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

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26 The University of California Libraries For one thing, the impressive size of the total collections by no means implies that all parts of the University are served adequately; on the contrary, there are serious inadequacies on many campuses which must be overcome. Large portions of the collections are "invisible" to users on other campuses because of the lack of complete bibliographic listings. Facilities on many campuses are desperately overcrowded. Services to users are in many cases inadequate. And librarians, the University administration, and the State alike are concerned about the continuing rise in library costs. These and other problems must be addressed, with urgency but in a systematic way. Lasting and valid solutions will only come, not from quick and subjective recommendations, but from careful analysis of the entire enterprise, consideration of the real needs and requirements, and rigorous examination of the costs and benefits of alternative solutions. This approach, of necessity, involves consultation with many groups within the University and without, continuing research, and ongoing evaluation both of measures adopted and measures proposed. This plan attempts to begin that process.
CHAPTER II THE FUNCTION OF THE LIBRARY: AN ANALYSIS The function of a library is to provide its users with access to information. It is important at the outset to distinguish this basic function from the activities of a library. 1 These include: • The selection and acquisition of library materials. • Cataloging, binding, labeling, and otherwise preparing material for use. • Circulating materials to users. • Provision of assistance to users through reference services, individualized and group instruction, and preparation of bibliographies. • Preservation and protection of collections. • Relations with other libraries and similar institutions to serve users more fully. • Administration of the library as an institution and organization. All of these activities are important, but from the standpoint of the user they all contribute, directly or indirectly, to the central function of providing access to information. An analysis of any library-of its characteristics, operations, and services--must therefore be based on the components of this function; that is, on: • the nature of its users; • the nature of the information needed by the users; and • the nature of access to the information. 1 Most of the literature on libraries discusses such activities in terms of missions, goals, and objectives--terms which Crum has pointed out tend to be used either interchangeably or with varying degrees of generality (Norman Crum, Library Goals and Objectives: A Literature Review, Washington, ERIC Clearinghouse on Library and Information Science, 1973, pp. 2-4). Since most of the literature on libraries is written by librarians it is natural that their activities should form the basis for discussion, but it is nevertheless surprising that there has apparently been so little systematic effort to analyze libraries from the users' point of view.
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