and environmental

journals.

E.

Summary Budget Expenditures Comparison in Dollars, 1997/98

Materials

Operating I ?

TOTAL

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Materials as a

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Salaries as a

Library

Expend.

Staff Expend.

Expend.

EXPEND

% of Total Exp.

% of Total Exp.

SFU

5,279,756

5,558,336

1,822,417

12,660,509

41.7%

43.9%

Guelph

3,354,873

6,935,802

1,831,885

12,122,560

27.7%

57.2%

Waterloo

4,633,883

6,454,703

1,217,360

12,305,946

37.7%

52.5%

Victoria

3,888,070

5,714,531

867,563

10,470,164

37.1 %

54.6%

York

5,959,236

9,566,518

1,823,204

17,348,958

34.5%

55.1 %

F. Summary of Library Personnel, 1997/98

Other

Total

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Library

Librarians

Prof Staff

Prof Staff

Support Staff

Temp Staff FTE

TOTAL FTE

S1-U

28

6

34

84

20

138

Guelph

19

4

23

94

9

126

Waterloo

31

3

34

99

27

160

Victoria

27

3

30

101

11

142

York

38

14

52

123

50

225

G.

Library Computer Hardware, Software, & Electronic Information Expenditures in Dollars, 1997/98

Electronic

Library ?

Hardware ?

Software ?

TOTAL ?

Rank ?

Information ?

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SFU

493,236

134,404

627,640

3 ?

353,088 ?

2

Guelph

722,756

272,429

995,185

1 ?

235,618 ?

5

Waterloo

637,310

154,616

791,926

2 ?

293,044 ?

3

Victoria

406,295

12,681

418,976

4 ?

269,276 ?

4

York

110,241

53,395

163,636

5 ?

468,398

H. Library Collections Usage, 1997/98

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Library

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Total Loans

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Reserves Loans

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In-Library Usage

SFU

506,857

100,757

555,151

Guelph

365,225

363,159

N/A

Waterloo

456,028

120,976

N/A

.

VictoriaYork

1,088,034

558,786

59,229

N/A

302,075

1,356,991

Equally important to obtaining collections is providing timely access to them. The Library successfully

reduced the cataloguing backlog to within two months of receipt through a special project in the

Processing Division.

SFU Library continues to be actively involved in consortia such as the B.C. Electronic Library Network

(ELN) and Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL), often obtaining electronic

materials at a significant discount as a result.

An Electronic Document Centre was established. The newly established online reserves form part of this

collection, as do the letters of Anna Jamieson, prepared by Dr. Katherine Patterson. It is anticipated that a

variety of other fulltext electronic materials held by or important to SFU will form this collection.

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A.

Net Library Collections Additions and Size in Print Volumes,

1997/98

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Library

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Net Volumes Added

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Rank

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Total Volumes Held

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Rank

SFU

40,548

2

1,345,247

5

Guelph

25,890

5

2,125,779

2

Waterloo

30,392

3

1,873,863

3

Victoria

27,144

4

1,719,063

4

York

44,845

1

2,250,952

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B. Number of Serials / Journal Subscriptions,

1997/98

Library

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Number of Subscriptions

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Rank

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SFU

8,321

4

Guelph

8,156

5

Waterloo

13,228

2

Victoria

10,208

3

York

14,359

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C. Library Materials Budget in Dollars,

1997/98

Library

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Books

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Serials

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Other

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Binding

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TOTAL

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Rank

SFU

1,370,112

3,660,796

nil

248,848

5,279,756

2

Guelph

784,493

2,426,401

57,026

86,953

3,354,873

5

Waterloo

971,563

3,286,263

287,978

88,079

4,633,883

3

Victoria

936,512

2,654,639

145,702

151,217

3,888,070

4

York

1,743,620

3,607,799

407,791

200,026

5,959,236

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TABLE H: Selected Library Benchmarks from CARL Statistics

Selected Library Benchmarks from the 1997/98 Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Statistics

published May 1999.

The benchmark libraries are chosen from

Maclean's

November 1998 Top Five Comprehensive Universities in Ranked Order,

as follows:

Institution

by Ranking

I

Abbreviation

Simon Fraser University

SFU

Guelph University

Guelph

Waterloo University

Waterloo

University of Victoria

Victoria

York University

York

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Institution

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FTE Undergraduates

I

FTE Graduates

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TOTAL FTE Students

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SFU

13,668

1,977

15,645

Guelph

10,627

1,350

11,977

Waterloo

14,907

1,190

16,097

Victoria

10,600

1,904

12,504

York

26,273

2,319

28,592

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3. Services

Library services have been improved despite budget restrictions. User acceptance and preference for

electronic resources and services is evident. The Library continues to respond by re-allocating its

resources to support these services.

Loans

The Library Review Report noted that feedback from students indicated longer hours were a priority. In

response, Bennett Library hours were expanded from 83 to 95 per week, with no additional budget

expenditures, due in large part to the willingness and co-operation of Loans staff in modifying their shift

schedules.

Because the Bennett Loans counter is staffed more hours than other service points, many services have

been relocated to that desk. Maps are now charged out at the Loans Desk during open hours. Patrons can

request refunds there for damaged or defective Copicards rather than having to contact Equipment

Services during their more limited hours. This follows the successful relocation of Interlibrary Loan

pickup at the Loans counter several years ago.

Effective Fall 1999, professors and instructors will be able to place materials, such as lecture notes,

online, providing copyright is secured. They will also be able to request a URL link be made from the

course record. Our ability to provide online access to Reserve materials is limited by the Cancopy

Agreement.

In-library Reference Services

With the growth of online resources, the pattern of demand for reference services is in flux at SFU.

Requests for reference assistance at the Bennett and Belzberg reference desks, as well as other service

points, have declined noticeably, reflecting the trend in many North American libraries. Despite the

decrease in the number of questions, librarians and reference assistants have noted that questions are

increasingly complex, involving discussion and demonstration of numerous print and electronic sources.

