Appendix 1
Social and Applied Health Sciences Planning Team Charge
Background
As part of the New Service Models activities conducted during Spring 2009, discussions about
opportunities to further integrate and enhance Library services delivered in support of research,
teaching and learning in the social and behavioral sciences proliferated. These conversations
built on earlier discussions in the Social Science Division of the potential to develop a “social
science hub” within the Main Library. The imperative to build stronger relationships among
library services for the social and behavioral sciences, the Applied Health Sciences Library and
the UIC Library of the Health Sciences also emerged as a recommendation from the winter 2010
Health Information Services Planning Team report
With recent changes to the service models for social science disciplines and professional degree
programs, e.g., Labor & Employment Relations and Library & Information Science virtual
libraries) and the current campus-wide review and consolidation of programs in order to more
effectively leverage human and financial resources, it is the right time to review Library service
to the social and applied health sciences, and to identify opportunities to enhance support for
these fields and for allied, applied fields of study.
Charge
Engaging with faculty, staff and students representing the academic communities in the full
range of social science disciplines (including all those served by librarians in the Social Science
Division and the Law Library) and in health-related educational programs and research areas, the
Social and Applied Health Sciences Planning Team will:
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Identify Library services and resources that are essential to current and emergent areas of
research, teaching, and learning in the social and applied health sciences on the Urbana
campus, specifying those that are currently available as well as those currently not made
available that should be features of the new model.
Identify tangible ways to collaborate in the design and delivery of Library services
supporting the social and applied health sciences across the University Library.
o This work should extend the review of complementarity and redundancy in service
programs across the Applied Health Sciences Library, UIC Library of the Health
Sciences and other Library units (Appendix E of Health Information Services
Planning Team report) to include services provided by the Business and Economics
Library, Communications Library, Education and Social Science Library, Labor &
Employment Relations virtual library, Library & Information Science virtual library,
Map and Geography Library, the Veterinary Medicine Library, the Scholarly
Commons and other related service points.
Recommend a sustainable (effective and cost-efficient) model for providing consolidated
library services and resources across the social and applied health sciences in the east wing
of the 1st floor of the Main Library, taking into account whatever recommendations may
come from the NSM Reference Services Team.
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Consult with librarians in the units identified above, and any others deemed relevant, as
needed to complete the review of service programs and solicit ideas for the consolidated
model.
Provide a report of the Team’s discussions and planning recommendations to the University
Librarian and Dean of Libraries by November 30, 2010.
Membership
Library Faculty:
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Lori Mestre, Team Leader
Mary Beth Allen (Applied Health Science)
Cindy Ingold (Women and Gender Resources)
Karen Hogenboom (Data Services & GIS Librarian, Reference, Research & Government
Information)
Jenny Marie Johnson (Map and Geography Library)
Nancy O’Brien (Education and Social Science Library)
Lisa Romero (Communications Library)
Yoo-Seong Song (Business & Economics Library, Labor and Employee Relations Virtual
Library)
Beth Sandore, Administrative Liaison
Library Staff:
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Zoe Revell, Business & Economics
Campus Faculty:
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Joe Mahoney (Professor, Business Administration)
Diane Beck (Assistant Professor, Psychology)
Scott Johnson (Professor, Human Resource Education, Associate Dean and Director of
International Programs, and CIO of the College of Education), replacing Thomas
Schwandt (Professor & Chair of Educational Psychology)
Anna-Maria Marshall (Associate Professor, Sociology and Law)
William Stewart (AHS Associate Dean & Professor, Recreation, Sport and Tourism)
Submitted to the Library Executive Committee: May 18, 2010
Approved: July 8, 2010
Appendix 2
Guiding Principles, Social and Applied Health Sciences Planning
Planning Team Charge:
The University Library has charged the Social and Applied Health Sciences planning team to
identify and recommend an effective and cost-efficient model for providing consolidated library
services and resources across the social and applied health sciences, incorporating other New
Service Model (NSM) activities wherever possible. The idea proposed by the Library is to
consolidate the current ESSL, BEL and AHS libraries into the spaces currently occupied by the
ESSL and BEL libraries in the east wing of the first floor of the Main Library. The academic
disciplines represented in the service and collection development programs of the three
“libraries” involved—Education and Social Science, Business and Economics, and Applied
Health Science libraries—are numerous, including the following disciplines:
Scope:
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Asian American Studies
Anthropology
Business
Community Health
Economics
Education
Gender and Women’s Studies
Kinesiology
Political Science
Psychology
Recreation, Sport and Tourism
Social Work
Sociology
Speech and Hearing Science
Principles:
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We seek to sustain an enduring value of the University’s libraries, with a focus on student
services and a personal approach to facilitating student and faculty learning and access. It
is important to this group to reflect the ways in which students understand the service
offerings in a library. This includes planning for spaces, services, and information
resources that are available in the shared space. We seek to make this space the “third
place” where students in the social, behavioral, and applied health sciences feel
comfortable, secure, and welcomed (after their residences, and their classrooms); as well
as a place where students come for resources and services in their subject areas.
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Our planning recognizes that research libraries of the 21st century are defined by services
and professional interactions built around information resources that support learning and
scholarship.
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Library services across the social, behavioral, and applied health sciences are shaped by
common resource and service needs across these disciplines, as well as unique needs
within individual disciplines. Our goal is to identify the most effective ways to support
curriculum and research needs across and within these disciplines.
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Accessibility of library resources and services for people with physical, learning, or
cognitive disabilities is integral to library planning.
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The team seeks to identify a compelling fit between and across content areas of disciplines
through its review of curricula, research areas, and trends that are identified by faculty and
students in the departments involved. The “fit” in an academic sense needs to be tied to
overlaps in curricula, research, and other kinds of scholarship.
Background Statement:
The concept of the Library as a place where scholars at all levels engage in group or individual
problem-solving or work on new intellectual discoveries retains critical importance, alongside
the growing demand for virtual interaction and access to digital information. The functions of the
library as a place include - spaces for individual and group study, for interaction with other
scholars in pursuit of answers to research problems, and use of information content of all types in
their research and learning. The manner in which these functions are accomplished in the 21st
century differs significantly from the 20th century design of the University of Illinois Library.
