restructuring the library system centralize functional services reduce the number of library service...
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Restructuring the Library System
• Centralize functional services
• Reduce the number of library service points
• Eliminate duplicative collections and formats
• Fewer circulating collections and librariesUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries • Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-3193 • www.library.wisc.edu
“Consolidation and streamlining of library operations could reduce administrative and programmatic redundancies, strengthen coordination in key university-wide functions, allow the repurposing of spaces, and release funds to better support collections and outreach activities.”
North Central Reaccreditation Report;Section F, Focused Advice... AddressingFiscal Realities through Structuring andConsolidation, pages 13-14 (2009)
University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries • Madison, WI 53706Phone: (608) 262-3193 • www.library.wisc.edu
Disruptive Changes for Library Staff
• Reduce the total number of positions
• Redesign (consolidation) processes
• Reassign staff to new roles and tasks
• Rewrite position descriptions
University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries • Madison, WI 53706Phone: (608) 262-3193 • www.library.wisc.edu
Repurposing Library Space
• Group study and collaborative research
• Multimedia production, presentation & teaching
• IT and staff-supported learning centers
• Testing and training facilities
University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries • Madison, WI 53706Phone: (608) 262-3193 • www.library.wisc.edu
Promising Partnerships with Faculty
• Designing new learning facilities (MediaStudio)
• Managing non-bibliographic data/information
• Transforming textbooks & course materials
• Providing infrastructure for arts & humanities
• Supporting MIU initiatives and projectsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries • Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-3193 • www.library.wisc.edu
In-library Collaborative Partners
Visual Culture Center
Writing Center Satellite
Center for the Humanities
DoIT Academic Technology
Digital Inquiry Working Grp
University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries • Madison, WI 53706Phone: (608) 262-3193 • www.library.wisc.edu
Cntr. for First Yr Experience
Cross College Advising
L & S Career Services
DoIT InfoLab
GUTS (Greater UniversityTutoring Services)
Benchmark Measures for Libraries
4.3 million annual visitors to UW-Madison libraries
32,916 students participate in instructional programs
7 million user sessions for UW Digital Collections
47 million uses of campus online catalog
University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries • Madison, WI 53706Phone: (608) 262-3193 • www.library.wisc.edu
Five libraries account for 80% of usage
Memorial Library 1,627,087
College (Helen C. White) 1,212,378
Ebling Health Sciences 342,630
Wendt Engineering Library 271,494
Steenbock (Ag & Life Science) 256,148
University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries • Madison, WI 53706Phone: (608) 262-3193 • www.library.wisc.edu
Downloaded articles by database
Elsevier journals (1,800 titles) 1,155,424
JSTOR (non-current journals) 498,177
Web of Science 492,225
Academic Search (journals) 343,962
Nature (bundled titles) 333,651
Wiley (online journals) 258,367
Am. Chem. Soc. (all ACS journals) 203,724
University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries • Madison, WI 53706Phone: (608) 262-3193 • www.library.wisc.edu
Primary Source Materials for Research
Documents & Archives of Italian Fascism (1925-45)
German Reconstruction after WWII (1945-1950)
Literature of the African Diaspora (19th – 20th century)
Hmong historical and cultural manuscripts (20th cent.)
Archives of the U.N. Transitional Authority in Cambodia
University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries • Madison, WI 53706Phone: (608) 262-3193 • www.library.wisc.edu