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Strategies for Sustainable Library Collections: What’s our Carry Capacity?

1c. Continue to pursue strategies for withdrawing appropriate materials from CSU Libraries… 3b…establish additional storage space for books that should continue to be kept and preserved, and relocated from the first floor of Morgan to Lake St.

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Strategies for Sustainable Library Collections: What’s our Carry Capacity?

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  1. 1c. Continue to pursue strategies for withdrawing appropriate materials from CSU Libraries… 3b…establish additional storage space for books that should continue to be kept and preserved, and relocated from the first floor of Morgan to Lake St. Strategies for SustainableLibrary Collections: What’s our Carry Capacity?

  2. Biology Maximum number of organisms that can be supported in a given habitat. R2 Consultants – Carrying Capacity

  3. Libraries - Maximum number of books that can supported within a library system. R2 Consultants - Carrying Capacity

  4. Collection Strategies Manage Collection Growth Expand Shelving Capability Withdraw Unneeded Material Carrying Capacity - Some Organisms Can Manipulate their Environment

  5. Withdraw plan completed – concentrate on Government Documents, duplicates, and electronic journal print equivalents Removed 0.25 miles of Government Documents from collection Duplicates in collection being withdrawn Basic design of Lake St. Depository addition completed List of additional Governments Documents being compiled Analysis - Accomplishments

  6. Unknown impact of Alliance proposals Unknown collection growth 2010-2020 Funds needed to purchase more electronic collections Archives and Special Collections will fill Annex by 2013 Morgan Renovation and Expansion will remove 22,500 lf of shelving from Morgan. Will we need to install more compact shelving in Morgan basement to accommodate collection? Communicating future of Libraries’ collections with faculty and students. Analysis - Collection Challenges

  7. Continue to implement withdraw and Lake St. expansion plan Identify additional shelving for Annex collection Analyze Storage and Withdraw Plan and Morgan Expansion/Renovation to identify libraries carrying capacity Identify and purchase digital collections that will shrink the print collection Define collection priorities with campus community Develop Library 2010-2020 Collection Plan Operationalization

  8. 2,028,198 volumes – size of print collection 125, 284 lf – Morgan Shelves 69,794 lf - Lake St. Depository Shelves 8,352 lf – Annex Shelves 22,500 lf – Shelving removed from Morgan after expansion and renovation Library Collections by the Numbers

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