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

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86 The University of California Libraries Examining user behavior in regard to these controllable factors, he found, first of all, that users tended to return books (or renew them) at the end of the loan period, regardless of how long that loan period was, regardless of the status of the borrower, and regardless of the subject matter of the books; secondly, that the frequency of renewal is affected little or not at all by the length of the official loan period; and thirdly, that limiting the number of books a borrower may borrow is of limited usefulness in controlling availability. The length of the loan period was clearly a key factor, then, and "the librarian has, in his ability to determine official loan periods, a powerful and precise control mechanism for influencing the availability of the books in his library." 8 Using data collected at the University of Lancaster Library and a computer simulation model, Buckland and his colleagues then instituted a policy of varying loan periods on the basis of demand, and increaseing the number of duplicate copies for popular titles. The results were immediate, remarkable, and ample proof of his theoretical conclusions: circulation, which it may be assumed is a rough measure of the number of items users find that are of interest or value to them, increased approximately 50 percent per capita at the same time that the total user population was also increasing rapidly. Clearly the techniques described by Buckland provide a useful tool for increasing user success rates, and are related to the "immediacy of need" concept described in Chapter IV. Increased purchases of duplicate copies for popular titles as a technique for increasing user success is discussed in Chapter VIII, but variable loan periods should also be considered as a means of providing better access to library materials. The statistics gathered by the automated circulation systems discussed earlier will provide information that will be useful in identifying titles for which the loan periods should be either shorter or longer. 8 Ibid., p. 88.
VI. Delivery and Use 87 At the campus level, then, the plan recommends: 1) That the program to install automated circulation systems on each campus be continued at a rate that will complete this program by 1979/80; and 2) That loan periods for library materials be varied based on the demand for those materials, using data gathered by the circulation systems. These measures in combination with improved bibliographic tools should make it possible to assure that all materials likely to be needed within one day are made available within that time frame in a high percentage of cases. Region. All materials likely to be needed within two days should be available for delivery and use within the Northern and Southern regions of the University. Delivery and use of library materials within these regions has been carried on by special procedures for many years, but only within the last two years have these procedures been improved to the extent necessary to meet a two-day delivery goal. In 1961, President Kerr approved an Intercampus Exchange Program, two features of which have led to much more effective regional sharing of resources. One is the Intercampus Library Copying Service, which provides funds for photocopying of materials for intercampus use, in order to reduce the need for expensive and unnecessary duplication of material; the other is the Intercampus Bus Service, a system of jitney buses operating daily between UCLA and other campuses in the South, and between Berkeley and other campuses in the North. 9 These jitneys transport library materials within the regions, and also transport faculty and students, both for library use and for other academic purposes. The costs of the copying service and the bus service in 1976/77 are indicated in Table 14. 9 The exception is San Francisco; intercampus transportation between Berkeley and San Francisco is provided by a vehicle funded from other programs, and used primarily for communication between the computer centers.
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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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CHAPTER X HOUSING THE LIBRARY SYSTE
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