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The Face of Regional Campus Libraries and Librarianship. Off-Campus Library Services Conference Savannah, GA April 26-28, 2006. Introduction. Welcome Background Others studies done, but not since 1988! Definition
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The Face of Regional Campus Libraries and Librarianship Off-Campus Library Services Conference Savannah, GA April 26-28, 2006
Introduction • Welcome • Background • Others studies done, but not since 1988! • Definition • “a campus or site of an educational institution that is not temporary, is located in a community beyond a reasonable commuting distance from its parent institution, and which offers organized programs of study, not just courses.” (NCES, 1992) • Methodology • Criteria for creating directory, problems with definition
Findings • Profile • Services • Collections • Funding • Staffing • Status • Relationships
Profile - Geographic 46 33 25 21 10 2
Status of Librarians • Regional Campus Librarians are less likely to have faculty status than their Main Campus counterparts
Differences within the Same Institution • When Main Campus Librarians have Tenure-Track Faculty status, over 1/3 of their Regional counterparts at the same institution do not.
Relationships • Over a third (36%) are staffed by one FTE professional librarian or less • Less than half (40%) of Regional Campus Librarians visit the Main Library at least once a month • Almost half (46%) are visited once a year or less by Librarians from the Main Campus
Future Research • Profiles • Definition • Directory • State-by-State comparisons • Services • On campus • Comparison to main campus • Staffing, Status • Tenure • Professional backgrounds and progression goals • Student/staff ratios
Future Research cont’d • Collections • Physical/Electronic • Funding • Community • Support • Colocations • Trends • Best Practices
Discussion • Does your institution have a regional/branch campus? • Do you consider the students at that campus “distance learners?” • Are you a librarian at a regional campus? • Do you consider yourself a “distance librarian?” • How much does distance matter? • Has this study affected your definition of regional/branch campuses?
For More Information • Summary Statistics and Survey Instrument http://library.csustan.edu/jbrandt/regional/2005.html • Regional Campus Libraries Discussion Group http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/library/rcl/ • Contact Us! John BrandtLinda Frederiksen California State University, Stanislaus Washington State University Vancouver jbrandt@csustan.edu frederik@vancouver.wsu.edu Tina Schneider Darby Syrkin The Ohio State University at Lima Florida State University, Panama City Campus schneider.290@osu.edu dsyrkin@pc.fsu.edu