Faculty Senate Library Committee
May 9, 2011
Data from a variety of sources can be compiled and analyzed to identify gaps.
PLEASE NOTE: ALL DATA ARE EXAMPLES AND GIVE A SNAPSHOT OF OSU LIBRARIES FULL BUDGET.
Wishlist-Snapshot of Need
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Subject librarians capture faculty requests and resource needs in a database. Items are reviewed
and prioritized as funds become available. Wishlist currently has over $1,000,000 worth of
requests on it (~70% annual costs).
o Mix of one-time purchases and subscriptions
o Mix of full text content and discovery tools
o Mix of books, journals, and primary source collections
o Mix of librarian-identified and faculty/student-identified resources
Examples of requested items
Annual
price
9,442
Req date
Title
Early English Books Online
4/28/11
ProQuest
America’s Historical
4/15/11 Newspapers-SelectOregonian;1850-1987
Springer Earth Science
3/30/11
Ebooks 2011
3/22/11
45,738
1Time
Fee
Librarian
Requestor
Nichols
English, History
Nichols
History
1,372
8,301
Wirth
470
Conservation Letters
Avery
262
3/18/11
Journal of the Association
for Research on Mothering
back issues
Nichols
1,560
2/24/11
Ecohydrology
Violence Against Women
2/3/11
journal
Dissertations and Theses
1/4/11 (formerly Dissertation
Abstracts)
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Wirth
1,027
1,027
Nichols
12,755
Wirth
Ken VanceBorland
Kryn BurtonFreehling;
Women
Studies
Allison
Danner/Water
Res Grad
Student
Women
Studies
Collection
Development
Dept
The hiring of 100 new faculty will present an opportunity for the acquisition of new collections if
faculty request materials as part of their hiring package. Subject librarians may field requests for
unfunded resources that may end up on the wishlist.
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Interlibrary Loan Services
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Scan & Deliver
o OSU Libraries scans print items requested by patrons. The most requested items can be
identified for conversion from print to electronic. The cost for moving to electronic can
be higher and often includes ongoing fees not associated with print.
o Example: the following titles were requested 40 and 35 times respectively showing
demand for immediate access.
Journal Name
Journal of counseling psychology.
Journal of personality and social psychology.
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Number of Requests/Year
40
35
Interlibrary loan items requested from other libraries
o Below are titles most requested by OSU faculty and students from last fiscal year. The
same analysis as above can be applied to these titles.
Journal Name
Department
Number of
Requests
The International Journal of Quality &
Reliability Management
Engineering
44
Developmental Psychology
Health and Human Sciences
42
Thermochimica Acta
Hortscience
Carbohydrate Polymers
Nature Nanotechnology
Health and Human Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
Science
35
33
21
19
Clinics in Perinatology
Health and Human Sciences
18
The Journal for Specialists in Group Work
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Teacher and Counselor
Education
Veterinary Medicine
18
17
Journal of physical activity & health
Developmental Psychology
Multicultural Education & Technology Journal
Health and Human Sciences
Liberal Arts
Education
17
16
16
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Local Journal Utilization Report (LJUR)
Shows journal titles where our faculty publish, which titles they cite and titles where they were
cited for the years 1981-2008.
o Example shows titles OSU faculty cited:
Cites
3206
2190
1782
Cited Work
OECOLOGIA
MAR BIOL
THEOR APPL GENET
BOUND-LAY
1551 METEOROL
1166 PLANT SOIL
2008
249
104
127
2007
203
100
70
2006
224
95
177
2005
173
87
143
115
61
164
81
92
50
103
57
Projecting Rising Costs
OSU’s rising FTE affects OSUL’s electronic resources costs because some vendors determine
their costs based on an institutions FTE. We anticipate our costs going up because of OSU’s goal
to increase student FTE.
o Example 1: LexisNexis Academic is an essential resource for undergraduate research. It
provides news, industry, and legal sources appropriate for undergraduate research at all
levels. It is used heavily, for example, in the WR 121 courses. The price for LexisNexis
Academic is $1.89 per student FTE. Because of our increase in student FTE, OSU’s price
went up by nearly $1700 between 2010 and 2011.
o Example 2: in Fall of 2010 OSU’s FTE was 19,877. Many faculty and students will use
PsycArticles a critical resource providing full text access to the major psychology
journals. Once OSU’s FTE hits 20,000 our price will increase by $6500 per year.
