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

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54 The University of California Libraries To some extent, the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago is already performing some of the functions envisaged for the two national centers proposed; in many categories, important primary research materials are stored, preserved and lent as needed to member institutions. Materials not circulated within ten years after they are deposited in one of the two UC regional facilities should be moved to CRL, from which they can be borrowed in the event they are ever needed in the future. The Center also carries on a number of programs to acquire specialized research materials which are then made available to its members. Full membership in the Center is not necessary for participation in many of these programs, but all of the University's libraries should be able to take advantage of the full range of storing, lending, preservation and acquisition programs offered by the Center. Assuming the Center's expansion plans are funded so that space is available for the storage program, the University should therefore join the Center on a systemwide basis. Except from CRL, borrowing of materials nationally is at present too cumbersome to be more than marginally effective, and substantial changes must be made in present interlibrary loan procedures in order to make the nation's library resources more available. The University's libraries should not only participate in this effort, but should continue to provide leadership as in the past. National systems for identification and location of material, on the other hand, are becoming much more effective, and systems such as the Ohio College Library Center not only provide better means of processing materials but also enable greater sharing of resources. As noted in subsequent chapters, the University will contribute to and benefit from these systems. The University libraries are already making use of information systems which are national in scope, including data-base searching systems such as those offered by the Systems Development Corporation, Lockheed and the New York Times, and these activities will continue. Librarians from the University have contributed significantly to the organization and leadership of national library programs, and this important contribution should of course continue to be encouraged and supported.
IV. A University Library System 55 International. On the international level, only the British Library's Lending Division provides access services that contribute significantly to the UC libraries' ability to carry out their function. Materials are of course acquired or borrowed from other international sources, but the time required and the cumbersome nature of the methods involved limit the effectiveness of activities on this level. As many writers have noted, there is much room for improvement here, and UC libraries may be expected to make contributions on this level as well. Advantages of the System. The advantages of the multi-level system described are many, and are further elaborated in subsequent chapters. They may be summarized as briefly as follows: 1. Through the use of technology already available, a much greater percentage of the library material available can be identified and located. 2. Improved delivery systems will be able to provide materials within the time frame needed and much more often than at present. 3. The resources made available through the combination of these two techniques will be much greater and much richer than any campus-based system could conceivably provide. 4. Use of a single cataloging and processing system will permit much greater coordination of acquisitions and provide the best means of constructing a systemwide bibliographic data base to facilitate identification and location of materials. 5. Regional facilities will provide housing for little-used materials in a more cost-effective way than continued reliance solely on campus building programs, and will help deliver such materials throughout a region more efficiently than if they continued to be dispersed. 6. Coordination of systemwide library activities will provide the optimum library service with the funds available. In order for the system to realize these advantages, however, it must be able to perform within the guidelines mentioned, at each level, and performance must be continuously monitored to ensure that users' needs are being met. All of those involved, both library staff and users, must thus be allowed to share in its development, governance,
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A PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT Office of th
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PREFACE The first draft of the plan
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goals of the library system on a mu
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CHAPTER I THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS LI
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