From: Lou Vyhnanek <louv_at_wsu.edu>
I am new to the list so I don't know if this topic has been covered
recently. At Washington State University we are examining how we allocate
funds for purchasing monographs by subject area in the Humanities and
Social Sciences. We are a large academic library with a monograph budget
in the Humanities and Social Sciences of roughly $480,000 and a student
population on our main campus of 18,000 students (more than 20,000 if you
count our branch campuses). I am interested in hearing from librarians of
similar size libraries about whether they have looked at how they have been
doing allocations for monographs recently and, if they have, what formula
or criteria did they use in determining allocations by subject area? What
factors did you feel were most important in deciding how to allocate the
monograph budget? I would appreciate any help anyone can provide. Reply
to me directly and not to the list.
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Lou Vyhnanek
Humanities/Social Sciences Collection Development Manager
and History Subject Specialist
Holland/New Library
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5610
Phone: (509)335-8860
Fax: (509)335-1889
E-mail: louv_at_wsu.edu
Received on Thu Oct 28 2004 - 10:59:31 EDT