B. Mario Pinto. Ph.D
Vice-President, Research
Professor ofChemistry
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OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, RESEARCH
ATTENTION Members of Senate
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Senate Library Committee Annual Report
DATE
October 2. 2012
Please find attached the annual report for the
Senate Library Committee.
SIMON FRASF.M UNIVERSITY
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Simon Fraser University
SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Library Penalties Appeal Committee
Annual Reports for 2011/12
Senate Library Committee
Terms of Reference
1. Advises the University Librarian on matters relating to the operation of the Library and the liaison
between the Library and academic departments and programs. The areas of advice includethe
following:
o
monitoring the continuing response to the Library Review Report recommendations and
organizing subsequent reviews every five years
o
liaison between the Library and academic programs
o
establishing collections priorities
o
review of Libraryperformance data
o
review of major changes in Librarysystems or operations
2. Advises the Vice President, Research on matters relating to the size of the Library budget.
3. Approves guidelines for the allocation of the Librarymaterials budget between various fields of
instruction and research.
4. Recommends changes in rules and regulations for the operation of the Library, such as the Loan
Policy.
5. Reports to Senate annually concerning its activities and the operation of the Library.
Meetings Held
The Senate Library Committee met 3 times during 2011/12:
June 13, 2011
October 17, 2011
February 17,2012
External Review and Library Response
The External Review Report overall was very favourable, and eleven recommendations were made. With
input from Library staff, the VPof Research and the Senate Library Committee, the Library prepared a
response report and Action Plan addressing the recommendations. The VPR approved the Action Plan. The
final version including Library Response
and Action Plan was sent to the July SCUPmeeting for review and
then sent to the September Senate meeting for information only.
Strategic Plan
The draft Strategic Plan was first discussed at the June 2011 Senate Library meeting. It was then sent out
to the SFU community for input (deadline August 31,2011) by the Office of the VPof Research. All input
and recommendations were incorporated into the final Strategic Plan. The plan was forwarded to SCUPas
information and then to Senate as information. A retreat for managers and supervisors was held in
November to formalize goals and determine the best methods for implementing the tasks (including
resources and timelines). A project list was created to record and update the progress of the strategic plan
and will be revisited throughout the year to determine the Library'sachievements and progress on goals.
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Library Collections Budget
The 2011/12 Collections Budget was presented with the following highlights:
•
The university has again agreed to protect the collection budget from reductions to preserve our buying power
and permit continued buildingof collections. Aspart of the universitys new budget process the library received a
base budget liftof $40,000 for 2011/12 to recognize pressure on the collections budget from serial price increases
and growth in programming.
•
The $40,000 does not completely cover the expected inflation affecting acquisitions for 2011/12. Serial increases
have been budgeted as known or expected, leaving no room to increase book allocations over last year'slevel.
Budgeting in this way over time would skew the budget in favour of journal oriented disciplines and away from
those disciplines that rely more on monographs, so is not sustainable for any period of time. A memo detailing
the expected cost increases In 2011/12 has been submitted to the VPResearch; if this funding becomes available
it will be distributed proportionally across the budget to hold book purchasing power even with 2010/11 levels.
•
Thisbudget has been set with the assumption of the US/Canadianexchange rate at par. We willcontinue to
monitor the exchange rate closely and work with the SFU Treasurer to forward purchase USdollars at
advantageous rates and to time payment of large foreign invoices in our favour when this is possible.
•
Serial allocations have been set based on increases of 3% over the previous year'sexpenditures, corrected for
migrations to online-only format and other changes in each list. Where we have multi-year agreements with
known price caps
the exact figures have been used in setting the budget for specific lines.
•
Asnoted above, no increases to monograph funds have been possible in this budget. Monograph funds that were
fully spent in 2010/11 have been preserved at last year'slevel. Somethat were not fully spent in 2010/11 have
been reduced slightly.
•
In response to changes in the library bookselling industry in 2010/11 the library contracted with a new primary
book vendor for English language books usingan RFP process. The migration of our large book approval plans to
a new vendor went smoothly, but resulted in some changes in the mixof approval/forms/discretionary spending
on books lines in several subject areas. This budget allocates these lines as we expect they
will play out for
2011/12, which is not alwaysin the same pattern as in the 2010/11 transition year.
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To align with the university structure, Archaeology funds now roll up under Faculty of the Environment instead of
Arts &Social Sciences, affecting the overall totals for both of these Faculties.
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The allocation for "Miscellaneous Foreign Literature" has been reduced. Major works of world literature in
translation had traditionally been purchased for the Bennett collection from this line. The World Literature
program in Surrey now collects much of this material. Inconsultation with this program and the English
department, the funds have been put toward a new subscriptionto a major literary database
{Literature Online
from Chadwyck Healey).
