Building Faculty Support for Remote Storage: A Survey of Collection Behaviors and Preferences |
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| Authors: | Eunice Schroeder Janet Martorana Chris Granatino |
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| Institution: | University of California , Santa Barbara , California |
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| Abstract: | A seismic retrofitting project required the UCSB Library (University of California, Santa Barbara) to permanently reduce its on-site collections by 120,000 volumes. To accomplish this successfully, a strong collaboration with the faculty was essential. This article describes a planning process in which the library worked with a faculty committee to implement a campus-wide survey of faculty and graduate students regarding their behaviors and preferences in accessing and using the collections. The survey outcomes informed a common understanding of which physical materials should remain on-site and which could be moved to storage with the least impact on research and teaching. |
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| Keywords: | faculty collaboration remote storage user behavior user surveys library space management systematic planning academic libraries |
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