CHE~USTRY
LIBRP.RY
ANNUAL REPORT
July 1, 1981 - June 30, 1982
Implementation of Last Year's Priorities
ltJhile we have continued to improve reference service there is
still room for improvcment. The time the librarian spent o r,
Engineering Library problems this past year put cons 1c:::..int s on the
amount of time which could be spent on reference and online searching.
A.
B. ll'lhile we have held staff meetings on an irregular basis this needs
to be continued and improved during. the 1982/83 year.
C.
'Me
with the c01:l.pletion of the physical reorganization of the library,
have turned our attention to imp~ovE:c:. b~.bliograrh:'.c: access.
The Past Year's Accomp lishcnents
1. The Chemistry Library card catalog has been completely refilc.::,
this year in preparation for closing the catalog. In the past, th e
card catalog had been fil GQ by several different sets of filing rules
and in some instances no rules. The nevJ ACH.R II rules have been
app lied to the entire catalog .
2. Thanks to the School of Chemical Sciences the Chemistry Library
acquired a [\iinol ta !lhcroform Reader Printer. This has been a much
needed item of equipment in the library for several years.
3,
The .staff ':zas involved in the first r:ha,,~ of the Prrerican Chem5.cal
Society full-text of j o urnal articles online experiment. \tJe nm" have
addi tional free time t o be u sed for Ule second ph2\se of the experiment.
4. In the area of collection maintenance there have been several
accomplishments.
a. In ai1 attempt to s tay 'i/·j th5 n o ur j ".'rnal bud get we trcmsferred
$20,000 from our othe r materials budgets i.4, .. =-"l'l.tinued to car1cel
journuls. The Chemistry Library has nOvl reacheC ._; .c: point where
furth 2r cancellation of journal titles will seriousJ ':'" -'iarr,ac.;0 the
res e arch cap abilities of the collection.
b. VIe h a Ve: tieen identifying journal volum es '-"lhich have deter';.::-··· "L.od
to the pO:Lnt they Cill' no longer be used. We are exploring the
possibility of havjng these volumes replaced by originals 01:'
microfilm. The envi·conment leaves much t.o be desj.r<2d in tecTnc; of
preservatio;) o.f out: older jo "'I,-ls vlith 6 - 10 major floo ds a year,
extremel y overhe a ted conditions in the winter and poor j cm i tori '31
service,
c. We ""ere fortunate to have extra monograph funds this year I;Jhich
resulted from BEILSTEIN and GMELIN not publishing in the 1980/81
year. This money was transferred to the Chemistry 1981/82
monograph fund. The money was used to purchase several reference
sets, a number of expensive titles, and to fill in some gaps in the
monograph collection.
Although the staffing of the Chemist ry Library continues to be
tight, we have continued to maintain our regular schedule of hours.
We have achieved this by using "flex-time" and work study students
and cutting back on services with lesser priorities.
d.
e. The use of the Chemistry Library continues to be high. The use
of the reading room per hour this year ranged from 0 - 71 persons.
The average for the year was 49 persons per hour.
The demand for online searching increased by 84 searches over
the previous year. The follm.J ing are the statistics for th: . - - - ­
various searches:
:>: Se.l.rch
Reference
19
Patron
356
SDI
12
Typ~
Type of Patrons
Und2rgraduates
Graduate Students
Faculty
Staff
Other
Searches by Department of Patrons
Chemistry
236
69
Engineering
29
Biology
Materials Res. Lab.
14
Food Science
10
Agriculture
5
12
234
101
8
32
Physics
4
4
Geology
2
Libr ary Sci.
Coordinated Sci. Lab. 2
Heal th Sci.
1
Other
11
Priorities for the coming year
A.
Continued improvement of bibliographic control and continued
emphasis on reference service both manual and online searching.
B. Development of a series of lectures to provide more detailed
indepth bibliographic instruction.
C.
Identifying gaps in serial and journal sets and filling them.
D.
Begin original cataloging.
E.
Continue
~o
work on equipment needs.
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II.
l-lonth
July
August
September
Fac/
Staff
Student
Permit
C/Card
18
387
0
21
491
Man'l
63
119
0
267
11
LCS/
261
634
40
46
165
Han'l
19
78
2
248
10
LCS/
273
1099
39
41
62
Han'l
13
95
2
234
7
328
1078
31
36
21
44
94
4
307
3
LCS/
187
892
23
22
13
Nan'l
46
145
0
224
3
?7R
7hR
;:>0;
40
22J
.1h
hLl
1
? "Let
h
254
773
31
29
192
16
157
2
251
1
244
1164
19
54
91
19
181
0
261
Han'l
November
-­
LCS/
~L3n'
December
I
LCS/
Han'l
January
Special
LCS/
:-Ian'l
LCS/
LCS/
October
Recorded Use
I
LCS
,
IRR
Ch3rg('~
I
February
Han'l
199
661
13
55
67
r-:arch
LCS
Man'l
35
117
1
321
0
412
1488
26
56
·61
April
LCS
l-1an'l
20
91
0
270
0
LCS
237
937
18
49
20
58
0
244
0
446
1037
44
60
32
8
96
0
258
0
3087
10918
309
5'09
1507
349
1295
12
3124
42
2703
8572
779
369
2776
693
3209
29
2610
54
+384
+2346
-470
+140
-1269
-344
-1914
-17
+514
Han'l
Hay
LCS
Man'l
June
LCS
Nan'l
Totals
!
I
1
Reserve ..
t-la ter ials
Nonprint
~13terials
216
0
235
0
3273
0
3937
1
3211
0
1s::t1D
1
1279
0
4289
0
4028
0
4648
0
1671
0
152
0
85
I
28747
1
Grand Total
LCS
Last
Year
Increase/
Decrease
Nan'l
LCS
~!an'
I
,
-12 .
28464
+283
I
0
ti