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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.

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