Instruction

Liaison librarians presented lectures, demonstrations and hands-on tutorials in the use of print, electronic

and Web resources to almost 6,000 students (an increase of 13%) at Bennett Library and 761 (an increase

of 62%) at Belzberg. Instruction was, for the most part, course-related. Temporary funding for additional

librarian support enabled Belzberg Library to enhance its liaison and instruction services, in response to

demand at Harbour Centre. An Instructional Development Grant provided seed money toward the creation

of instructional development software (MOSST: Modular Online Software for Self-paced Tutorials) and a

prototype self-paced tutorial, 'Canadian Company Information'.

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Individual Consultations ?

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Email and telephone consultations continue to increase at both libraries, though in-person consultations

with a liaison librarian are still important. At over 500, email consultations are by far the most popular

form of individual consultation. Mediated online searching by librarians was discontinued because the

need and demand for this service declined as more online databases have become available to users

directly.

Publications

Web access to Library resources was improved with a redesigned homepage and Web site organization,

completed for Fall 1999. The Web site has been enhanced by the addition of subject- and course-related

pages. A FAQ newsletter was produced for students in Fall 1998.

SFU Library News,

the Library's

newsletter for the campus community, was redesigned, and continues to be published twice yearly.

Interlibrary Loans, Intralibrary Loans, and Services to Distance Education Students

Requests for materials from other libraries continue to increase as more opportunities for direct online

requesting are available. In the last six years, the number of requests has risen by 128%. There has been an

increase of 5% in the number of items delivered from the Bennett Library to students at the Belzberg

Library. Telebook services to distance education students also increased.

With the introduction of online requesting for Distance Education students, the Library continued its

commitment to provide as full a service as possible to DE students. Through discussions with the Lohn

Lab, arrangements were put in place so that librarians would have input into course and assignment

planning for DE courses at the development stage.

Direct online requesting was improved by providing the same interface and requesting form for the UBC

Library catalogue as for many online databases. The SLRI searching and GODOT requesting software

were developed at SFU, with partial funding from the B.C. Electronic Library Network and the Council of

Prairie and Pacific University Libraries.

Belzberg Library

The past year demonstrated a marked shift toward electronic rather than physical use of the Belzberg

Library. The number of people coming into the Library dropped by 22%, but the number of enquiries has

decreased only slightly and email reference has increased.

Special Collections

Among authors researched using Special Collections resources were bp nichol, Betty Lambert, William

Wordsworth and William Thackeray.

is ?

I ?

1998/99 ?

I ?

1997/98 ?

I

TOTAL

PCT MONO

PCT SER

TOTAL

PCT MONO

PCT SER

BUSINESS

$228,677

45%

55%

$179,174

44%

56%

ADMINISTRATION

International Business

$8,940

6%

94%

$7,751

5%

95%

SUBTOTAL:

$237,617

43%

57%

$186,925

42%

58%

TOTAL

PCT MONO

PCT SER

TOTAL

PCT MONO

PCT SER

EDUCATION

$73,780

50%

50%

$71,070

57%

43%

SCIENCE

TOTAL

PCT MONO

PCT SER

TOTAL

PCT MONO

PCT SER

Biological Sciences

$590,501

11%

89%

$653,600

11%

89%

Chemistry

$624,489

6%

94%

$610,317

5%

95%

Earth Sciences*

$41,282

6%

94%

$35,659

3%

97%

Mathematics & Statistics

$301,075

18%

82%

$266,050

21%

79%

Physics

$486,700

7%

93%

$447,704

7%

93%

SUBTOTAL:

$2,044,047

9%

91%

$2,013,331

9%

91%

#NOTE: Tourism is a part of Res. Env. Mgt.

•

*NOTh .

Before 1997/98, "Geography" included "Earth Sciences".

**NOTE: Before 1997/98, "Latin-American General" included "Spanish".

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TABLE G: ?

Expenditures for Monographs VS Serials 1997/98 to 1998/99

•

•

New Service Directions

1998/99

I

1997/98

I

The Maps collection, GIS services and Research Data Library were combined under the team of Walter

Piovesan and Ada Ho.

APPLIED SCIENCES

TOTAL

PCT MONO

PCT SER

TOTAL

PCT MONO

PCT SER

CommunicationComputing

Engineering

ScienceScience

$139,724$208,129$27,467

71%41%30%

70%29%59%

110,897

147,971

33,429

74%46%31%

54°

26%69%

Extensive

services

library staff

and

discussions

were

to provide

aware

were

basic

that

held

there

help

during

with

were

online

no

the

additional

year

databases,

to identify

funds

print

to

ways

journals

effect

to

these

address

and

changes.

microforms.

the need

Over

to

At

the

increase

the

coming

same

liaison

time,

year,

Kinesiology

$116,643

12%

88%

107,545

14%

86%

the Library will be implementing these changes, which include:

Resource and Envir

$24,798

44%

56%

19,699

46%

54%

Management

Tourism Management#

N/A

N/A

N/A

46

100%

N/A

• ?

Reallocation of some reference desk time to enable liaison librarians to provide more effective

SUBTOTAL:

$516,760

32%

68%

$419,587

35%

65%

subject liaison.

• ?

Establishment of a Help Desk to replace the existing Periodical Reading Room and Microforms

help desk, to provide basic help with online databases, print journals and microforms. The Help

ARTS

TOTAL

PCT MONO

PCT SER

TOTAL

PCT MONO

PCT SER

Desk will be staffed by library assistants and some non-liaison librarians.

Anthropology

$28,465

62%

38%

$26,073

58%

42%

• ?

Establishment of an Information Services Unit to co-ordinate training and publication formerly

Archaeology

$38,225

45%

55%

$26,608

54%

46%

done in Reference.

