Appendix
1:
Exploring
Synergies
with
Other
Units
Mission
Populations
served
Hours
Reference
Collection
available
Hours
of
Reference
Service
Government
Documents
Collects
and
organizes
government
information
and
provides
access,
instruction,
and
assistance
in
the
use
of
these
products
in
all
formats,
subjects
and
time
periods
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
M‐Th
8:30‐11pm,
F
8:30‐6pm,
Sa
11am‐
5pm,
Su
1‐11pm
(Same
Central
Ref)
M‐Th
9‐11pm,
F
9‐6pm,
Sa
11am‐5pm,
Su
1‐
11pm
All
university
All
university
community,
CU
community
AND
community
members.
community
members
Has
a
special
mission
to
provide
services
to
the
unaffiliated
throughout
congressional
district
and
Illinois
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
Very
small
Ref.
Collection.
Entire
collection
serves
as
Reference
Collection.
Available
M‐F
8:30‐5
M‐F
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
Regular
service
desk.
No
formal
Ref.
Service
but
rather
personalized
service.
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
Appendix
1:
Exploring
Synergies
with
Other
Units
Scope
of
services
Types
of
reference
questions:
Volume
of
reference
(projected
from
sweeps
week
data)
Types
of
instruction
Provides
full
range
of
reference
services.
Participates
in
Library‐
wide
chat
services,
and
national
Government
Information
Online
(GIO)
services
Bibliographical
Statistical
Legislative
Regulatory
Historical
Political
Biographical
Science/Technology
Health
Environment
Business
Economics/Finance
E‐Government
(Est.:
60%
over
5
minutes
with
range
of
15‐90
minutes)
Reference
(FY08):
1,088
Directional
(FY08):
1,432
Course‐related
instruction,
Tours
Training
sessions
for
other
groups
in
the
library
Public,
Local
Groups,
Provides
full
range
of
reference
services.
Participates
in
Library‐
wide
chat
services.
Provides
reference
services.
Does
NOT
currently
participate
in
Library‐wide
chat
services,
but
is
open
to
the
idea
Requests
for
maps
require
staff
mediated
assistance
for
every
interaction.
Provides
full
range
of
reference
services.
Participates
in
Library‐
wide
chat
services.
Bibliographical
Statistical
Some
Legislative
Very
little
regulatory
Little
bibliographical
Statistical—mostly
economic,
demographic
for
marketing.
Major
area
is
financial
statistical
data.
Some
Legislative
Occasional
regulatory
Time
&
Labor
intensive
questions
requiring
intuition.
(Average
of
37
minutes
per
question)
Bibliographical
Statistical
Some
Legislative
Very
little
regulatory
Reference
(FY08):
11,328
Directional
(FY08):
8,752
Reference
(FY08):
3,120
Directional
(FY08):
2,368
All
transactions
considered
Reference
Reference
(FY08):
6,604
Directional
(FY08):
5,712
Open
general
tours
Open
workshops
for
graduate
students
via
Savvy
Researcher
series
ESL
class‐related
Class‐related
instruction
Mainly
300
level
+
masters
programs
100
level
Geog.
Course
LEEP
Gov.
Docs
History
of
Cartography
Refernce
(FY08):
1,760
Directional
(FY08):
64
1/3
grad,
1/3
undergrad
Mainly
class‐related
Some
outreach
(Extension,
k‐12)
Appendix
1:
Exploring
Synergies
with
Other
Units
Nonprofit
Businesses
Volume
of
instruction
Gate
count
Staffing
Proximity
to
stacks
24
Classes
479
Individuals
served
Avg
19
per
session
Samples:
African
bibliography
Latin
American
American
Indian
Urban
&
Regional
Planning
Journalism
Library
&
Information
Science
History
Geography
Landscape
Architecture
Applied
Health
Sciences
Public
Health
ACES
Etc.