Scholars and students in the social, behavioral and applied health sciences require multiple
services — access to rich and deep content, instruction in the use of information resources, and
expert consultations around core and emergent areas of research. The Internet, availability of
networked resources, and online learning environments have fundamentally changed the ways in
which libraries provide access to content, and the ways in which scholars integrate that content
into their research. We seek to define an environment that gives priority to user-focused spaces
— group study, individual quiet study, consultation with library subject specialists, and
technology-enhanced scholarship.
Our planning is aimed at enhancing the use of library content, and re-focusing the use of library
space to better support academic inquiry across the social, behavioral and applied health science
disciplines. The team must determine the most effective method of integrating physical and
digital collections, and library services. The planning team is seeking input from stakeholders in
the related disciplines, and it will make a report to the University Library by December 13, 2010.
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November
2010
Appendix 3 Operational and Space Planning
SERVICES
Function
Circulation
Description
Need service points @ both locations; In room
with special collections, suggest combine
circulation, reference into one service point; in
room with general collections, just a circulation
point.
Combine w/circulation function on serviceintensive side
Public
Consolidate Location On-Site
Y
Y
Discussion
SS
Need staff supervisor space,
space for storage, carts ….
Y
Reference
Y
Type
space
Y
Y
SS
Articulate how the
combined Ref/Circ desk on
one side dovetails with
Reference NSM
recommendation for tiered
ref. services. Need on-call
librarian or GA; requires
consultation space near
service point. Needs closed
reserves and reference
collection nearby
Short-term
loans
Items with restricted circulation periods: multipart objects; faculty copies of books or other
materials, etc.
Y
Y
Y
SS
Combine with reference
collection in close proximity
to or behind service point?
Instruction
Need seminar; group/collaborative;group
tables; consultation w/technology available
shared spaces; individual/team teaching
Y
Y
Y
CL
Instruction delivery by one
or a team of librarians; Use
existing UGL, Main spaces
Reserves
Accessibility
User Spaces
Technology
Lab
Public
Computing
Consolidate & move to Central Circulation desk;
Y
Y
N
SS
Standard & high priority consideration for
spaces and services.
Y
Y
Y
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Y
Y
Y
U
Quiet study/group study/ collaborative space
w/appropriate technology; adequate
electricals; ubiquitous wireless; varied
furnishings that support
work/study/comfortable reading environments
Workstations that include standard productivity
plus specialized software and databases to
support research and discovery within and
across social, behavioral, applied health and
business.
available throughout both spaces, some private,
some clustered
Print, Scan &
Photocopy
Y
Y
Y
U
Y
Y
Y
U
Y
Y
Y
U
in both rooms
SS =shared
staff space
specialized software and
databases used by social &
behavioral sciences,
business students (SPSS,
ArcGIS, Bloomberg, Nvivo);
w/consultation area for
technical and content
consults. Proximity to
service desk
grouped together for max.
productivity & min.
interruption of other
activities
CL = instructional space
U = user space
COLLECTIONS
Function
Description
Public
Consolidate Location On-Site
Type
space
Discussion
General reserve items. Consolidate & move to
Main Circulation desk
Y
Y
N
Sp
Staff processing off-site in
staff work areas.
Short-term
loans
Items with restricted circulation periods: multipart objects; faculty copies of books or other
materials, etc.
Y
Y
Y
Sp
Combine with reference
collection in close proximity
to or behind service point?
Circulation
Combine; prefer in one space
Y
Y
Y*
Ci
reduction necessary; need
info.
Periodicals
Combine; prefer in one space; browsing area
Combine-browsing area
Special
Collections
Combine-one location
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y**
Ci
Ci
Sp
Move print when journal is
online?
New Books
Y
Y
N
Reserves
Non Print
Exhibit Areas
Combine; one location
Y
Y
Y
Sp
Combine with ability to highlight diverse
resources across disciplines
Y
Y
Y
Sp
assistance--by appt? how?
option to re-locate to
Communications Lib? Or one
side of library with
equipment for viewing
* locate circulating books in one contiguous space
** some special collections require staff assistance
Sp=special collections
Ci = circulating collections
STAFF
Function
Description
Public
Consolidate Location On-Site
Type
space
Discussion
SS
Identify processing space for
materials
Collection
Maintenance
Binding, call slips, searching, shifting: combine
Serials
Maintenance
Combine
Y
N
N
SS
Conversation: staff
assignments in shared work
space across units
Can be combined
Y
N
N
SS
Follow up re: effort needed
Acquisitions
Y
N
N
Correcting holdings & biblio. Info. In online
catalog records
Y
N
N
SS
Conversation: staff
assignments in shared work
space across units
Original
Catalog
Case-by-case basis
N
N
N
LO
Either off-site or in-office
Facilities
Maintenance: Printers, workstations, copiers,
etc.
Y
N
N
SS
Catalog
Maintenance
Technology/
Web Content
Coordinator
Departmental
Liason Roles:
Instruction
Accreditation
support
Librarian who coordinates editing ,
modifications, and web organization with staff
& librarians across the areas
Y
N
N
LO, SS
Outreach activities with departments and
groups
N
N
N
LO
Instruction in finding and using Library
resources
N
N
N
U
For department/colleges
N
N
N
LO
Web content=librarian role;
students & staff in shared
staff area. Staff/students
doing web work report to
individual librarians
Individual Librarians
Individual and group
development; present in
common instruction areas
Individual and group
meetings some off-site
Committee
Work
Research &
Professional
development
Training
for Librarians and Staff
Some job-related training needs to be on site
N
N
N
LO
Individual responsibilities
N
N
N
LO
Individual activities
ND
Use of 314 Library, 509
ACES, where appropriate;
on-site where needed
Use 127 HR conf. rm. Or
private offices. For reviews,
confidential, searches
Y
N
N***
Personnel
Hiring, performance reviews, etc.