Contemporary Arts

$109,099

77%

23%

$106,361

78%

22%

•

?

Establishment of 'Reference Associates' (senior library assistants and non-liaison librarians) who

Discs

$5,021

100%

N/A

$5,147

100%

N/A

will provide Reference Desk services.

MFA

$6,869

24%

76%

$9,142

34%

66%

S ?

Establishment of a 'basic training' programme to enable all staff to provide basic assistance to

Slides

$3,223

100%

N/A

$3,254

100%

N/A

patrons.

Criminology

$57,646

54%

46%

$57,854

53%

47%

Economics

$267,665

39%

61%

$233,496

39%

61%10

104.

Building Changes and Improvements

English

$144,526

72%

28%

$135,512

76%

24%

French

$37,290

84%

16%

$32,809

84%

16%

A stack shift was completed on floors

5

and 6 during summer 1998 to gain space for journal expansion.

Geography*

$99,889

26%

74%

$83,368

24%

76%

Books in the Q-QE classifications were relocated to floor

5.

Gerontology

$15,830

16%

84%

$16,049

27%

73%

History

$103,672

66%

34%

$94,619

73%

27%

The University installed automatic doors and new carpeting, at the Bennett Library entrance. Signage has

Latin American Studies-

$13,026

39%

61%

10524.17

25%

75%

been improved. The first and seventh floors were renovated so that access could be restricted during hours

General**

when staffing is below that required by fire safety regulations.

Linguistics

$56,693

55%

45%

$51,936

52%

48%

Literature (Misc. foreign)

$17,519

94%

6%

$11,166

90%

10%

Two additional lecture tape duplicating machines were installed to meet demand for copying course

MA Latin American Studies

$4,214

18%

82%

$5,072

19%

81%

lecture tapes.

MA Liberal Studies

$16,344

89%

11%

$10,474

75%

25%

MA Publishing

$3,484

36%

64%

$6,143

69%

31%

Plans were made to renovate the book return chute and workstations in the Sorting Room. Barcodes are

Philosophy

$53,671

60%

40%

$52,166

64%

36%

now affixed to the outside of books, to improve ergonomic conditions. Ergonomic upgrades to the Loans

Political Science

$237,468

45%

55%

$216,057

47%

53%

counter and

a

more effective expanded work area are also planned.

Psychology

$156,672

31%

69%

$140,922

30%

70%

Sociology

$145,956

70%

30%

$134,287

74%

26%

Women's Studies

$9,810

46%

54%

$7,140

47%

53%

SUBTOTAL:

$1,632,279

53%

47%

1,476,181

54%

46%

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5. ?

In the Wider Context

•

•

IscwNcEs

?

I

1998/991

19971981

1996/971

1995/961

19941951

1993/941

How are we doing?

Biological Sciences

$590,501

$653,600

$624,995

$588,762

$533,028

$445,354

Chemistry

$624,489

$610,317

$578,229

$525,266

$440,469

$375,409

Academic libraries worldwide are changing their services in response to the changing university

EarthSciences**

Mathematics & Statistics

$41,282

$301,075

$35,659

$266,050

N/A

$250,644

N/A

$236,078

N/A

$202,544

N/A

$164,650

environment. Simon Fraser University Library is no exception. Current factors affecting library service

Physics

$486,700

$447,704

$428,911

$379,260

$333,870

$307,084

are:

SUBTOTAL:

$2,044,047

$2,013,331

$1,882,778

$1,729,366

$1,509,912

$1,292,498

• ?

The increase in the cost, number and variety of scholarly publications, compounded by the

expanding areas of interest to researchers and students.

_________________________________

• ?

The increasing volume and complexity of scholarly information.

?

.

'MISCELLANEOUS

I

?

I

1998/991

1997/981

1996/971

1995/96

1994/951

1993/941

•

?

The increasing tendency for students and faculty to perform scholarly activities off campus,

Athletics/Recreation

$3,347

$3,128

$4,337

$4,456

$3,926

$3,803

Belzberg Library - General

$49,558

$51,987

$56,322

$52,195

$52,938

$38,356

particularly through distance education programmes.

Belzberg - Databfl'apes/CDROMs

$1,926

$27,427

$32,590

$31,521

$32,492

$19,095

•

?

The increased capability to provide access to information resources via the World Wide Web.

Belzberg - Newspapers

?

.

$17,913

$15,085

$14,648

$13,326

$12,672

$27,074

•

?

The increase in resource sharing agreements among libraries, enabling them to deliver desired

Binding

$247,779

$248,848

$228,515

$201,203

$174,657

$195,020

materials from many other libraries to their students and faculty.

Databases /Tapes/CDROM5*

$385,479

$353,088

$289,307

$78,116

$161,868

$69,894

• ?

The increased capability of delivering user-initiated services which. are more convenient for the

Databases - Research Data Library

$31,613

$29,499

$36,321

$14,642

$18,960

$15,360

users and more cost-effective for libraries

Gifts

N/A

N/A

N/A

$460

$42

N/A

General-Humanities

$9,241

$7,846

$8,526

$7,810

$7,193

$6,587

• ?

The increase in the variety of services which libraries are now able to provide students and faculty.

General-Library

$163,954

$151,362

$140,246

$152,049

$144,683

$210,753

• ?

The availability of tools such as online instruction to facilitate the organization of information

General - Newspapers

$73,149

$64,242

$53,559

$51,053

$45,309

$17,273

available to students.

General - Sciences

$34,220

$27,176

$29,826

$19,331

$53,483

$48,215

• ?

Increased opportunities for co-operative licence/purchase of electronic materials.

