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January 28, 2005. LBNL Library Committee (LLC) - Launch Michel Van Hove Chair LLC / Chair CSAC / MSD / ALS. Membership. Origins 1. It has been many years (> 10?) since a Library Committee last existed at LBNL Major changes require attention and user input
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January 28, 2005 LBNL Library Committee (LLC) - Launch Michel Van Hove Chair LLC / Chair CSAC / MSD / ALS
Origins 1 • It has been many years (> 10?) since a Library Committee last existed at LBNL • Major changes require attention and user input • revolution: from print to on-line (journals, books, reference – moving target) • access requires on-line search database (e.g. Web of Science, currently limited to >1995 and 5 concurrent users) • fate of physical collection (back issues, space wars, bldg. 50 Library doomed?) • static library budget for several years (FY05? future?) • rapid growth in journal costs (average > 10% per year) • growing imbalance with life/bio divisions (LSD, GenD/JGI, PBD) • also ALS, NERSC, CRD, Molecular Foundry new • no book purchases in last decade
Origins 2 • Head librarian (Carol Backhus) retired in 2003: reinvent library? • TEID Head (Jane Tierney) has also been Acting Head Librarian since then • Savage budget cut in early FY05 (2/3 of journal funds cut), now to be partially/fully? restored • need to review results of hasty cut and restoration • library personnel down to 2.5 from 4 FTE • In Jan. 2005, the CSAC/TEID working group helped argue for and select restored journals (via lab-wide survey - valuable database) • group members: Shaheen Tonse, Corwin Booth, Michel Van Hove, Mary Clary
Library Committee vs. ITSD Information Technologies and Services Division (ITSD)Director: Sandy Merola; Deputy: Tammy Welcome Computing and Communications Services Advisory Committee (CSAC)Chair: Michel Van Hove Technical and Electronic Information Department (TEID)Head: Jane Tierney LBNL Library Committee (LLC)Chair: Michel Van Hove, then Corwin Booth LibraryActing Head: Jane TierneyAssistant: Jose Olivares
Committee organization • The Committee’s Charter (provisional) says: • The LBNL Library Committee (LLC) is run by the Computing and Communications Services Advisory Committee (CSAC) for the Information Technologies and Services Division (ITSD) • The LLC’s Chair is a member of CSAC. • The LLC members are chosen by the Chair from the LBNL scientific and engineering divisions, the Library and ITSD to represent LBNL’s scientific needs and the library management • The LLC meets quarterly and as needed • The LLC reports to CSAC and ITSD quarterly and as needed
Committee tasks • (From Charter) - The LLC advises ITSD and CSAC on matters concerning the LBNL Library, which include but are not limited to: • Long-term directions and strategies of the Library • Coordination with individual and divisional collections outside the Library • Prioritization and selection of collections (journals, books, etc.) • Access to the library (physical assets, on-line access, etc.) • Coordination with Records and Archives (including DOE-OSTI [Office of Scientific and Technical Information]) • Coordination with UC libraries
Procedures • Assistance • Marsha Fenner • Divisional committees? • depending on divisional size and diversity • Web site – https://www.lbl.gov/ITSD/CSAC/LLC/index.htm • Meeting schedule • “quarterly and as needed” • Order of business • prioritize
Statistics: LBNL population FY05 main library users Notes: - ALS has 1200 guests - total personnel included: 5763
Statistics: division sizes Spending FY04 Personnel FY05incl: faculty, GSRA, student, scientist, professionalexcl: guest, admin, tech Notes: - personnel FY05, spending FY04 - includes current library-using divisions only - total personnel included: 1953 - total spending by these divisions: M$ 535 - library budget: M$ 0.724 + ?
First steps • Summary of general issues (expand later as needed): • individual vs. joint vs. institutional subscriptions • bundled vs. individual journals • problem of Elsevier • divisional balance • interlibrary loans • UC library access (faculty & their groups vs. others) • outsourcing to UC, other? • teaming up with other DOE labs • collective/grassroots publishing, e.g. Public Library of Science • library use by guests, facility users (ALS, NCEM, Molecular Foundry, …) • Library overview • by Jane Tierney with Jose Olivares • Review survey results of 1/2005 and 10/2003 • Review journal cuts and restorations