Y
N
N***
ND
Marketing
Promotion of Library services & resources to
departments/groups
Y
with input
N
N
ND
Identification & selection of resources for the
collections
N
N
N
LO
Collection
Development
Staff work
area(s):
Librarian
offices
Individualized librarian
activity
Some functions need to be nearby; others not;
more detail above
Y
N
N***
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Differentiate permanent
staff spaces from student
hourly; Designate GA
"project space." mailboxes;
secure personal belongings
storage
Individual work & 1:1 consultations
Y
N
Y
LO
Librarians available on both
sides
***Some functions need to be situated in staff areas within the unit; others may not.
SS = shared staff space
LO = librarian office
ND = can be performed in other spaces
U = user space
Circulation/Reference:
Side 1: side w/circulating collections
Level 1 and possibly level 2 reference questions answered
Refer Level 2 or 3 reference questions
Backup consultation space in shared staff office
Shared space for classified staff, students, GA's
Space for processing Call slips,
Individual study space
Browsing collection (new books, periodicals)
Non print collections and equipment?
Printers, copiers, public computers
Side 2: circulation plus Level 2+ Reference
Consultation space located in close proximity to service point for
staff & librarian consults w/users
Individual and group study/collaboration spaces
Reference collection; short-term loan materials, special collections
Printers, copiers, public computers
Technology lab. In reasonable proximity to service point to
facilitate staff assistance with login to specialized databases,
help with printing problems, etc.;
Appendix 4
Social and Applied Health Sciences Committee Library Name Survey
Undergraduate Library Responses
UGL
Library Name
Social Sciences, Business, Education and
Applied Health Science
ESSL
1st
choice
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10
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21
19
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13
5
20
10
Social Sciences, Business, and Applied Health
Science
Social Sciences, Business, Education, and
Health
Social Sciences, Business, and Health
Social Sciences, Health, and Business
Library Name Totals
2nd
choice
1st
choice
2nd
choice
Social Sciences, Business, Education and
Applied Health Science
20
15
Social Sciences, Business, and Applied Health
Science
13
25
Social Sciences, Business, Education, and
Health
Social Sciences, Business, and Health
Social Sciences, Health, and Business
27
21
20
15
27
13
BEL
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choice
2nd
choice
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2
2
0
AHS
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2nd
choice
1st
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2nd
choice
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Comments from SAHS Name Survey – November 15 and 16, 2010
UGL distribution:
60 undergrads, 1 grad, 2 visiting scholars
accounting, actuarial science, advertising 4, agricultural accountancy, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural
finance,
biology 2, broadcast journalism , business, communication, creative writing,
chemistry, community health, computer science, DGS, EALC, economics 5 , education, elementary education, English, finance
general engineering, global studies, history 6, linguistics, math 3, media & cinema studies 2, molecular & cellular biology premed 3,
political science 3 psychology 6 , special education, speech/hearing science, undecided 5,
Other suggestions:
social sciences, health, education and business "SSHSEB" acronym
ABES-- applied health science, business, education, and social science
Social sciences, business, education and health science
Comments:
The first name is just too long (education student)
Almost impossible to accurately show the tremendous variety of these subjects in a short name (politial science major)
BEL distribution: :
4 undergrads, 2 grad
finance and accounting, LIS 2, English, marketing, undecided
Other suggestions:
Socionomicology (major-- undecided)
Business, education and social sciences -- all are awkward (LIS)
Comments:
Name it after an alumni, donor etc.
All of those topics are completely different and random. It seems odd to include them in the title (marketing student)
none of the above. This is too many random subjects merged into one. Really don't have anything to do with each other (English/Lit
student)
Applied Health Science kind of sticks out in the group. Are there reasons for planning to merge AHSL with BEL and ESSL
other than the three of them sharing the first floor of main? From a subject/discipline perspective, AHSL seems to be a better fit with
biology. Then we could call this new library "Social Sciences, Business & Education (LIS student)
ESSL distribution:
Comments:
2 undergrads, 1 grad, 3 other [communication, history]
The options are too long. You can't include everything in the name anyhow.
Please-- the shorter the better (grad student)
AHS
distribution: 13 undergrads, 3 grads, 5 other (faculty?), 9 faculty
aerospace engineering, anthro & animal science, business, chemistry, civil engineering, communication/pre-law, community health 5
economics, geography, kinesiology 5, molecular & cellular biology, public health, RST, speech & hearing sciences 5, statistics
Suggestions:
I favor options with "Applied Health Science" in name. Could have "Health Sciences" instead and leave out "applied" (Faculty-- public health)
I think it's important to have "applied health science" in the title. It identifies us and communicates the subject area (faculty, speech & hearing)
Health, Education, Business, Social Sciences
Health, Business and Social Science 2
Health and Social Science 3
Education, Business, Applied Health & Social Science -- it's too long, but it's clear (community health - grad)
Social Sciences, Health, Education and Business (Speech and hearing faculty)
ABES-- Applied Health, Business, Education and Social Sciences
You don't want the name to be too long
The more descriptive the better
What about changing the order to put something other than "social sciences first"
Comments:
Where would a place this big be?
Why are these libraries being merged?
Keep AHS separate-- too many subjects to put together (Other- faculty?)
The AHS, BEL and ESSL should not be merged. They function well as separate entities. Merging them would reduce their effectiveness (other-faculty?)
Make 2 libraries-- Education and Social Sciences and Health and Business
This is such a large merge. Why is it the best idea to merge all of these ideas? As a patron I do not believe that I would enjoy going to a library
that is a merge of so many already functioning, effective libraries. It's very important and helpful to my education to have a variety of libraries
with their respective subject content and staff expertise. Merging so many libraries would undoubtedly create confusion and difficulty for
patrons attempting to conduct subject specific research. UIUC is supposed to have one of the best libraries in the world, but merging all of these
independently important would create an overwhelming and confusing atmosphere for patrons. What is keeping the chemistry, biology,
engineering and ACES library from merging? All of the libraries suggested for the merge are just as important a independent entities for patron
utilization and appreciation. This merge will compromise patron experience at the UIUC library. (undergrad- integrative biology).
