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LIBR 230-01
Issues in Academic Libraries
Spring 2009 Outline

C. James Schmidt
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Office: 420A Clark Hall
Phone: 408-924-2465
Fax: 408-924-2476
Office Hours: 11 a.m. - Noon: Tuesdays, Wednesdays Thursdays

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1. January 28

Overview of Course, Introductions, and Introductions to the Industry of Higher Education.

• How Many Libraries . . . http://www.ala.org/library/fact1.html
• How Many People . . . http://www.ala.org/library/fact2.html
• Library operating expenditures http://www.ala.org/library/fact4.html
• Academic library data http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2004317
• Carnegie Classification www.carnegiefoundation.org/Classification/index.htm
• Higher education data www.chronicle.com/stats/institutions.htm

Required Reading:

• McCormick, Alexander c. and Zhao, Chun-Mei. “Rethinking and Reframing the Carnegie Classification”. Change September/October 2005 p. 51-57

2. February 4

History of American Higher Education and American academic libraries in 1876.

Required Reading:

• Lucas, Christopher J. American higher education. (New York : St. Martin's Press, 199X), pp. 103-263.
  • ch. 4:
  • pp. 103-105
  • pp. 106-107
  • pp. 108-111
  • pp. 112-115
  • pp. 116-119
  • pp. 120-123
  • pp. 124-129
  • pp. 130-133
  • pp. 134-137
    
    
  • ch 5: pp. 139-141
  • pp. 142-145
  • pp. 146-149
  • pp. 150-151
  • pp. 152-155
  • pp. 156-159
  • pp. 160-163
  • pp. 164-167
  • pp. 168-171
  • pp. 172-175
  • pp. 176-179
  • pp. 180-182
    
    
  • Ch. 6: pp. 185-187
  • pp. 188-191
  • pp. 192-195
  • pp. 196-199
  • pp. 200-203
  • pp. 204-207
  • pp. 208-211
  • pp. 212-215
  • pp. 216-219
  • pp. 220-221
  • pp. 222(-225)
    
    
  • Ch 7: pp. (222)-225
  • pp. 226-229
  • pp. 230-233
  • pp. 234-237
  • pp. 238-241
  • pp. 242-245
  • pp. 246-249
  • pp. 250-253
  • pp. 254-257
  • pp. 258-261
  • pp. 262-263
• Holley, Edward G. "Academic Libraries in 1876" College and Research Libraries (January, 1976) PP. 15-47.

3. February 11

Institutional Profiles Discussion
The Economics of Higher Education “Follow the Money ”:

• “Where Does the Money Go?” (chap 12); “Cost Inflation” (chap 11) (pp. 261-277; pp. 278-285) in Clotfelter, Ehrenberg, Getz and Siegfried; Economic Challenges in Higher Education (Chicago : University of Chicago Press);
• Massy, William F. “Faculty Discretionary Time: Departments and the ‘Academic Ratchet’” Journal of Higher Education 65: 1-22 (1994) (JStor);
• Massy, William F.. “Collegium Economicum: Why Institutions Do What They do”. Change 36: 2635 (2004)
• “Through a different lens A new Angle on the Price Spiral in Higher Education” Change 32: 53-ff (2000)

4. March 4

Services
User instruction, reference, specialized audiences: undergraduates, specific disciplines, e.g. art, music, medicine, law, education, the science, engineering, business.

5. March 11

TBA

6. March 19

Collections
Books, journals, media, digital, special/rare

Required Readings:

• Budd, Chapters 8, 9

7. April 1

Technology and Facilities
Will any more academic library buildings be built? Who uses them anyway and for what?

Required Readings:

• Scott Carlson “Thoughtful design keeps new libraries relevant” Chronicle of Higher Education (September 30, 2005).
• Jerrold Orne “Academic Library Buildings: A Century in Review.” College and Research Libraries (July, 1976) p. 316-331.
• Read the two most recent architecture issues of Library Journal (December 07 and 08) and American Libraries (April 07 and 08) and note especially the academic library projects.

Technology in Academic Libraries
"Gloom and doom or nirvana and opportunity?" Discussion

Required Readings:

• Warnken, P. "New Technologies and Constant Change: Managing the Process." Journal of Academic Librarianship 30: 322-7 (July, 2004)

8. April 8

Organization

Required Readings:

• Budd, John. Chapter 6 "The Organization and Management of Academic Libraries."

Planning

Required Readings:

• Douglas Birdsall and Oliver D Hensley “A New Strategic Planning Model for Academic Libraries” College and Research Libraries (March 1994) P. 149-159.
• The website for CSU Libraries Strategic Plan
  http://www.calstate.edu.edu/ls/2000-lib_strategic_plan.pdf

Personnel

Required Reading:

• Budd, Chapter 11

Budget/Finance

Required Readings:

• Budd, John. The Changing Academic Library (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2005) Chapter 7 "Libraries and Money," PP. 160-179;
• Cooper, Michael D. "Economic Issues and Trends in Academic Libraries," Appendix A in: Martin M. Cummings The Economics of Research Libraries. Council on Library Resources, Inc. Washington, D.C. 1986.

9. April 29

Interlibrary Cooperation

Required Readings:

• David C. Weber  “A Century of Cooperative Programs Among Academic Libraries” College and Research Libraries (May, 1976) P 205-221

10. May 6

Futures

Required Readings:

• Budd, Chapter 12
• Howard, Jennifer “Scholars View of Libraries as Portals Shows Marked Decline” Chronicle of Higher Education August 26, 2008.
• Ithaka Report “Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in Digital Transformation in Higher Education” August 18, 2008 see Ithaka web site
• “Library Planning Process Established by Faculty Senate” on Stanford website Subcommittee Report, Proposal for Senate Action, Propsal Cover Letter, Stanford Report coverage
• Maron, Nancy and Smith, K.Kirby. “Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication” on the arl.org web site

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