The University of California Libraries: A Plan for Development (1977)
The University of California Libraries: A Plan for Development (1977)
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118 <strong>The</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cali<strong>for</strong>nia</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> committee used as the basis <strong>for</strong> its recommendation a model<br />
developed by Melvin J. Voigt, a model later published (with some modifications)<br />
in the literature. 4 <strong>The</strong> approach has received wide<br />
support in the pr<strong>of</strong>ession, and is currently in use or under consideration<br />
at a number <strong>of</strong> other institutions, notably the State <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> New York. <strong>The</strong> original Voigt model was further modified by <strong>University</strong><br />
committees to meet specialized situations, as Voigt had suggested<br />
would be necessary, 5 and in the version here proposed represents the<br />
best estimate possible <strong>of</strong> current acquisition needs, using presently<br />
available data. <strong>The</strong> results <strong>of</strong> applying the model are shown in<br />
Table 15 and each element is explained below.<br />
1. Base Level. A base rate <strong>of</strong> 40,000 volumes per year is<br />
established <strong>for</strong> any library serving a university defined (<strong>for</strong> the<br />
purposes <strong>of</strong> the model) as <strong>of</strong>fering the doctorate in English and at<br />
least two other major European literatures; in at least three social<br />
sciences; in the major sciences (chemistry, physics, biology and<br />
mathematics); in history; in psychology; and in philosophy. <strong>The</strong><br />
base is intended to cover all undergraduate and master's degree programs,<br />
and most doctoral programs, expect <strong>for</strong> those in pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
fields, as noted below. Specific numbers <strong>of</strong> volumes are not identified<br />
<strong>for</strong> each undergraduate major, master's program, and doctoral<br />
program, because it is felt that such an attempt "leads to a morass<br />
<strong>of</strong> meaningless numbers, due primarily to the great amount <strong>of</strong> overlap<br />
between fields, the extensive use <strong>of</strong> materials in several<br />
fields by students and scholars in other fields, and the variations<br />
in breadth and depth which programs with the same or comparable<br />
titles will have in various universities." 6 <strong>The</strong> base is also<br />
intended to include general materials not identified with a particular<br />
discipline.<br />
4<br />
Melvin J. Voigt, "Acquisition Rates in <strong>University</strong> <strong>Libraries</strong>,"<br />
College and Research <strong>Libraries</strong>, v. 36, no. 4 (July 1975), pp. 263-<br />
271.<br />
5<br />
Ibid., p. 265.<br />
6<br />
Ibid., p. 266.