Mission Government Documents Collects and organizes government information and provides access, instruction, and assistance in the use of these products. Central Reference BEL Map & Geography ESSL Provides reference assistance via telephone, email, chat and in person. Collects general reference materials in the humanities and social sciences Collects and organizes business and economic data and provides access, instruction, and assistance in the use of these products. Specifically supports the mission and research of the University. All university community. Community members served as a secondary emphasis Collects & organizes geography monographs to support research & instruction of the Geography Dept. Collects & organizes maps to support queries from affiliates & state at large. Provides research and instruction. Develops, collects & organizes subject‐specific and special collections. Serves as a gateway to information for researchers on campus and at a distance. Geography Department Campus community Local, State, National & Global (non‐affiliated) communities served Ad hoc All university community AND community members Very small Ref. Collection. Entire collection serves as Reference Collection. Available M‐F 8:30‐5 Populations All university All university served community, community community AND members community members Has a A SPECIAL MISSION TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE UNAFFILIATED Hours Reference Collection available Hours of Reference Service M‐Th 8:30‐11pm, F 8:30‐6pm, Sa 11am‐ 5pm, Su 1‐11pm M‐Th 8:30‐11pm, F 8:30‐6pm, Sa 11am‐ 5pm, Su 1‐11pm M‐Th 8:30‐10pm, F 8:30‐5 pm, Sa 1pm‐5 pm, Su 1‐10pm 9 am to 5 pm ?? M‐Th 8:30‐11pm, F 8:30‐6pm, Sa 11am‐ 5pm, Su 1‐11pm M‐Th 8:30‐8 pm no professional service on Saturdays Scope of services Provides full range of reference services. Participates in Library‐ Provides full range of reference services. Participates in Library‐ Provides reference services. Does NOT currently participate in Targeted liaison work with students and faculty in the College of Education, the School of Social Work, and the Departments of Anthropology, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Speech Communication and Women and Gender Studies M‐Th 8:30‐11pm, F 8:30‐6pm, Sa 11am‐ 5pm, Su 1‐11pm (Same Central Ref) Regular service desk. No M‐Th 9‐11pm, F 9‐6pm, formal Ref. Service but Sa 11am‐5pm, Su 1‐ rather personalized 11pm service. Requests for maps require Provides full range of staff mediated assistance reference services. for every interaction. Participates in Library‐ wide chat services. wide chat services. Library‐wide chat services, but is open to the idea Little bibliographical Statistical—mostly economic, demographic for marketing. Major area is financial statistical data. Some Legislative Occasional regulatory wide chat services. Types of reference questions: Bibliographical Statistical Legislative Regulatory Bibliographical Statistical Some Legislative Very little regulatory Volume of reference Types of instruction Class‐related instruction LIS classes Training sessions for other groups in the library Open general tours Class‐related instruction 100 level Geog. Course Open workshops for Mainly 300 level + LEEP Gov. Docs graduate students via masters programs Savvy Researcher series History of ESL class‐related Volume of instruction 24 Classes 479 Individuals served Avg 19 per session Samples: African bibliography Latin American American Indian Social and cultural geography 128 Classes 1723 Individuals served Avg 13 per session Samples: ESL Linguistics German Savvy Researcher Gate count 3,952 71,952 Time & Labor intensive questions requiring intuition. (Average of 37 minutes per question) Bibliographical Statistical Some Legislative Very little regulatory All transactions considered Reference Reference (2008): 6604 (sweeps week) 5784 (actual) Directional (2008): 5712 (sweeps week) 4020 (actual) Cartography 40 Classes 1603 Individuals served Avg 40 per session Samples: Career Research Financial Information Systems Marketing Research Small business consulting 51,488 Very little. 1‐2 Sessions per Semester. Not available at this time 1/3 grad, 1/3 undergrad Mainly class‐related Some outreach (Extension, k‐12) Some to remote users 91 classes 1,733 Individuals Avg 19 per session Co‐taught with Gov Docs: Geography 104, Poly Sci courses & Alan Hall Living/Learning Unit) 98,080 Staffing 3 librarians, 2 staff, 3 graduate assistants, student hourly Proximity to stacks Located on opposite side of the 2nd floor Space for collections Reference and Reference collection microforms currently in would probably stay in room 200 200 (with some retrospective volumes going to Retro Reference in STX) Microform collection may need to go into stacks. Documents Currently on 5th deck Stacks collection Collection Covers ALL subject Match? areas Other 1 librarian, 1 staff, 1 Cataloger on loan from CAM, 1 ½ time Grad Hourly, 0 GAs, minimal student hourly (Afternoons) Working collection in Access to the stacks in Access to the stack is through the patron gate through the patron gate house. No close proximity to Stacks (4th floor, east on the 2nd floor on the 2nd floor. side of Building). Currently no patron 4 ½ librarians, 2 staff, 10 GAs, minimal student hourly Stay on 5th deck 3 librarians, 3 staff, 4 graduate assistants (1,05 FTE), student hourly access on 1st floor. Check with Jeff to see if collection was moved to 3rd deck that it could bear the weight. Reference collection could be integrated. Microform collection would need to go into stacks because of the 52 cabinets from LIR. Move to deck 3? Covers mainly social Covers only social sciences and humanities sciences Staff housed at one end No room in 300 Offices No private offices for No space in current location. Height & weight restrictions of map cases make finding space for map collection difficult. No possible merger at current location. Maps cover all subject areas. Textual collection focused on Social & physical sciences Librarian & Staff share 5 FTE librarians, 4 staff, 5 grad students 3 GAS. 2 hourlies), student hourly Same as BEL Disbanding of ACDIS collection and relocation of retrospective reference materials would provide space for Gov Docs Reference. If HRAF paperfiles were relocated offsite, there would be room for microforms. Move to deck 3? Covers social sciences and education. Strong synergies in political science, social policy, education, government, international affairs, demography, etc. 104, which has an office space which has inadequate space for cataloging large maps facility issues Office spaces of 200 Library for librarians OR staff. No private offices for librarians. librarians. No space in current office for additional librarians OR staff. Pluses Synergy with economics Docs and Maps both generalists and labor Economics and Labor & Indust. Relations heavy users of documents Issues History of cross‐training Docs. & Central Ref. both generalists Share similar viewpoints on customer service Close to stacks collections Would need to change staffing models Need to separate quick reference from in‐depth services. Only interesting in very specific types of documents If BEL moves to business building then less accessible to stacks & users Maps is really a special collection with extra security and environmental concerns No real synergy for users existing doorway into ESSL, could be converted to office space. Or could add 1, possibly 2 cubicles. Synergy with the social sciences and education Model exists in ESSL for subject specific experts Documents are not limited to just the social sciences May be difficulties in incorporating collection into current space.