ANNUAL 

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REPORT 

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THE

SENATE ? 

LIBRARY ? 

COMMITTEE 

The Senate Library Committee met on 10 July and 

November 

and on 

April 

The most obvious event of the year has been the decision 

to complete the seventh floor of the Library Building, noted at 

the July meeting. 

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The use of this floor, in the light of certain 

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proposals then being made and in regard to the implications for 

the operation of the Library as a whole, formed the major item 

of business at the November meeting following reference of the 

question to the Committee from Senate. 

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A report was submitted to 

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Senate which indicated, inter alia, that pressure on seating 

space would develop in 

on the assumption that the minimum 

accession rate necessary to maintain the collections continued 

to apply and that the Library was restricted to six of the seven 

floors. 

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The use of the six floors was considered at the April 

meeting, and the revised anticipated use of the seventh floor noted. 

The minimum accession rate relates to the Acquisitions Budget 

in any one year, and it was noted at the April meeting that the 

tentative budget would permit acquisition of 

approval (i.e. 

recently published) titles and 8000 - 

retrospective titles 

only in all disciplines in 

Cutbacks necessary to pre- 

serve minimum accessions, taken in 

involving services, 

such as Interlibrary Loans, staff reductions, and processing back- 

logs, were considered at the November 

meeting. 

The academic status of Librarians at Simon Fraser University 

was considered at the November meeting and a recommendation sub- 

mitted to Senate, on which action was subsequently taken by it. 

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The question of the terms on which access to the Library 

should be granted to extramural borrowers was held over at the 

July and November meetings pending the results of a U.B.C. 

review of its policies; 

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however, since the report of this review 

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was still unavailable in April, the Senate Library Committee made 

recommendations regarding individual citizens and community 

borrowers, declining to consider other groups at that time pending 

clarification of more general Provincial policies. 

The terms of reference of the Senate Library Committee were 

reconsidered in July and referred to the Senate Committee on 

Committees, as a result of which membership was expanded to in- 

clude a representative of Inter-Disciplinary Studies and the Dean 

of Graduate Studies. 

The Library Penalties Appeals Committee, having encountered 

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difficulty stemming from failure by some individuals to return 

material to the Library during industrial action, since no clear 

University Policy existed, referred the question to the Senate 

Library Committee. The latter Committee concurred with the views 

of the Library Penalties Appeals Committee, and resolved to refer 

the question to the President. 

Other matters considered included the disposition of Library 

fines, thesis binding and the disposition of the Departmental 

Review Committee's report. 

Phillip Stigger 

Chairman, Senate Library Committee 

P S : d c r 

May

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