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Collection Use Data

Renovation Must move 500,000 volumes offsite

350,000+ monographs = 24,000 linear feet 100,000+ serial volumes =16,000 linear feet

Unused Monographs

Discipline Titles Linear Feet

Humanities 69,109 4,607

Sciences 68,178 4,545

Social Sciences 212,712 14,180

Total 350,000 23,333

Stakeholders

Data for: Me Selectors Dean Provost/Chancellor Trustees Faculty

Humanities Social Sciences Sciences

Students Architects Catalogers Stacks Maintenance

Faculty

Reassurance 70% of monographs will remain in the library Nothing with a record of circulation to storage Differences by discipline Detailed explanations as needed

70%

30%

Monographs

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Humanities Faculty

Pre-1950 monographs Vs. pre-2000 monographs in the sciences

No record of circulationWe’ll bring anything back

Architects

Planning data Linear feet Reasons don’t matter

Data for Architects – In Linear Feet

Administration

Justification for keeping material in library 70% of monographs medium/high-use

Sample use data 150-200,000 circulations annually Reminder about importance of paper collections Reminder about importance of browsing Reminder of value faculty place in collections

Board of Trustees

Justification for storage facility 30% of monographs low use

Not defined Education about need for paper collections Education about importance of browsing

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