General - Social Sciences

$56,172

$58,843

$58,068

$59,754

$58,487

$46,953

GST-US Serials (Blaine)

$62

$21,440

$19,945

$26,648

$13,148

N/A

SFU Library has in many ways been a traditional academic library, with emphasis on collection building,

•

•

Maps

$2,570

$4,525

$3,244

$2,637

$3,341

$5,268

Replacements/Added Copies

$128

$1,648

$7,763

$16,372

$76,725

N/A

circulation, and desk-based reference. At the same time, the Library has emphasized resource sharing

Shuswap/Cariboo Access

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

$329

agreements and user-initiated and electronic services.

?

This combination of capabilities will enable us to

Special Collections

$26,312

$21,520

$24,344

$10,047

$13,411

$18,218

continue to provide a top-notch service during these transitional times.

Special Collections-B P Nichol

$25,000

$25,000

$25,000

$25,000

$40,000

N/A

SUBTOTAL:

$1,128,421

$1,112,663

$1,032,562

$766,619

$913,336

$722,199

The University's continued support of the Library's collection budget has meant that we are in a relatively

strong position, compared to other institutions, in supporting those services identified as most important

by our users in the 1997 survey:

TOTAL: UNIVERSITY FUNDS

$5,632,905

$5,279,756

$5,018,712

$4,423,608

$4,187,320

$3,576,356

Most important services (1997 SFU Library User Survey)

NOTE: Figures are based on expenditures recorded in

Library's Ill system before final

reconciliation with SFU Department

of Financial

Rank ?

Faculty ? Students

Services. Minor discrepancies may occur.

In addition, these

figures reflect expenditures against the University allocation and miscellaneous

revenues.

# NOTE: Tourism is part of Resource & Environmental Management

•

? I ?

Journals ?

Journals

*

NOTE: In 95/96, an additional $100, 000 was spent on

Databases from the Lohn grant;

in 94/95, $70,000; in 93/94, $70,000.

• 2 ?

Books ?

Books ?

**-NOTE:

?

Prior to 97/98 expds. For "Latin Am.St.Gen." ?

included with "Span./Lat.Am.St." and expds.

for "Earth Sci." included with

"Geography".

3 ?

Interlibrary loan ?

Open evenings

4 ?

Electronic access

?

Electronic access

In benchmark comparisons with the five top comprehensive universities in the 1997 Macleans' survey

(which ranked SFU #1), SFU Library's support for these top ranked services is comparatively high.

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As

Table H

indicates, in 1997/98, with the

third

highest number of students, we ranked:

Ranking of highest priority services in comparison with four benchmark libraries

Ranked first or second in

Net volumes added

Collections expenditures

Serials expenditures

Materials borrowed from other

libraries

Computer database expenditures

Number of public workstations

Service supported

Journals, books

Journals, books

Journals

Interlibrary loans

Electronic access

Electronic access

Noticeably absent from the 'ranked first or second' list is the third priority for students: the number of

hours the library is open. The Library Review Report also noted the feedback from students indicated that

longer hours were a priority. We responded to this service priority by increasing the opening hours from

83 to

95,

effective January 31, 1999.

SFU Library continues to rank fifth in total number of volumes held. Our efforts to remedy this through an

active gifts programme will not likely lead to a change in this ranking, but are enabling us to fill in gaps

for materials whose importance have stood the test of time.

The SFU community's active use of the Library is demonstrated by our ranking first or second in

collection usage, Library instruction presentations, and reference questions answered. That the Library

operates effectively is demonstrated by our delivery of these services despite our ranking fourth or fifth in

expenditures for staff and other non-collection items and in the number of library staff.

Compared to its peers, indicators suggest that SFU Library is successful in focussing on collections

funding and direct service support. Our services are comparatively well used. Where we do not measure

up to our peers, we have concentrated our improvements on services that our users identify as important.

6. ?

Celebrations and Passages

SFU Library Annual Report 1998/99

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SFU Library Annual Report 1998/99

TABLE F: SFU Library Materials Budget - Expenditures for 1993/94 - 1998/99

?

0

I APPLWD

SCIENCES

1998/991

1997/981

1996/971

1995/961

1994/951

19931941

Communication

$27,467

$33,429

$37,206

$25,573

$25,623

$24,144

Computing Science

$208,129

$147,971

$157,842

$146,743

$105,550

$99,888

Engineering Science

$139,724

$110,897

$103,105

$93,494

$92,223

$72,040

Kinesiology

$116,643

$107,545

$106,358

$103,263

$71,821

$37,260

Resource and Envir Management

$24,798

$19,699

$11,066

$8,268

$7,768.85

$7,861

Tourism Management #

N/A

$46

$249

$1,544

$2,048.33

$1,801

SUBTOTAL:

$516,760

$419,587

$415,825

$378,885

$305,034

$242,994

ARTS ?

I

1998/991

1997/981

1996/971

1995/961

1994/951

1993/941

Anthropology

$28,465

$26,073

$30,195

$24,128

$20,855

$20,090

Archaeology

$38,225

$26,608

$24,462

$19,664

$22,235

$18,600

Contemporary Arts

$109,099

$106,361

$97,508

$82,063

$73,081

$79,535

Discs

$5,021

$5,147

$5,605

$7,508

$6,934

$2,522

MFA

$6,869

$9,142

$6,452

$9,193

$10,980

$9,384

Slides

$3,223

$3,254

$3,541

$3,729

$5,027

$5,313

Criminology

$57,646

$57,854

$49,703

$44,965

$40,544

$38,098

Economics

$267,665

$233,496

$229,895

$210,288

$188,439

$189,587

English

$144,526

$135,512

$122,493

$111,918

$111,748

$85,074

French

$37,290

$32,809

$32,386

$30,505

$38,550

$27,998

Geography**

$99,889

$83,368

$99,641

$82,967

$79,252

$67,709

Gerontology

$15,830

$16,049

$18,056

$6,700

$5,570

$4,657

History

$103,672

$94,619

$73,790

$83,495

$82,788

$66,023

Latin Amenc.StudiesGeneral**

$13,026

$10,524

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Linguistics

$56,693

$51,936

$47,563

$38,823

$38,831

$28,848

Literature (Misc. foreign)

