The University of California Libraries: A Plan for Development (1977)

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134 The University of California Libraries also is able to have its serial records edited and checked against the authority files at the Library of Congress. The result of these two programs will be a consistent and authoritative, continuously updated file of serial information which can be used by library staff for processing serial titles and consulted by the libraries' users. In the experience of some libraries, automation can also improve the efficiency of several time-consuming and costly clerical procedures involved in the handling of individual serial issues. Work on a serials-handling system for the University at large has been deferred, however, because it appears that this capability may be available from other sources. The Ohio College Library Center has planned for several years to make such a service available to OCLC participants, and some institutions are already using a pilot version of the service. If the University decides to use OCLC for cataloging, it will naturally give serious consideration to using the serials-handling service as well. The Research Libraries Group (Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and the New York Public Library) has also expressed interest in developing a serials-handling system in cooperation with the University, as has BALLOTS. If none of these alternatives appears feasible, a final possibility to be explored is the re-design and re-programming of the system developed by the UCLA Biomedical Library and used there successfully for several years. Acquisition Procedures. Automation of acquisition procedures on a systemwide basis has also been deferred, for similar reasons. If the University decides to use BALLOTS for cataloging, it should also be possible to use the acquisition program already developed as a part of that system. OCLC has also been developing programs to handle acquisition routines, which might be used if OCLC is chosen for cataloging (one study of OCLC found that 76 percent of those libraries surveyed already use the system for pre-order searching, even though such information as whether the book is in print or does not appear in the record). If neither of these alternatives provides a feasible system, a third possibility to be explored is the further development of a system designed by the UC Irvine library and already used for accounting purposes at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara.
VIII. Acquisition and Processing 135 In summary, these are automation projects already under way or soon to be available which will help improve productivity in many areas of library operation, lower costs in some cases, and most importantly provide the needed bibliographic information to the library system's users in a timely and consistent manner. For the acquisitions and processing area, then, the plan recommends: 1) That funds be provided for acquisition of 609,000 volumes per year; 2) That increases in the acquisition rate beyond this level be sought only if there are significant increases in approved academic programs or enrollment; 3) That allocation of funds within the total provided be based on the formula outlined in this chapter; 4) That sufficient funds be allocated to branch libraries on the campuses to allow access to all material likely to be needed immediately; 5) That purchase of duplicate copies of heavily-used material be pursued more aggressively, using statistical techniques and information generated by the automated circulation systems now being installed; 6) That an on-line cataloging system be selected for the University library system and installed in all cataloging units of the system; 7) That the use of on-line systems for acquisitions and handling of serials be deferred until the costs and benefits of performing such activities through OCLC, BALLOTS, or by other methods can be ascertained, but that automated techniques then be applied to these functions as well. These steps should help meet the system's performance goals at each level of need.
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A PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT Office of th
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CHAPTER I THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS LI
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