Appendix 5
Social and Applied Health Services Faculty Core Teaching and Research Areas
The following was compiled by team members and through web pages for each college that listed the core teaching and research areas of each
discipline
Anthropology
 Anthropology of family
 Africa
 Archaeology
 Asia Bioanthropology
 Bioanthropology
 Civilization (in various
cultures/countries)
 Cultural groups
 Europe linguistic anthropology
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Food, culture and society
History of anthropology
History of human evolution (and
prehistory)
Human biology and biological
anthropology
Human genetics
Latin America/Caribbean
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Middle East
Museum studies
Oceania
Sociocultural anthropology
Sociocultural and linguistic
anthropology
Transnational/DiasporaU.S./North
America
Applied Health Sciences
 Aging: lifespan, public health, medicine, disability studies, mobility, assistive technology,
independent living, healthy communities, retirement, cardiovascular conditioning
 Biomechanics: motor performance, human movement, ergonomics, neuromuscular system
 Cancer survivorship: psychology, medicine, employment, care-giving, chronic pain, diagnosis, therapy
 Community development: healthy communities, active aging, neighborhood parks, rural communities, sustainable development, park
district administration, community recreation and leisure, festivals and event management, community-based tourism
 Dietetics: dietary bioactive components, biochemical and molecular nutrition, toxicology
 Disability: physical, cognitive, psychiatric disability, athletes with disability, adapted sports, learning disability, Paralympics, special
Olympics, independent living, assistive technologies, urban design, voice activated technology, visual impairment, multiple sclerosis,
 Diversity: multiculturalism, race, ethnicity, gender, social class, persons with disability,
 immigration, identity, white privilege, transnationalism, African-American culture,
 Latino culture, socio-demographics changes, under-served populations
 Epidemiology: medicine, veterinary medicine, public health, disease, illness, food environments, vulnerable populations, epigenetics of
disease
 Exercise physiology: cardiovascular health, metabolic disorders, gait and balance, lifestyle modifications, motor control, psychophysiology, immunology
 Health: literacy, community health, public health, mental health, social well-being, wellness, college student health, health policy
 Health care: policy, administration, law, community health, organization, business
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Health disparities: feminism, critical theory, gendered behavior, leisure as resistance, power differentials, participatory action research,
health disparities, social justice, empowerment, social responsibility, racial and gender inequalities, inter-racial contact
Health technology: health informatics, medical records, healthcare information systems, biomedical datasets, prosthetic devices, assistive
technology, rehabilitative support, rehabilitation engineering, assessment and intervention technology, biomedical engineering, health
promotion monitoring systems, independent living design
Hearing: audiology, hearing disorders, auditory processing, deafness, hearing loss, tinnitus, sensory prosthetic devices, rehabilitative
audiology
Hospitality: hotel management, reservation demand and forecasting, hotel revenue management, marketing
Leisure behavior: constraints, family leisure, play, intrinsic motivation, outdoor recreation, motherhood, child development, lifespan,
deviant behavior, philosophy of leisure, chronic illness, aging, leisure of care-givers, quality of life
Neuroscience: neural substrates of speech, language, and hearing, neural plasticity, neuro-linguistics, cognitive functioning, auditory
processing, speech and motor control, fMRI imaging, perceptual learning, cross modal processing, traumatic brain injury,
psychoacoustics, tinnitus, vestibular balance, lexical and phonological development, hearing aids
Nutrition: bone and body composition, metabolism, food safety, education, community nutrition, human and clinical nutrition, animal
nutrition, consumer acceptance, professional aspects of nutritional practice
Obesity: physical activity, nutrition, public health, medicine, media influence
Park planning: landscape change, open space, stakeholder involvement, federal lands, wilderness, natural resource management,
ecological restoration, volunteerism, land management, trail development, environmental design, park districts
Physical activity: kinesiology, public health, disparities, neighborhood design, urban planning, attitude and behavior, livable communities,
walking, trails,
Physical education: pedagogy, child development, children’s wellness, teacher education programs, school environments
Recreation: programming, community, citizen involvement, needs assessment, physical activity, youth, at-risk populations, physical
activity, obesity, human resources and personnel management,
Rehabilitation: community health, persons with disability, temporary disability, assistive technology, personal assistant,
Speech communication and language science: Communication disorders, cleft palate, craniofacial anomalies, head and neck oncology,
genetic disorders, stuttering, dysphasia, illiteracy, second language learning, vocal abuse, impairment, developmental language delay,
autism, aphasia, apraxia, specific language impairment
Sport: marketing, economics, finance, community, discrimination in sports, inequality in sport, corporate sports, sport labor economics,
athletic administration, stakeholders in sport, legal aspects, intercollegiate sports, sports nutrition,
Tourism: planning, mass media, sustainability, heritage protection, development, marketing, consumer culture, entertainment, destination
management, travel behavior, neighborhood, state and national policy
Wellness: stress reduction and management, sociology, community health, well-being, mental health, nutritional aspects of wellness
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Business
 Accounting
 Advertising
 Agricultural and Food Business
Management
 Agricultural Industries and
Marketing
 Agricultural Economics
 Applied Economics
 Arbitration & Negotiation
 Banking
 Business Administration
 Business Communications
 Business Environment
 Business Ethics
 Business Law
 Business Strategy
Economics:
 Applied Econometrics
 Applied Econometrics and Real
Estate
 Asset Markets
 Asymmetric Information
 Auctions
 China modernization and
development
 Contract Theory
 Development economics (and in
Latin America)
 Econometrics
 Economic Growth
 Economic theory
 Economic Theory and
Mathematical Economics
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Change Management
City Planning/Urban Economics
Economics
Employment Relations
Entrepreneurship
Executive MBA
Finance
Financial Engineering
Global Studies
Human Resource Management
Hospitality Industry
International Business
Labor Economics
Labor History
Labor Law
Marketing