$17,519

$11,166

$14,335

$19,959

$17,581

$20,281

MA Latin American Studies

$4,214

$5,072

$2,584

$3,366

$4,764

$1,999

MA Liberal Studies

$16,344

$10,474

$8,462

$3,617

$11,711

$15,686

MA Publishing

$3,484

$6,143

$6,556

$27,333

$550

N/A

Philosophy

$53,671

$52,166

$52,413

$47,337

$43,227

$44,909

Political Science

$237,468

$216,057

$203,282

$180,678

$184,803

$155,659

Psychology

$156,672

$140,922

$135,949

$122,111

$113,203

$97,542

Sociology

$145,956

$134,287

$141,149

$119,631

$104,956

$96,870

Spanish/Latin American Studies**

N/A

N/A

$7,916

$10,420

$14,061

$17,478

Women's Studies

$9,810

$7,140

$6,849

$10,414

$6,718

$5,312

SUBTOTAL: ?

$1,632,279 $1,476,181 $1,420,785 $1,300,810 $1,226,408 $1,099,175

1BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

I ?

1998/99

1997/981

1996/971

1995/961

1994/951

1993/941

Business Administration

?

$228,677

$179,174

$180,496

$168,552

$148,734

$147,928

International Business ?

$8,940

$7,751

$7,752

$6,876

$17,097

N/A

SUBTOTAL: ?

$237,617

$186,925

$188,248

$175,428

$165,831

$147,928

I EDUCAT10N ?

I ?

1998/991 ?

1997/981 ?

1996/971 ?

1995/961 ?

1994/951 ?

1993/941

Education ?

$73,780 ?

$71,070 ?

$78,513 ?

$72,500 ?

$66,799 ?

$71,563

The Samuel and Frances Belzberg Library celebrated 10 years of library service to the faculty, staff and

students of Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre. The

10th

anniversary provided the opportunity to

highlight the riches of the SFU Library collection to the broader community with two special exhibitions

at Belzberg Library. The first, entitled "The education of Filbert Phelps: Cartoons by Len Norris" featured

23 of the over 1,500 original drawings donated to SPU by the famed Vancouver Sun cartoonist. A second

exhibit, "With a little help from our friends: Ten years of Simon Fraser University Library gifts 1989-

1999", focussed on rare and unusual books in the SFU Library and the donors who have enriched the

collection through these gifts. Both shows were enthusiastically received and elicited many positive

comments about the SFU Library. Other

10th

anniversary events included an open house to thank current

and former staff of Belzberg Library, Bennett Library and Harbour Centre for their support over the past

decade. The festivities concluded with a reception and dinner to honour library and Harbour Centre

donors, notably Samuel and Frances Belzberg.

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The

development

Library won

of the

a CACUL

GODOT/SLRI

(Canadian

searching

Association

and requesting

of College

software,

and University

which

Libraries)

allows users

award

to search

for the

0

databases and catalogues, identify where articles or books are held, and submit an online request to obtain

the material through Interlibrary Loans.

After twenty years as University Librarian, preceded by an additional ten in the SFU Library, Ted Dobb

took a year's administrative leave, to be followed by a year as Special Assistant to the President. Ted was

ahead of his time in recognizing the importance of technology and resource sharing to academic libraries.

The Library and the SFU and Vancouver literary community were saddened by the loss of Charles Watts,

longtime Library Assistant for Theses and Special Collections.

After a long career at the WAC Bennett Library, Sharon Thomas, Head of Collections Management

retired from the University. After long service as Building Manager, Peter Highet retired from SFU.

0

TABLE E: W.A.C. Bennett Library Reference Service

Library Research Instruction:

Instruction Category

1998/99

1

1997/98

I ?

Classes

I

?

Students

I ?

Classes]

Students

Subject Specific Instruction

205

5,204

171

4,015

General Research Instruction

24

650

38

1,065

TOTALS

229

5,854

209

5,180

Per Cent Change from Previous Year

+10%

+13%

+29%

+61%

User Assistance:

Lynn Copeland was appointed University Librarian (Pro Tern) until Dec. 31, 1999. Todd Mundle became

Head of Collections in June 1999. Elaine Fairey became Head of Reference in June 1999. Gwen Bird was

hired as Head, Interlibrary Loans and Telebook Unit. Enrique Cruz has assumed the Theses Assistant

duties, as well as working at the Reference Desk. Changes among liaison librarians saw Poh Chan

(Geography liaison and Maps librarian) and Marilynne Finlayson (Psychology, Education,

Communication liaison) taking early retirement. Percilla Groves assumed Education, Psychology and

French liaison duties.

Sylvia Roberts and Sonny Wong were appointed to the Information Services Unit, but retain some of their

previous responsibilities.

1998/99

Service

Directional

Reference

Research

% Change

Location

Queries

Questions

Advice

TOTAL

from

Previous Year

31U Floor

6,830

35,662

2,487

44,979

-11.6%

6th Floor

5

6,501

209

6,715

+9.4%

Fine Arts

651

679

Nil

1,330

-28.7%

TOTAL

7,486

42,842

2,696

53,024

-10.7%

Dave Binkley, Librarian/Analyst, departed for parts East; Mark Jordan replaced him.

Now reporting to the University Librarian (Pro Tern), Ralph Stanton has taken on responsibilities for

Library Advancement (reporting to the Advancement Office), as well as Gifts. Moninder Bubber has

taken on diversity responsibilities in addition to her role in Collections.

7. ?

The Process for Change

In responding to and implementing changes associated with the Library Review Report and Response, an

extensive consultation process was followed, both within the Library and the SFU community. Meetings

were held with the Senate Library Committee, the TSSU, SFSS and SFUFA in preparing the response.

