LIBR 230-01
Issues in Academic Libraries
Spring 2007 Outline
C. James Schmidt
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1. January 31
Overview of Course, Introductions, and Introductions to the Industry of Higher Education. History of American Higher Education Discussion and American Academic Libraries in 1876.
- How Many Libraries . . . http://www.ala.org/library/fact1.html
- How Many People . . . http://www.ala.org/library/fact2.html
- Library operating expenditures http://www.ala.org/library/fact4.html
- Academic library data http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2004317
- Carnegie Classification www.carnegiefoundation.org/Classification/index.htm
- Higher education data www.chronicle.com/stats/institutions.htm
Required Reading:
- Lucas, Christopher J. American higher education. (New York : St. Martin's Press, 199X), pp. 103-263.
- ch. 4:
- pp. 103-105
- pp. 106-107
- pp. 108-111
- pp. 112-115
- pp. 116-119
- pp. 120-123
- pp. 124-129
- pp. 130-133
- pp. 134-137
2. February 14
Institutional Profiles Discussion
The Economics of Higher Education “Follow the Money ”:
- “Where Does the Money Go?” (chap 12); “Cost Inflation” (chap 11) (pp. 261-277; pp. 278-285) in Clotfelter, Ehrenberg, Getz and Siegfried; Economic Challenges in Higher Education (Chicago : University of Chicago Press);
- Massy, William F. “Faculty Discretionary Time: Departments and the ‘Academic Ratchet’” Journal of Higher Education 65: 1-22 (1994) (JStor);
- Massy, William F.. “Collegium Economicum: Why Institutions Do What They do”. Change 36: 2635 (2004)
- “Through a different lens A new Angle on the Price Spiral in Higher Education” Change 32: 53-ff (2000)
3. February 28
Services
User instruction, reference, specialized audiences: undergraduates, specific disciplines, e.g. art, music, medicine, law, education, the science, engineering, business.
4. March 14
Collections
Books, journals, media, digital, special/rare
Required Readings:
- Budd, Chapters 8, 9
5. April 4
Technology and Facilities
Will any more academic library buildings be built? Who uses them anyway and for what?
Required Readings:
- Scott Carlson “Thoughtful design keeps new libraries relevant” Chronicle of Higher Education (September 30, 2005).
- Jerrold Orne “Academic Library Buildings: A Century in Review.” College and Research Libraries (July, 1976) p. 316-331.
- Read the two most recent architecture issues of Library Journal (December 02 and 03) and American Libraries (April 02 and 03) and note especially the academic library projects.
Technology in Academic Libraries
"Gloom and doom or nirvana and opportunity?" Discussion
Required Readings:
- Warnken, P. "New Technologies and Constant Change: Managing the Process." Journal of Academic Librarianship 30: 322-7 (July, 2004)
6. April 18
Organization
Required Readings:
- Budd, Chapter 6
Planning
Required Readings:
- Douglas Birdsall and Oliver D Hensley “A New Strategic Planning Model for Academic Libraries” College and Research Libraries (March 1994) P. 149-159.
- The website for CSU Libraries Strategic Plan
http://www.calstate.edu.edu/ls/2000-lib_strategic_plan.pdf
Personnel
Required Reading:
- Budd, Chapter 11
Budget/Finance
Required Readings:
- Budd, Chapter 7
- Cooper, Michael D. "Economic Issues and Trends in Academic Libraries," Appendix A in: Martin M. Cummings The Economics of Research Libraries. Council on Library Resources, Inc. Washington, D.C. 1986.
7. May 2
Interlibrary Cooperation
Required Readings:
- David C. Weber “A Century of Cooperative Programs Among Academic Libraries” College and Research Libraries (May, 1976) P 205-221
Futures
Required Readings:
- Budd, Chapter 12
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