Sunday, May 2, 2010

Library what if ...

Suppose we group MDRL, e-journal and database management (ez-proxy, link resolver, ...), web site and server admin (ETD, Voyager, Vufind), and transfer all that responsibility and budget to an "online resources" subgroup under OIT. OIT gets almost all the materials budget, the systems department, and a group of 4 or 5 e-journal and database specialists (Jack, Paula, ...).

What's left for the library ? A staff budget over $4 million to manage a book budget under $250K, reference, and ILL.

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