Library committees were established, some to plan and monitor the progress of specific projects or issues,

some to discuss organizational change. All staff, including those at the Belzberg Library, were involved in

preparing the Review Response and the Three Year Plan, and in discussing organizational and service

changes. The Three Year Plan was made available for comment from the SFU community at large before

being finalized.

A Planning Committee of managers and those responsible for large units, and a Library Council with

broader representation, will replace the existing Library Management Group. The number of standing

committees will be limited, with more focussed cross-departmental working groups and implementation

teams established to plan and review the progress of specific activities. Perhaps most importantly, we are

1997/98

Service

Directional

Reference

Research

% Change

Location

Queries

Questions

Advice

TOTAL

from

Previous Year

31u Floor

7,867

41,640

1,360

50,867

-3.7%

6th Floor

9

5,922

209

6,140

+22%

Maps

Nil

504

Nil

504

-47%

Fine Arts

623

1,243

Nil

1,866

+23%

TOTAL

8,499

49,309

1,569

59,377

-1.6%

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TABLE D: Samuel and Frances Belzberg Library

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1997/981

?

% Difference

committed to working together as one group, across administrative divisions, to achieve the Library's

ultimate goal of providing information resource support to the University. An example of the success of

this approach was the secondment of Belzberg librarians to the Bennett Library and the provision of

liaison services to the Geography department by a librarian based downtown.

8. ?

Community Activities

Use of Library (Headcount)

User Assistance

General Information

Reserves

Total Reference

E-mail Reference

Total User Inquiries

Use of Collection

Loans

In-Library Use of Materials

Items from Bennett

Items delivered to Bennett

Total Collections Use

Library Research Instruction

Instructional Sessions

Number of Participants

134,056

171,768

-22.0%

In addition to representing the Library on regularly established University committees, SFU Library staff

are active in many SFU University activities. Some examples are:

30,337

31,524

-3.8%

•

?

Participation in the United Way; Yasmin Jamal was given an award for her participation, and Todd

2,752

2,573

+7.0%

Mundle and Andrew Boden engaged in a widely publicized 'shorts endurance' contest.

7,251

8,171

-11.3%

• ?

Participation in the Course Redesign Workshop's 'After 3' programme and the Symposium for

Innovative Teaching, as well as the Orientation for Library Representatives and the Instructional

341

254

+34.3%

Development Group.

40,340

42,268

-4.6%

•

?

Participation in other fund raising activities such as the Burns reading, plant sale, and lottery.

SFU Library staff are very active in library organizations, on professional committees, and at conferences.

SFU library staff spoke at or worked on organizing:

14,204

14,331

-0.9%

• ?

BC Library Association. Conference (Neal Baldwin, Lynn Copeland, Jack Corse, Elaine Fairey,

12,810

14,973

-14.4%

Keith Gilbert, Percilla Groves, Mark Jordan, Karen Marotz, Todd Mundle, Gisele Pomerleau,

7,462

7,

095

+5.2%

Sylvia Roberts, Christine Stojakovic)

• ?

Canadian Library Association. Conference (Todd Mundle)

724

587

+23.3%

•

?

Access '98. Conference (Lynn Copeland, Kristina Long)

27,014

29,304

-7.8%

• ?

Mexico: IX Transborder Library Forum, Mexicali, MX; Ontario Libraries Association Super

Conference, Toronto; Member, Resource Sharing Review Working Group, National Library of

Canada; Member, ALARM Sub-Committee to Review Competencies for Librarians, Archivists

and Records Managers (Todd Mundle)

• ?

ARLIS-NA. Conference (Carole Goldsmith, Mark Jordan)

74

72

+2.0%

• ?

SP Indaba (Lynn Copeland)

761

470

+61.9%

•

?

Data Liberation Initiative Steering Committee (Walter Piovesan)

9. ?

Friends of the Library

The Friends of the Library Board continues to meet bimonthly. This year, they sponsored, together with

the Alcuin Society and Continuing Studies, a weekend with noted bookbinder Michael Wilcox.

The Library's endowment income enabled us to cover the unanticipated impact of the devaluation of the

Canadian dollar without further serials cancellations. In future years, it will be used to cover the Library's

portion of the Canadian National Site Licence Project, and to cover startup costs of special unanticipated

purchases such as the Encyclopedia Britannica online, for which a Canada wide, attractively priced,

licence was negotiated.

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Gifts

in kind

..

TABLE C: Interlibrary Loans and Telebook Services

Gifts in kind were received totalling $224,245 in value. Especially noteworthy is the Webber family gift

of English Private Press books which, when complete, will be valued at $64,540. It includes fine and rare

I

Interlibrary Loans Service ?

I

1998

/

991

1997/981

% Change

I

books from a number of famous presses such as Ashendene, Golden Cockerel, Gregynog, Chiswick,

Nonesuch and Shakespeare Head. The finest book in the collection is The Four Gospels, with illustrations

SFU Loans to Other Libraries

by Eric Gill, published by Golden Cockerel Press in an edition of 500 copies and dated 1931. The most

Books

7,809

6,656

+17%

imposing book in the collection, The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser, was published by The

Photocopies

6,887

6,136

+12%

Ashendene Press in 1923, one of 180 copies printed.

ELN-OJAC Doc Deliveries

1,769

2,583

-32%

Other notable gifts in kind were received from:

TOTAL Items Loaned by SFU

16,465

15,375

+7%

Leslie Ballentine ?

Brett William Lloyd

David E. Bond ?

Rowland Lorimer

Ruth Bookey ?

Meg Marpole

Items Borrowed from Other Libraries

Annie Bourret ?

Hugh McDonald ?

..

Books

3,379

2,877

+17%

Darrell

Beverly

T.

Louise

BraidwoodBrigham ??

Monique

Margaret

Annie

McDonaldMcDonald

Photocopies

11,802

8,314

+42%

Leslie Buck

?

