Hi,
We do a mixed approach. The regular library does follow an allocation
plan, which I have included below, to come up with portions for the various
departments. 20% of each department's library funds can be used for media.
Some never do.
I have a separate operating budget, which includes some projector lamps and
equipment repairs and replacements. Also sound equipment for live events. I
buy 'popular' titles for the collection, plus some educational titles. I
have tried to fill topic holes based on student searches and gaps I have
noticed. I also get faculty requests, and fill them in three different ways.
Some with multi-departmentaI use, or that 'should' be in the collection,
I buy. Others I rent (usually the outrageously expensive ones), and I only
try to ILL if I have a contact to call first, or there is no other option. I
have also worked to combine funds from different departmental budgets and
Media Services to buy the costly items. My funds end up being a buffer to
acquire more than we might otherwise.
Val
Appendix B: Allocation of Funds
Allocation of the departmental book budgets is based on the following
criteria: credit hours generated, number of majors in a discipline,
circulation in related call number areas, interlibrary loan figures, and the
average book price in a discipline. Each of these criteria is weighted as
follows and is applied to the total annual book budget:
Credit Hours Generated
100 and 200 Levels 15%
300 and 400 Levels 25%
Number of majors15%
Use of Collection
Circulation 25%
Interlibrary Loan Requests 10%
Cost (average from previous year’s purchases)
Average Price 10%
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100%
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.edu wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
Our library is considering implementing percentage allocation formula for
acquisition of library materials including audiovisual materials.
Basically, what this approach advocates is that the library’s materials
budget should follow the university’s budget allocation to each department.
For example, if the university is spending 10% of its budget for the Science
department, the library should expend 10% of its budget for acquisition of
materials on science. I’ve voiced my objection to this approach since it
does not take into consideration the nature of each discipline. My logic is
that if the university is expending 10% of its budget for the mathematics
department because it is one the most popular disciplines of the university,
this does not mean that the mathematics department needs 10% of the
audiovisual budget since it does not use AV materials as much as other
disciplines. On the other hand, the university may have a very small
department of art or music and spends only 1% of its budget for that
discipline. But that department’s need of audiovisual materials is much
higher than 1% of the audiovisual budget of the library.
Does anyone has an experience in implementing this formula? Has it worked
for you? I highly appreciate your input.
Thanks.
Farhad Moshiri
AV Librarian
University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, Texas
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