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Economics and natural resources
Economics of Education
Economics of Human Resource
Development
Economics of poverty
Economics of taxation
Economics of the Middle East
Environmental Economics
European Economic History
Experimental Economics
Finance
Financial Economics
General Equilibrium
Health economics
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Management Information Systems
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Management Science
MBA
Operations Management
Organizational Behavior
Organization Theory
Political Economy
Process Management
Product Management
Professional Science Program
Public Relations
Real Estate
Recreation Resource Management
Impact of government regulations
on labor and economics of
personnel
Industrial organization
Information Theoretic
Econometric methods
Interaction of public and private
insurance markets with a specific
emphasis on retirement security
International Finance
International political economy of
a post-Cold War World order
International Trade
Labor and Health Economics
Labor economics
Law and economics
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Legal education
Learning in Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Monetary and financial history
Monetary Economics
Optimal Taxation
Political economy
Political Economy of Development
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Properties of preliminary test
estimators for econometric models
and model specification tests
Poverty and Inequality
property and tort law
Public Economics
Public finance with emphasis on
sales taxation
Quantile Regression
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Regional Economic Modeling
Regional Economics
Transportation Systems
Urban Economics
Welfare Programs
Women in economy and in the
family
Education:
Age Groups
Early Childhood
Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
Older Adulthood / Aging
Curriculum Areas
History / Social Studies Ed
Science Ed
Arts Ed
Business Ed
Language / Literacy
Math Ed
Music Ed
Curriculum Issues
Equity & Diversity
Educational Access
Curriculum
Testing
Instructional Methods & Design
Learning Standards
Education Levels
K-12
Early Childhood
Primary / Elementary
Middle School / Jr. High
Secondary / High School
Post-secondary
Professional Education
Adult Education
Education Types
Bicultural / Multicultural Ed (English as
International Language
Continuing Ed
Public Ed
Minority Ed
Remedial Ed
Rural Ed
Urban Ed
Private Ed
Distance Ed
Educational Studies
Children & Youth Literature
History of Ed
Ethics & Values
Critical & Feminist Theory
Cultural Studies
Trends
Policy
Ed Psych
International Ed
Globalization
Philosophy
Comparative Ed
Economics
Beliefs
Human Resources & Work
Career Development
Skills Ed
Vocational Ed
Consulting
Human Resource Management (& Ed)
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Workplace Training
Organizational Development
Methodological Research
Historical Research
Policy Analysis
Multiple Methods
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Measurement
Evaluation
Organizational Management
Finance
Planning
Management & Leadership
Legal
Administration
Systems
Organizational Development
Geography
 Biological modeling
 Business location decisions
 Conservation of natural resources
 Contemporary social &
environmental problems
 Developing countries
 Earth’s physical systems
 Environmental perspectives
 Fluvial geomorphology
 Spatial analysis
Personal & Social Issues
Socialization
Peers
Identity
Sexual Orientation
Discrimination/Social Justice
Race & Ethnicity
Health Issues
Conflict / Aggression
Family Processes
Gender
Conceptual Change
Psychological Processes
Assessment & Testing
Learning Processes
Motivation
Behavior
Emotion
Stress / Coping
Cognition
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Geographies of developing
countries
Geographies of globalization
Geographical patterns
Geography of health care
Geography of international
conflicts
GIS
Health applications of GIS
Special Education
Multiple Disabilities
Early Intervention
Inclusion
Mild Disabilities
Moderate Disabilities
Severe Disabilities
Deaf Ed
Gifted Ed
Teacher Training & Curriculum
Pre-service Teachers
In-service Teachers
Professional Development
Technology
Video / Visual Technology
Classroom Assistive Technology
Computer Technology
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Human geography
International environ cooperation
Meteorology
Physical geography
Political geography
Population geography
Recent trends in geog thought
Social and cultural geography
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Political Science
 American politics: public opinion and political psychology, racial and ethnic politics, national political institutions, campaigns and
elections, and political communication.
 Comparative politics: state formation and decay, regime change, institutional design, ethnic conflict, social movements, public policy, and
political economy.
 International politics: international relations in international conflict and political economy; territorial conflict, geopolitical concerns, and
conflict management approaches such as mediation; mathematical models, computational models, and game theory; compliance with
international agreements and institutional effects on conflict behavior; traditional security studies; traditional and emerging concerns of
globalization, trade ties, and international institutional arrangements.
 Political theory: explain, interpret, and evaluate political transformations.
Psychology
 Biological psychology: neural plasticity, the cellular basis for learning and memory, hormonal effects on neural development, adolescence
and aging, drugs of abuse and addiction, auditory encoding of speech, physiology of the visual system, and genetic influences on
motivation.
 Brain and cognition: memory, attention and performance, aging, language, emotion, and the development and refinement of brain imaging
methods.
 Clinical/community
 Cognitive
 Developmental: infant cognition, conceptual development, language acquisition, and the development of symbolic competence; emotional,
personality, and social development; parenting, attachment, emotional development, temperament, developmental psychopathology,
achievement, peer relations, and the self
 Quantitative: measurement, behavioral statistics, mathematical modeling, psychometrics, methodology, and neuroimage analysis
 Role of culture in children's development
 Social-Personality
 Industrial-Organization: organizational justice, personnel selection, job attitudes, work withdrawal, sexual harassment, psychometrics,
motivation, performance, and developmental assessment centers
 Visual cognition and human performance
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Social Work
 Access of disadvantaged groups to
societal benefits
 Advocacy, leadership, and social
change
 Assertive community treatment
(ACT)
 Attachment relationships of infants
in foster care
 Children, youth and family
services
 Community based service agencies
 Crisis intervention
 Cultural variation in parenting and
development.
