2. Agenda
• Introductions
• Update on Library’s activities and plans
Library/Learning Commons update
• New initiatives
• Role of the Library Advisory Committee
6. Library’s core activities
• Resource access:
– Document delivery to faculty and graduate students
up 32%
– Link+ borrowing 7,161
– Interlibrary lending up 3% (12,389 items)
– Books as world travellers:
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Gonzaga San Diego
Harvard, MIT and the Library of Congress
U.S. Sports Academy (Alabama)
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (Hawaii)
Drug Enforcement Administration Library (Virginia)
American University of Beirut, Universitat de Valencia,
Sabanci University, Istanbul
8. Comparative Student Library Use
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College Senior Survey:
Percent of students, since entering college, who "frequently" used the library for
research or homework
90
80
70
60
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40
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10
2006
2007
2008
Saint Mary's College of California
2009
Catholic Four-Year Colleges
2010
2011
All Private Four-Year Colleges
2012
9. Library’s core activities
• Collaborate with faculty to build information
literacy and critical thinking
– 5,110 individual research assistance sessions
– 7,033 students, faculty, & staff attended
instruction sessions (17% increase over 2011/12)
• Library as space: thinking, learning, & student
collaboration
– 362,165 2012/13 gate count (avg. 1,000 patrons a day)
– 3 group student study rooms, one with
presentation/practice tools
11. Library’s core activities
• Continuous improvement to meet changing
needs
– Hours
• 24/7 pre-finals and finals week
• Open earlier Saturdays & Sundays for graduate student use
– Textbook collection (190 titles, UG, multi-sections, required
readings)
– Social Media:
Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn
– Grants
• NIH Muslim Journeys Bookshelf
• ALA/ACRL Information Literacy Partnering & Assessment
12. Library’s core activities: College service
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Susan Birkenseer
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Margaret Brown-Salazar
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College Facilities Planning Committee 2004 to Present
Presidential Search Committee 2004-2005
Sharon Radcliff
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Graduate and Professional Studies Educational Policies Committee, 2010-present
Kalmanovitz School of Education Commission on Teacher Credentialing Accreditation, October 2011
Br. Richard Lemberg
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Educational Policies Board (EPB), 2008 (closed after that year)
SMC Web Planning Committee, 2011 to present
Staff Council, 2004-2007
Undergraduate Educational Policies Committee (UEPC), 2008-2010
Program Review Committee, 2010-2013
Graduate and Professional Studies Educational Policies Committee, 2009-2010
Sarah Vital
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Staff Council, 2008-2011 (chair elect, 09-10; chair, 10-11)
College Committee on Inclusive Excellence, 2009-2012
Budget Committee, 2010-2012
Institutional Effectiveness Committee, 2010-2011
Facilities Planning Committee, 2009-2010
Faculty Senate Library Committee, 2007-2010
Library Appendix A:
Staff Activities and Service
13. Library’s core activities: College service
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Patty Wade
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Sharon Walters
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Center for Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, Spring 2012-present
Habits of Mind Sub-Committee of the Core Curriculum Committee, Fall 2012-present
Core Curriculum Committee, Fall 2011-present
Liberal Education for Arts Professionals (LEAP) Advisory Board, 2008-present
Women's and Gender Studies Advisory Committee, 1999–present
Judge, Spectrum Writing Contest, January 2013
Interviewer, Writing Development Specialist position search, January 2013
Participant, Collegiate Seminar Formation Series, Fall 2012
College Committee on Inclusive Excellence, 2010-2011
Women’s Resource Center Founder, 2000
Linda Wobbe
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Staff Council 2011-12 and 2012-13 (Chair, Staff Climate and Development Committee 2012-13)
Presidential Search Committee 2012-13
Core Curriculum Committee Implementation Group on Information Literacy 2011
Staff Great Books Committee 2009-2011
Undergraduate Educational Policies Committee, 2010–present
Chair, Dean for Library and Academic Resources Search Committee, 2011–2012
Staff Great Books Seminar Planning Committee Member, 2002–2011
Elise Wong
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Institutional Marketing Committee, 2012-2013
Search Committee for Dean for Library and Academic Resources, 2011- 2012
Academic Senate Library Committee, 2010-2012
14. New Initiatives
• Strategic Initiatives proposed 2014/15
– Vault Career Insider Database (joint with Career
Center and Alumni Office)
– Pilot program Student Peer Information & Reference
Assistants
• Library retreat to develop new mission, values
and strategic themes (Summer 2014)
• Institutional Repository planning task force
(summer or fall?)
• Focus on the Future Faculty
Conversations(Spring 2014)
31. Senate Library Advisory Committee
Roles
• Advise on policies and services (ongoing)
• Bring issues, problems, ideas to the table
• White paper on teaching and research needs
from FOF Faculty Conversations data
• Review Library/Learning Commons services
and design in the light of Campus’ strategic
planning and FOF findings