3,952
3
FTE
librarians,
2
staff,
1
33%
GA,
1
hourly,
6
student
hourlies
128
Classes
1723
Individuals
served
Avg
13
per
session
Samples:
ESL
Linguistics
German
Savvy
Researcher
Very
little.
1‐2
Sessions
40
Classes
1603
Individuals
served
per
Semester.
Avg
40
per
session
Samples:
Career
Research
Financial
Information
Systems
Marketing
Research
Small
business
consulting
71,952
51,488
4
½
librarians,
2
staff,
10
GAs,
minimal
student
hourly
3
librarians,
3
staff,
4
graduate
assistants
(1,05
FTE),
student
hourly
Located
on
opposite
side
of
the
2nd
floor
Access
to
the
stacks
in
through
the
patron
gate
on
the
2nd
floor
Access
to
the
stack
is
through
the
patron
gate
on
the
2nd
floor.
Currently
no
patron
access
on
1st
floor.
Check
with
Jeff
to
see
if
Not
available
at
this
time
1
librarian,
1
staff,
1
Cataloger
on
loan
from
CAM,
1
½
time
Grad
Hourly,
0
GAs,
minimal
student
hourly
(Afternoons)
Working
collection
in
house.
No
close
proximity
to
Stacks
(4th
floor,
east
side
of
Building).
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
5
FTE
librarians,
4
staff,
5
grad
students
3
GAS.
2
hourlies),
student
hourly
Same
as
BEL
Appendix
1:
Exploring
Synergies
with
Other
Units
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.
No
space
in
current
location.
Height
&
weight
restrictions
of
map
cases
make
finding
space
for
map
collection
difficult.
Space
for
collections
Reference
and
microforms,
CDROMs
&
DVDs
currently
in
room
200
Reference
collection
would
probably
stay
in
200
(with
some
retrospective
volumes
going
to
Retro
Reference
in
STX)
Microform
collection
may
need
to
go
into
stacks.
Documents
Stacks
collection
Collection
Match?
Currently
on
5th
deck
Stay
on
5th
deck
Move
to
deck
3?
No
possible
merger
at
current
location.
Covers
ALL
subject
areas
Covers
mainly
social
sciences
and
humanities
Covers
only
social
sciences
Maps
cover
all
subject
areas.
Textual
collection
focused
on
Social
&
physical
sciences
Other
facility
issues
Office
spaces
Staff
housed
in
200D
Library
No
room
in
300
Offices
for
librarians
OR
staff.
No
private
offices
for
librarians.
No
private
offices
for
librarians.
No
space
in
current
office
for
additional
librarians
OR
staff.
Librarian
&
Staff
share
office
space
which
has
inadequate
space
for
cataloging
large
maps
Pluses
History
of
cross‐training
Synergy
with
economics
and
labor
Docs.
&
Central
Ref.
Docs
and
Maps
both
generalists
Geospatial
data
and
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
existing
doorway
into
ESSL,
could
be
converted
to
office
space.
Or
could
add
1,
possibly
2
cubicles.
Synergy
with
the
social
sciences
and
education
Appendix
1:
Exploring
Synergies
with
Other
Units
Issues
both
generalists
Similar
customer
service
philosophies
Close
to
stacks
collections
Would
need
to
change
staffing
models
Need
to
separate
quick
reference
from
in‐
depth
services.
Economics
and
Labor
&
Indust.
Relations
heavy
users
of
documents
government
data
overlap
Model
exists
in
ESSL
for
in
both
production
and
subject
specific
experts
use
Similar
access
and
service
issues
Only
interesting
in
very
specific
types
of
documents
If
BEL
moves
to
business
building
then
less
accessible
to
stacks
&
users
Maps
is
a
special
collection
with
extra
security
and
environmental
concerns
Space
and
weight
Documents
are
not
limited
to
just
the
social
sciences
May
be
difficulties
in
incorporating
collection
into
current
space.