Laurie McNeill

Total Items Supplied to SFU

15,181

11,191

+36%

Brian Burtch ?

Hemant Merchant ?

-

Cohn

Anne CameronRichard

Condit

??

William

Nina Mia

Messenger

Items Borrowed via UBCLIB Request

H. Basil S. Cooke ?

Jock Munro

Books

3,083

2,390

+29%

Faye Evelyn Cooper ?

Eleanor Nichol

Photocopies

2,931

6,601

-560k

Theodore

Jared R. CurtisDobb ??

Peter

Randall

Oberlander

Peterman

Total UBCLIB Items Supplied to SFU

6,014

8,991

-33%

Manuel Dores

?

Carl Lynden Peters

Maria Dores ?

Lawrence Pinfield

TOTAL Borrowed All Sources

21,195

20,182

+5%

Eldorado Gold Corporation

?

Harry Pullen

J. Allan Evans ?

Peter A. Quartermain

Carole Anne Goldsmith

?

Radarsat International

Betty

Donald

GriffinGutstein ??

Vivian

Sheila RobertsFlorence

Rossner

Telebook Service

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1997

/

98

I

%

Change

-

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Bonnie Hill ?

Ann Rowan

-

Dick Holmes ?

Bertram Schoner

Distance Ed Student Requests

551

425

+29%

Gene Horvath

?

Louise Shaffer

Items Requested by Students

2,391

2,122

+13%

Geraldine Irby

?

Paul Matthew St. Pierre

Clive Lionel Justice ?

Ralph Stanton

Bradley Lloyd Keith

?

Theodor D. Sterling

Items Sent to Students

Nora Kelly ?

Barry Truax

Books

609

464

+31%

Michael Kenny

?

Bert Turnbull

Rosalynde Kent

?

Jan W. Walls

Journal Articles

1,032

951

+9%

Ian Kerr ?

Andrew Webber

Videos

270

371

-27%

Peter

Robert

KleinKreutziger

??

Jill

David

Webber

Webber

Other

7

N/A

Charles Krieger

?

Mary Williamson

-

Total Items Sent

1,918

1,786

+7%

Neville Lincoln

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Collection Size

Net Growth

March 31,

Fiscal Year

Collection Size

Collection Category

1998

1998/99

March 31, 1999

Classified Volumes

1,124,656

35,223

1,159,879

Unclassed Volumes (Journals)

220,591

8,782

229,373

Subtotal Letterpress Volumes

1,345,247

44,005

1,389,252

Microfilm (# of reels)

44,245

1,273

45,518

Microfiche (# of sheets)

(956,462)

(13,689)

(970,151)

Microfiche Volume

Equivalencies (i.e., 1 / 1.4)

683,187

9,778

692,965

Subtotal Net Micromaterial Volumes

727,432

11,051

738,483

TOTAL Print Volume Holdings

2,072,679

55,056

2,127,735

Other Collections Formats:

• ?

Manuscripts (in linear meters)

195

4

199

Maps

86,935

478

87,413

Slides

47,108

1,135

48,243

Sound Recordings

8,305

353

8,658

Videotapes

77

13

90

Magnetic Formats

Electronic journals & RDL Files

?

2,636

Other computer files

?

749

Current Serial Subscriptions

?

8,321 ?

-626

?

7,695

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TABLE B: Growth of Library Collections 1998/99

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Notable cash donations

Kirk Alexander Adam

Amy Ahanotu

Bruce Cameron Allen

Margery Carol Allen

Richard Paul Allen

Ted Altar

Bill Arnott

Donald Atkins

Patrick Arthur Audet

Brad Babcook

Sandra I. Banister

James Scott Barbour

Norbert Bartels

Parveen N.S. Bawa

Simon Beaulieu

Lenore Berkeley

Michelle Faye Berner

James Bertoia

Dominique Boltres

David E. Bond

James Findlay Boothroyd

Carol Solveig Botting

D.

Gary Brooks

Donna Gayle Brown

Hans Brown

Robert Burton Burkholder

William John Bush Sr.

CREO Products Inc.

Liny Chan

Macy Chan

Catherine Elizabeth Cheetham

Linda Chiu

Olive Eugenia Clark

Joan Collinge

Stanley Trevor Cope

Lynn Margaret Copeland

Joan Louise Cosford

Gary Patrick Crowder

Gerald F. Culhane

Mae Cutler

Lisbeth Rosten Davidson

Steve Dawydiak

Russell William C. Day

Suzannah MacDonald Dobbie

Katherine Margaret Doerksen

Jim Douglas

Heather Rose Dumka

J. Michael Dyck

E.

Casey McCabe

Christopher J. Ellis

Leo Eutsler

Irfane M. Fancey

Kim M.R. Floeck

Sheryl Catherine Foley

Wendy Charlene Fontaine

Robert James Foord

Lucille Forbes

Jack R. Fulton

Bruce John Gardner

Timothy Gamsh

Reinhild Hildegard Gebauer

Carole Gerson

Martin Sebastian Gerson

Beth Irene Gillespie

David Bruce Gordon

Celine M. Gould

Robert Thomas Gould

Linda Helen Graf

Bruce Shane Greengrass

Percilla Groves

Apollo Keng Guy

Robert David Guy

Ramon August Hagkull

David Norman Harley

Bruce Harwood

Bryan William Hebden

Sandra Minh Ho

Donna Marjorie Hofmann

Alan Keith Hooper

Ward Douglas Horan

Hospital Employees' Union

Paul Wallace Houle

Donald J. Hudson

Diane Muriel Humphrey

Andrew Stewart Humphreys

David William Hylands

Alan Roy Jacques

John Steeves Law Offices

Judi Korbin, Inc.