 Direct service, supervision,
planning and administration
 Effects of organizational climate
on mental health service outcomes
Sociology
 Citizenship
 Class
 Comparative Historical Methods
 Cultural Studies
 Demography
 Development Studies
 East Asian Studies
 Eastern European Studies
 Empire and Sovereignty
 Environmental Sociology
 Ethnography
 European Union
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Mental health
Mental health policy and services
Parents with severe and persistent
mental illness
Poverty and inequality issues
Prevention, intervention, and
rehabilitation
Program development and analysis
Psychological attributes of foster
caregivers
School social work
Social policy
Social work education
Treating and preventing substance
use disorders
Welfare system
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Evaluating financial management
training programs as a financial
empowerment strategy for lowincome adults
Family care giving (and in older
adults)
Financing of mental health
services
Health care
Human capital development for
low-income families
Integrated treatment for mental
illness and substance abuse
(MISA)
Intersection of social services and
culture-related issues including
race, ethnicity, language, and
immigration.
Legal issues for social workers
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Family Studies
Food
Gender
Globalization
Governance
Immigration and Migration
Labor
Latin American Studies
Law and Society
Middle Eastern Studies
Political Economy
Population and Life Course
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Professions and Expertise
Race and Ethnicity
Religion
Social Movements
Sociological Futures
South Asian Studies
State Formation
Statistical Methods
Survey Research
Transnational Studies
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Other areas supported by ESSL that may not be covered by other disciplines
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Arms Control
Asian American studies
Cognitive science
Cultural studies
Disability
Diversity
Folklore
Gender and women’s studies
Homeland security
Human factors
International security
LGBT studies
Library and information science
Lifelong learning
Memory
Mental health
Multiculturalism
Neuroscience
Occult sciences
Social justice
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Appendix 6
One-Time Collections Purchases to Enhance Health Information and SAHS NSM
Elsevier
Reference Works on ScienceDirect
Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, 2010
Encyclopedia of Gerontology, 2007
Encyclopedia of Movement Disorders, 2010
Encyclopedia of Stress (2nd Ed.), 2007
Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, 2008
Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development, 2008
International Encyclopedia of Health, 2008
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, 2010
Comprehensive Toxicology, 2010
Informa/T&F
Backfiles
Public Health and Social Care Journal Archive
Behavioral Science Online Archive
Wiley
Online Reference Selection
(Topely & Wilson's) Microbiology and Microbian Infections OT
Patty's Industrial Hygiene
Patty's Toxicology
Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials
Elsevier
2010 Health Science Ebooks Online
Reference
Clinical Medicine 2010
Health Professions 2010
Veterinary Medicine 2010
Wiley
Journal Backfiles
Academic Emergency Medicine
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Acta Physiologica
British Journal of Learning Disabilities
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
Journal of Healthcare Risk Management
Journal of Nursing Management
Other One Time Purchases-- Backfiles
Publisher
Product
Additional Detail
Elsevier
Book Series Backfiles
Life Sciences Collection
Elsevier
Book Series Backfiles
Psychology Collection
Gale
E-Reference Backfile
Something About the Author
Adam
Matthews
E-Resource
Berg Collection
Cambridge
UP
Backfile
Shakespeare Survey Online, 1948 - 2009
Backfile
Sport, Leisure & Tourism Online
Taylor &
Francis
Education Online Archive
Anthropology & Archaeology
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Appendix 7
Recommended Scenario:
Consolidate the ESSL, AHS, and BEL libraries. Although the group devoted significant time during
the course of its work to exploring a scenario that would have recommended that BEL consolidate with
the Funk Family ACES Library, that scenario was found not to be viable. The consolidation scenario
turned out to be the group’s overall recommended scenario. At the conclusion of our planning meetings,
this scenario was affirmed by eleven of the fourteen members of the planning team.
Overall Benefits:
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The consolidated library would be open longer hours than AHS, or BEL libraries are
now, operating separately. This is a critical need often cited by students in surveys, and in
the University Library student advisory committee and Library / IT Fee committee of the
Provost’s office. (Note: the trend is for hours to decrease everywhere except at
consolidated “hub” libraries). ESSL is already able to maintain longer hours due to
staffing. It has been a “hub” library for many years and provided more monies for
operations;
Professional librarian and staff expertise would be available from a cross-trained group
that would be more accessible than individuals in separate library locations.
Librarians have expanded opportunities to collaborate on shared collection development,
instruction, web development, and services, which can augment what may not be possible
to do in separate units;
Creates a working environment where librarians and staff feel more of an ownership and
investment in digging out an answer, rather than just telling the person they have to come
back when their home unit is open;
The management and supervision of operations and staff in three units becomes one
responsibility set, thereby enabling current unit heads to devote more time to new service
program development, student and faculty liaison efforts, and research support activities;
Provides the ability to consolidate staff functions, rather than three staff members
working on the same function, again providing opportunities for staff to work on other
areas that will benefit the library;
Allows the new unit additional possibilities for GA pre-professional work to assist with
librarian duties and to delve into untapped and needed areas;
Reference request triage and virtual reference works much better with more trained
people working with common service goals;
Offers the opportunity for the Library to design better user-centered collaboration and
study spaces;
Provides better discovery and access to services and resources in a single place;
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Provides a centralized and highly accessible print reserves. Better control over special collections;
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College of Business: Additional Specific Benefits
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There would be Library support for Business students on evenings/weekends: Students of
Business and related areas seeking help after 8 p.m. in the Main Library cannot now get
assistance from BEL librarians, and there is evidence of unmet College of Business
student library needs at these times. Despite the fact that BEL has reduced its hours
because its experience suggested that students did not visit BEL after 8:00 p.m., 1) use
patterns can shift substantially in short time frames; and 2) students present needs in a
variety of places—a robust combined service point stands a strong chance of being
flexible to meet these changing use patterns;
Expanded opportunities for librarians to be embedded in the College: The consolidated
scenario will enable the BEL librarians to provide richer targeted services to their
primary constituency through their existing, and new embedded arrangements in both
Wohlers Hall and the Business Instructional Facility (BIF) for a designated amount of
hours each week. Dean Larry DeBrock in the College of Business has indicated that he is
willing to make an office in Wohlers Hall available for BEL Head Librarian Becky Smith
to enhance the one-on-one research consultation opportunities with College of Business
faculty and graduate students that she currently provides, by adding the benefit of a
consistent location within the College;
Cross-training in business among the librarians and staff will enable staff and librarians
to have familiarity with business and economics resources and methods; Similarly,
business information experts will be exposed to other social science disciplines’ basic
knowledge as well, thereby enabling librarians and staff to develop a strong coverage
network;
Students and faculty from Business and Economics will benefit from the new unit being
in the same location as the existing unit, although they will notice additional features due
to the ability to expand the unit. They will notice additional configurations for study and
collaboration, possibilities for small group instruction, a technology resource center, a
new books section, a current periodicals section, extended hours, additional support, and
as ever, the ability to consult with subject experts.
