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

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80 The University of California Libraries the library system; and • to serve as a meeting place for faculty and students. In a few cases, of course, departmental reading rooms become branch libraries, some of which grow to impressive proportions. Beyond the scope outlined above, however, diseconomies often begin to occur, and scholarship suffers as well. The convenience of branch libraries is beyond doubt (at least for the users in that discipline who are housed nearby), but there is considerable evidence that a decentralized system may hamper rather than help research--including research in those disciplines with branches. In the study of Syracuse and Ohio State previously cited, even when a branch was provided, the materials relevant to the branch's stated scope of subject coverage were widely dispersed throughout the system. The poor match observed among users, materials, and branches was particularly evident among the sciences. All but five of the 24 researchers interviewed from the sciences had access to a branch library associated with their disciplines. Nonetheless, all of those sampled had to consult a minimum of four different locations to achieve full exposure to documents of interest, and in many cases their materials were scattered among up to 12 different locations. 2 Dougherty and Blomquist found in addition that there was no significant difference in the percentage of relevant documents to which researchers were exposed whether they had a branch library or not. Following their actual use patterns, those with a branch were exposed to 82.6 percent of the relevant documents, and those without a branch to 83.4 percent. They concluded that there was no evidence to support "the belief that branch libraries provide greater physical access to relevant materials," despite "the proprietary feeling faculty have toward their branch libraries," and that "the concentration of relevant materials through decentralization may not significantly improve the user's access to potentially relevant materials." 3 2 Dougherty and Blomquist, p. 77. 3 Dougherty and Blomquist, pp. 77-78.
VI. Delivery and Use 81 At the departmental and college level, therefore, the plan recommends: 1) That existing departmental reading rooms and libraries be continued, to the extent that they provide access to key reference works, treatises, and journals that are likely to be needed by faculty and students in particular disciplines for immediate consultation; 2) That the establishment of new branch libraries be discouraged; and 3) That existing branches be retained until and unless they can be consolidated into centralized campus facilities economically. Campus. Materials likely to be needed within one day should be available for use at the campus level. By current methods, however, this response time is often difficult to achieve, for several reasons. The material may be difficult to locate, particularly when bibliographic records are dispersed in a variety of files and catalogs, although the bibliographic projects described in the previous chapter should help remedy this problem. The availability of the book for use is also difficult to ascertain on many campuses because of the outmoded circulation systems in use. And even if this information can be obtained, the work desired may be inaccessible simply because it is already on loan to another borrower. Both of the latter problems are discussed in detail below. Circulation Procedures. As the report of the Library Policy Task Force published in 1974 noted, circulation policies and practices are urgently in need of revision to improve accessibility for on-site users. In 1976, it was still necessary for users on eight campuses of the University to fill out a "charge card," manually, for each item they wished to withdraw. This required writing out the call number, author, title, and publication date for the items, and (on each card) the user's name, address, and status. In some libraries, it was also necessary for the patron to sign each card as well. For the user, this is a laborious practice that is no different from library procedures a century ago, and it constitutes a significant waste of time.
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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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