Elizabeth Anne Junkin

Rollie Keith

Ronald S. Keras

Judy Killam

Kurt Killer

Mark Killer

Steve Kloster

Theresa K. Ko CA

Sandra Charmaine Koochin

Ken Lynn Korteling

Alan Erwin Kruger

Stephen See-Ping Kwong

Wen-Chian-Lai

Chun-Chun Patty Lam

Frankle Hing Choy Lam

Christy Ann Sinks Lapi

Larch Law Corporation

Donna Laws

Sharon Kim LeClair

Cherie Marie Leader

Jennifer Lee

Kevin Leo Lee

Ye-Fee Liang

Robert James Lightbody

Hugh Lindsay

Tony Lindsay

Robert Neil Linenko

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Janet Agnes Litke

Lorraine Joan Rheault

Sandra Kathleen Lloyd

Robert Richard Ringwald

Kwok Sum Oscar Lo

Vivian Florence Rossner

Rhonda Lee Lorentzen

Brent Alan Routley

Marja Losier

F. John Sawatsky

James Kenneth Lyall

Jeffrey William Graham Schell

Gregg Macdonald

Schroeder & Company

Henry A. Macht

Richard Werner E. Schultze

Melanie Louise Mahussier-Patterson

Karl Heinz Lothar Senger

Jill Mandrake

Susan Margaret Senkler

Jane-Anne Eileen Manson

Janice Ann Shepherd

Susan Margaret Marsden

Shona A. Moore Personal Law Corporation

Doug Mathias

Shortt, Moore & Arsenault

Barbara Jo May

Kent Sillars

John A.D. May

Marilyn Sleath

Della McClaren

Paul Stanley Smith

Stephen P. McCoach

Susan Mary Smyth

Mark Brendan McMahon

Terrance Preston Snutch

Pat McQueen

John Joseph B. Sorel

Ken Mennéll

Robert Edward Stainer

Helene Michaels

Stephen Kelleher, Barrister & Solicitor

Robert Miles

Richard Fredrick Steward

Sharon Louise Mills

Nan Stirling

Patricia Ann Mitchell

Sun Microsystems Computer Company

M.T. Morgan

Helena M. Swinkels

Brad Morris

Brant B. P. Taylor

Pamela Eleanor Morris

Lucio Teles

Gordon John Morrow

Thomas R. Berger Personal Law Corporation

Ian Lloyd Mothersill

Chi Pang Tse

Gordon Charles Mowat

Taina Maria Tuominen

M.F. Theresa Mulligan

United Way of the Lower Mainland

Todd Mundle

V.L.Ready Labour Arbitration and Mediation Service

Deb Nag Chowdhury

James Henry Van Overbeek

Jean Elizabeth Nakamura

Victory Square Law Office

Betty Nelson

Rory S. Wallace

Wendie Ruth Nelson

Eric Ralph Wallin

Tom Nesbit

Eric Kam Shing Wan

Karin Elaine Newton

Stephanie Wang

Leo Sze-Chai Ng

Robert James Wanless

Larry Niven

Westminster Savings Credit Union

Grace Ruriko Noguchi

Mark N. Wexler

Elizabeth Dianne Noort

Brian M. Wideen

Nortel Networks

Douglas Wilson

Nancy Gail O'Krafka

Natasha Ann Wilson

J. Malcolm Page

Andrew Hoi Tao Wong

Juliana Christina Pasko

Terry Dart Hon Woo

Warren John Pawluk

Diana Woodrow

Bruce Cordell Pennington

William Edward Woods

D. Bruce Pheasant

Paul John C. Woodward

Erika Plettner

Michael Wortis

Stephen Maurice Plunkett

Yosef Wosk

Barbara Priest

Yoshio Yagi

Lorne Prupas

Anne Yandle

Frederick Edgar Pullen

Annette Pin Hal Yang

Robert David Punnett

David Thomson Yorke

Deborah Elizabeth Reddington

Katharine Young

Michael Thomas Reddington

Wing Yip Wayne Yu

Sonya Teresa Reginato

Henry Yuen

Blaize Reich

William J. Zaharoff

Barry Edward Neil Reid

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TABLE A: Recorded Usage of Library Collections

1998/99

Library Collection

Category

# Items

Loaned

# Items Used in

Library

Total Items Used

1 ?

1998/99

% Change from

Previous Year

Books:

General Stacks

343,752

256,500

600,252

-4.67%

Reserves

88,611

N/A

88,611

-12.05%

Subtotal

432,363

256,500

688,863

-5.69%

Others:

Fine Arts

14,125

2,803

16,928

-8.60%

In Process

1,158

N/A

1,158

+5.85%

Journals

N/A

206,960

206,960

74.22%

Maps

648

6,472

7,120

+19.52%

Microforms

N/A

21,555

21,555

-10.59%

Reference

N/A

37,878

37,878

+3.63%

Subtotal

15,931

275,668

291,599

-3.54%

Bennett Totals

448,294

532,168

980,462

-

5.06%

Belzberg Totals

14,204

12,810

27,014

-7.81%

Grand Totals

462,498

544,978

1,007,476

-5.13%

1997/98

Library Collection ?

# Items ?

#Items Used In ?

TOTAL Items

Category ? Loaned ?

Library ?

Used 1997/98?

Books:

General Stacks ?

374,788 ?

254,847 ?

629,635

Reserves ? 100,757 ?

N/A ?

100,757

Subtotal ? 475,545 ?

254,847 ?

730,392

Others:

Fine Arts

15,439

3,082

18,521

In Process

1,094

N/A

1,094

Journals

N/A

216,080

216,080

Maps

448

5,509

5,957

Microforms

N/A

24,109

24,109

Reference

N/A

36,551

36,551

Subtotal

16,981

285,331

302,312

Bennett Totals

492,526

540,178

1,032,704

Belzberg Totals

14,331

14,973

29,304

Grand Totals

506,857

555,151

1,062,008

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