College of Applied Health Sciences--Additional Benefits:
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Increased Library support for AHS students on evenings and weekends: The AHS
Library, like BEL, closes its doors at 8 p.m., requiring students of applied health sciences
subjects to study elsewhere, and to seek assistance with reference and research services
elsewhere in the Library complex, without benefit of AHS librarian expertise;
AHS will have the ability to provide virtual chat reference service in the new unit.
The consolidation provides the most tangible opportunity for the Library to enhance the
AHS health-related information service needs—expanding support for and coverage of
interdisciplinary fields of growing importance on this campus such as Aging and
Disability. These are currently difficult areas for one librarian to cover;
The domain ties will be enhanced between the AHS librarian and library experts and
collections in human resource education, psychology, psychiatry, social work, and related
areas by proximity and by developing a common library service profile that promotes a
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set of programs that focus on health-related research, learning and engagement issues
across disciplines;
AHS does not currently have GA support. In the combined unit there will be more
opportunities to expand health-related information needs, as the GAS in the unit work on
projects for all the subject areas, including collection development, web development,
instruction, reference support, tutorial development.
College of Education and Social Sciences Departments—Additional Benefits:
 Enhancement of ties across the social science domains;
 Opportunities for cross-training;
 Greater synergies in the development of service programs across the social, applied health
sciences, and business;
 Greater integration of related collections and ability to collaborate on collection development in
these integrated areas;
 Additional space for student study and collaboration;
 Creation of a technology training room and a consultation space
Concerns:
 The question of what is the real cost savings in consolidation, beyond the clearing of the AHS
Library space has surfaced numerous times in the team’s conversations. In the operational and
space planning sub-group, the librarians and Library staff readily identified ways in which they
could benefit from sharing service point staffing, sharing staff to accomplish facility support,
collections support, processing, training, and other types of “library as place and service”
activities; The end-point of our conversations is the fact that most team members vest more hope
in this potential than a few, who remain skeptical;
 There was still concern regarding the intellectual fit of all of these disciplines. Although there
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are points of overlap between BEL topics and those of the other libraries to be
consolidated, there are also points of divergence;
The libraries involved are concerned that they will “lose” their knowledgeable and productive,
committed staff and professionals to other central library projects in order to realize staff cost
savings through a merger. Some team members are concerned that the consolidation will result in
staff being re-assigned to duties outside the organization. The team discussed several examples
of New Service Models staffing changes, noting that for the Library this has been an ongoing
learning experience. The example of the International and Area Studies implementation provided
staff with the opportunity for individual consultation about the ways in which their roles might
change, and gave them opportunities to identify preferences and express concerns. The point was
made that staff in the involved units will need to have opportunities to work with the Library to
identify an optimal fit between their skills, including potential development and training
opportunities where appropriate. While there is the prospect that staff who work on central
support activities might be re-assigned outside the consolidated library, it is critical that the
implementation team determine what functions and roles are essential to the successful operation
of the unit;
The College of Applied Health Sciences feels they are losing a part of their college identity if the
AHS Library is consolidated into a common space with other social science libraries and
business;
There was some concern about appropriate administration of staff and GA time in new
environment, although the example of how ESSL’s GAs provide support and projects to benefit
all the subject areas is a model that can definitely extend to the new areas and librarians.
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Questions were also raised about the library’s ability to fund recommendations for the space. The
library has been successful in obtaining funds from the Library/IT Fee for other new service
model renovations for the International and Area Studies and the Language and Literatures NSM
and other spaces.
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Appendix 8 Scenario Planning and Discussions
As the team discussed affinities between the various disciplines, a recommendation emerged that
BEL might be better aligned with the ACES library. The Dean of the Business College wrote a
letter to Paula Kaufman, after meeting with Becky Smith, Head of BEL, and Joe Mahoney, team
member of the SAHS NSM. In the letter he supported Becky and Joe’s recommendation of
considering a merger of BEL’s collections into the ACES library and allowing the BEL
librarians to be embedded either at BIF or Wohler’s Hall.
Conversation with Becky Smith, Head, Business & Economics Library:
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Becky expressed the concern that the Library needs to perform a more in-depth review of
users across the Business, Economics, and related disciplines before making a
determination of where the Business & Economics library, staff and collections would
best fit.
From Becky’s viewpoint, BEL has a closer affinity with the agricultural economics work
than with the social sciences library user groups and service programs. She shared a
number of examples of Business student questions that related to analysis of business
models focused on products and research generated by organizations whose primary
focus is in agriculture and the life sciences.
She is aware that the Funk ACES Library does not place a high value on these
disciplinary overlaps. Given this information her preference is for the BEL to be
affiliated with another Library unit, rather than to merge with the social sciences libraries
in the space on the first floor of the Library.
She is concerned that the team’s report ought not call out the specifics of how the BEL
librarians ought to allocate their time, as previous NSM reports have not identified
specific percentages of time allocation. (Note: while it is the case that specific
percentages of time have not been recommended in NSM reports, the salient point in this
situation is that of where BEL librarians maintain their “home bases.” The Library has
indicated that the “home base” for an embedded librarian needs to be articulated, with a
responsibility set that brings the library staff or faculty member into regular and
productive interactions with other Library staff, and users from a variety of disciplines.)