Level
Full-Time
Equivalents
APA Data Fee
5
15,000-19,999
$20,775
6
20,000-24,999
$27,275
7
25,000-59,999
$28,325
8
60,000+
Contact APA
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Cost Avoidance
OSUL frequently participates in consortial purchasing to acquire content. We belong to formal
and informal consortia. Participation results in significant cost savings.
o In FY2010, OSUL paid $82,926 for $286,768 worth of content as part of the OrbisCascade Alliance. Over $200,000 was saved. And, this provides access to quality content:
Taylor and Francis journal titles, Duke e-journals, Ebsco databases—most used by our
students and others.
o From the Greater Western Library Alliance we have even more significant savings.
Through our participation we avoided $686,785 in 2009. Titles purchased were IEEE,
Wiley-Blackwell and BioOne. Despite this great savings, our subsequent budget required
difficult cuts-which affected our participation in the Wiley deal.
Annual supplements to the base budget
o
o
Example 1: Technology Resource Fee: Annually OSU Libraries requests funding to
maintain and expand the electronic book, journal and database collections. TRF funding
has become an essential subsidy for the continuation of electronic content for all
students. With increased enrollment, it is imperative that the Libraries be able to
maintain and build a collection that meets the needs of students.
Example 2: Library gift funds are intended to enhance the collections, acquire and
provide access to content to round out holdings. In some years, OSU Libraries relies on
gifts for standard purchases.
LibQual Data and Comments
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o
o
o
“The library's biggest flaw is the lack of ebooks. Everyone has smartphones, ereaders, &
tablets & we want ebooks for loan!"
“The most valuable service that the library offers me is access to online databases of
journals and technical articles. I am very satisfied with the library website search
capabilities, I just wish we had more articles. I am successful at finding a lot, but there
are also a lot that I can't access because we don't have subscriptions to them."
"The library service is improving...it was very frustrating to do a research project
remotely with a paper due in a week and not be able to access information soon
enough.“
“I wish the library had access to more online journals. Interlibrary loan is wonderful but
having instant access to more journals would facilitate learning.”
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Category 1 Reviews
From 2009 to early 2011, 19 category I proposals were sent to the library. These new program
proposals are required to have a library collection assessment completed. Of these 19, 9 made
recommendations for funding for library collections. Some were simply to bring book
collections in new undergraduate programs up to par. Other requests indicated a need to
purchase essential databases and journals to effectively support graduate programs.
Category 1 proposeal with library funding requests
2009-April 2011
Program
Earth Sciences BS
Business Admin (MS)
Public Policy PhD
Communication Masters
Energy Engineering BS
Medical Humanities
Certificate
F/W administration (MS)
Sustainability dual
degree BA/BS
Natural Resources (MS)
Resource
Online Encyclopedias and
Nature Climate Change
Ebook funding (PDA)
PAIS database
Books and Journals
Books and Journals
Books and 1 journal
recommended by faculty
databases and ebook
AASHE membership
journals, databases, books
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Cost
(initial)
Cost
(Ongoing)
Year
$12,600
$ 2,000
$10,400
$ 5,433
$ 5,400
$ 3,500
$ 2,000
$ 10,400
$ 5,433
$ 5,400
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
$ 1,695
$ 5,350
$
$
655.
5,350
2010
2010
$ 1,500
$21,500
$65,878
$ 1,500
$ 9,500
$ 43,738
2010
2009
Peer comparisons
We can determine where OSUL falls in comparison to similar institutions for overall budget and
expenditures.
Oregon State
4
Oregon
6
Wisconsin
12
Texas A & M
18
Purdue
11
Penn State
Total Library
Expenditures
18
Ohio State
13
Michigan State
Professional
Salaries & Wages
12
Illinois
Total Materials
Expenditures
15
Cornell
16
California, Davis
9
Arizona
11
0
20
40
60 Millions
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Report compiled by Andrea Wirth and Jane Nichols