2005/06 - SFU Library - Simon Fraser University

2005/2006 ANNUAL REPORTThe Surrey collections budget was increased to cover expandingprograms; the book & media collections have grown by 26%over the last year, and circulation of these collections hasincreased by 64%.“I always find great materials here. Thisis an incredibly rich collection for itssize” (Graduate student)“Thanks to what I learned withyou I was able to get the “A” Iwas hoping for.” (1 st yeareducation student re SLC)A variety of online materials and workshops were created to support the useand circulation of equipment for SIAT and other students. Funding forequipment was provided by the VP Academic and the Faculty of AppliedSciences. MiniDVD tapes and Arduino circuit boards are sold through theLibrary. The Library works closely with ACS to provide these services.BC Electronic Library NetworkFunded by the BC Ministry of Advanced Education, the BC ELN is housed within SFU Library. Its activities aregoverned by a representative Steering Committee. Its role is to “work with post-secondary libraries to provideequitable, expanded and cost-effective access to information for learners and educators throughout BritishColumbia.” Further information about BC ELN can be found at: http://eln.bc.caIn 2005/06, for the first time, three sectors (academic, public, and school libraries) worked collaboratively toprovide a provincial license, to the online Encyclopedia of British Columbia. BC ELN was a lead participant in thedevelopment work for the e-HLbc consortium, a leading-edge cross-sectoral project involving BC's academic andhealth libraries. Negotiations were completed and highly advantageous pricing obtained for the first suite ofproducts, in time for the e-HLbc launch April 1, 2006. Another barrier to resource-sharing fell, with theelimination of charges for interlibrary book loans among BC post-secondary libraries, effective January 1, 2006.11