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

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“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)

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Disruptive Changes for Library Staff

• Reduce the total number of positions

• Redesign (consolidation) processes

• Reassign staff to new roles and tasks

• Rewrite position descriptions

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Repurposing Library Space

• Group study and collaborative research

• Multimedia production, presentation & teaching

• IT and staff-supported learning centers

• Testing and training facilities

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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

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In-library Collaborative Partners

Visual Culture Center

Writing Center Satellite

Center for the Humanities

DoIT Academic Technology

Digital Inquiry Working Grp

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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

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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

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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

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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

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