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Costsfor convertingtexts into accessiblealternative formats for students withdisabilities increased from $13,000
in 2009/10to over $25,000in 2010/11. Theincreased cost is reflectedinthis budget.
Liaison Librarian Review
During the 2011 summer the Library conducted a reviewof the current liaison librarian program. Basedon
the findings of the review and buildingon the strengths of the current model the report made a number of
recommendations which will be implemented over the next few semesters. There were some concerns
regardingbreakdowns in communication withthis new model. Elaine Fairey, Associate University Librarian,
who gave the report, assured the group that the linesof communication between Faculty and Liaison
Librarians will continue and will probably be stronger with the new changes.
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Komagata Maru and Chinese Head Tax Projects
In April 2011 the SFU Library received a grant totaling $350,000 from Citizenship and Immigration Canada
through the Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP) to createa lasting digital resource that tells
the storyof the Komagata Maru incident. In addition, SFU Library received funding as part of the UBC
Library'sCHRP project to digitize the Chinese Head tax project. The Komagata Maru project was
successfully completed and is available at http://komagatamaruiournev.ca and http://lib-
drupal2.lib.sfu.ca/kmi/. Acelebratory event was held at SFU Harbour Centre on the evening of March 23rd
and an all-day symposium was held at the Surrey Campus on March 24th.
Media Lending Pilot
SFU Library acquired a portion of the Videomatica Collection, 2800 documentaries with the remainder of
the collection (feature films) going to UBC (SFU and UBC collaborated to purchasethe collection).
In order
to
provide public accessto the collections a pilotmedia lending policy has been establishedand will begin
next semester. External borrowers may take out a film or documentary on a 3 day loan. To avoid conflicts
with availability of films, items that are booked will not be available for circulation.
W.A.C. Bennett Library Renewal:
As part of the Bennett Library Renewal Plan, funds were allocated bythe VP of Research to support the
Bennett third floor renovation and establishment of the Research Commonsspace on the second floor.
Tentative plans forthe renovating the 3rd floor bathrooms in 2012-2013, as partofthe plan for renovating
Burnaby campus facilities, are still under review.
Extended Library Hours Bennett and Fraser (Surrey) Spring 2012 Exam Period
Plans to offer extended Library hours during the Spring 2012 Exam Period were announced with the intent that ifthe
pilot project was successful that it would be continued in future Fall and Spring exam periods.
• Bennett extended hours to a 24/7
• Surrey extended hours to 11pm weekdays and 9 pm on Saturdays.
• Belzberg kept its regular hours
Senate Library Committee Membership, 2011/2012
Mario Pinto, Vice-President, Research (Chair)
Jon Driver, Vice-President, Academic
Charles Eckman, University Librarian
Wade Parkhouse, Graduate Studies
Peter Liljehahl, Graduate Studies (Designate)
Alan Doree, Continuing Studies (Designate)
Yvonne Tobin, Continuing Studies (Designate)
Glenn
Chapman, Senator at Large
Daniel Leznoff,
Senator at Large
Christi Garneau-Scott, Graduate Student
Marisol Cruz, Undergraduate Student
Darius Burbridge, Graduate Student (Alternate)
Zachary Pope,
Undergraduate Student
JJ McCullough, Undergraduate Student (Alternate)
Risha Patidar,
Undergraduate Student (Alternate)
John Edgar, Applied Sciences
Stephen Steele, Arts and Social Sciences
Kim Trottier, Business Administration
Daniel Laitsch, Education3"
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Beth Marshall, Education
Jeremy Snyder, Health Sciences
Igor Herbut, Science
Natalie Gick, Head, Fraser Valley Real Estate Board Academic Library (Librarian Rep)
Daryl Clarke, LibraryStaff Representative
Gwen Bird, Associate University Librarian (non-voting)
Elaine Fairey, Associate University Librarian (non-voting)
Todd Mundle, Associate University Librarian (non-voting)
Brian Owen, Associate University Librarian (non-voting)
Angela Raasch, Recording Secretary
Library Penalties Appeal Committee
The Library Penalties Appeal Committee met on August 15, 2011.
There were two (2) appeals, both were denied.
LPAC Membership 2011/2012
Christine Garneau, Graduate Student(Chair)
Glenn Chapman, Senator at Large (Vice-Chair)
Daniel Leznoff,
Senator at Large
Marisol Cruz, Undergraduate
Scott Mackenzie, Ex-Offio, Secretary (non-voting)
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