Conversation with Pat Allen, Head of ACES:
Beth Sandore and Lori Mestre met with Pat Allen, Head of ACES, and later with Scott Walter,
Associate University Librarian for Services, regarding this suggestion. Their conclusions were
that:
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From the Funk Family ACES Library perspective, Business and Economics disciplines
represent a core interest for only one of 11 departments in the College of ACES, and the
many in life sciences disciplines that are served by the Funk ACES Library. He has not
seen any desire or requests for materials or services for Business and Economics to be at
that library by faculty or students. The affinities he sees for that library are primarily in
the Life Sciences.
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The Funk ACES Library cannot accommodate more physical collections of books and
other media. Currently they are incorporating the Biology collections (as a result of
another recent New Service Model plan), which requires reduction of up to 50% across
collections in agriculture and life sciences. It is also likely that the Veterinary Medicine
Library will transition its collections and services into the Funk ACES Library over the
next several years. In fact, Pat said that “Timing couldn’t be worse”.
Given the current tight planning situation in the Funk ACES Library, the preference
would be to move Agricultural Economics out of that library and merge it with the
Business and Economics materials in the Main Library (this is not currently an action
item and would require more conversations before it could be considered).
Funk ACES Library has no space for additional staff, and the Head indicates they are
fully-staffed with both support and professional staff given the current New Service
Model mergers of Biology, a new hire of a Life Sciences data services librarian. He
doesn’t see a need to have any business/economic reference assistance at his library.
Faculty and staff are pleased with the current model of knowing they can go to librarians
in Main to get assistance or online. He couldn’t think of any instances where librarians
were asked questions related to business or economics at that library that weren’t of a
basic nature that they could field. He did mention that the model that works best is to
have the librarians/GAs from ACES attend some of the Business/Economics training
sessions that are offered and then bring that information back to the others. He also
mentioned that he can see the value of the BEL librarians providing some hours
providing services in BIF and/or Wohlers. The new Life Sciences Data Librarian will
likely serve as a liaison to the ACES faculty for data services, and also spend time cross
training/providing hours at the Scholarly Commons or training with Business/Economic
librarians due to the data services nature of the position.
Conversation with Scott Walter, AUL for Services:
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Scott Walter has also been working with the Reference New Service Model. Scott’s
perspective was that moving BEL to ACES was not practical or even possible. We also
explored the potential of BEL librarians working within the Reference unit, since this
idea also surfaced in our team’s conversations. Scott felt that it is not a good fit from a
services point of view to combine BEL librarians (or staff and collections) with the
current RRGIS (Reference, Research, and Government Information Services) on the 2nd
floor of the Main Library. Reference librarians in RRGIS are generalists, due to the
nature of the questions that are typically fielded in general reference settings. From that
standpoint, BEL librarians in a general reference environment would not have the benefit
of being a part of a subject specialist professional cohort in the social sciences. Further, it
would be difficult conceptually for the Library to signal to users that they could find
support for Business and Economics questions in the general Reference department. As
the Reference New Service Model goes to implementation the goal will be to have all
subject specialists from throughout the Main Library provide reference support at the
future Main Reference Desk in the Main Library. The librarians will still have their
“home unit” where they provide the bulk of their services, and will only be at the new
designated reference desk for regularly scheduled reference shifts.
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We reviewed the synergies between Business and the social sciences. Scott pointed out
that AHS, Business and ESSL support three professional schools, all which have strong
underpinnings in social science concepts and research methods. In our team’s
background investigations, we identified deep affinities between the disciplines
represented by these three units based on faculty conversations and listings of core
teaching and research programs at the three areas.
In addition to this, JoAnn Jacoby recently shared some analysis that Stanford University Library
has done of subject relationships in the dissertations published from Stanford graduate students
over time. If you look at this chart and choose “GSB (Graduate School of Business)” the data
indicate that the closest affinities between business and other disciplines fall in the social
sciences, with economics, political science, psychology. There are definite strands of
interdisciplinary research noted in relationships with engineering, statistics, and food research at
Stanford, but the consistent relationships occur between business and social science disciplines
over time: http://nlp.stanford.edu/projects/dissertations/
Based on this feedback, twelve of the fourteen SAHS NSM team members indicated that since it
was not feasible to pursue the BEL ACES merger, the only remaining option was to integrate
BEL into the planned new space being discussed. However, there was agreement that the BEL
librarians should provide embedded services at the BIF and in Wohlers Hall.
Business and Economics Library Comprehensive Service Mission
While strong arguments can still be made with regards to the affinity between BEL and ACES
(either pro or con), the effort for the ACES Library to become a hub for Life Sciences is already
under way, and clearly the mission of that library cannot include business and economics as a
critical component in their effort to be a hub for life sciences. Additionally, considering all the
space and resource constraints at that library, as articulated by Librarian Pat Allen, merging does
not appear to be realistic.
Librarians in BEL emphasized the point that it is critical for them to maintain their current parttime service profile and strong relationship that BEL has established with the College of
Business. All three of the library faculty in BEL currently provide significant services to the
College of Business. Carissa Phillips, for example, is greatly appreciated and respected at BIF,
as she spends half of her time to help students and faculty with financial databases. Head of the
Library Becky Smith provides personal and customized services to faculty and PhD students, and
the offer extended by College of Business Dean Larry DeBrock of an office in Wohlers Hall for
her to provide these and other specialized services is a very positive affirmation of the service.
Yoo-Seong Song has recently started a new relationship at the School of Labor & Employment
Relations after the closing of the Labor Library, as a half-time embedded librarian there and also
provided individual consultation sessions in the office in career management, international
business, and marketing.
The "home base" for the BEL library, staff, collections, and services, however, will be the
newly-configured library, maintaining collaboration with other librarians and staff. BEL
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librarians will be rotating to be present in the new unit to make sure that business expertise is
available there. One of our guiding principles is that the new model should create synergy.
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