CDL: Library funding for grad programs (Response 2)

  [original post followed by response.]


  Subject: Library funding for grad programs
  From: Ann Morgan <aemorgan_at_csupomona.edu>

  Is anyone aware of standards, guidelines, formulas, rules-of-thumb, 
etc. that might indicate the relative expense of funding library 
collections for different levels (undergrads, masters, PhD)?

  We have a very small graduate program but it is growing and we're 
trying to find data to help us make a case that the library needs more 
money to adequately support our grad students. I've already checked 
the ACRL and ARL websites and have searched for articles, but haven't 
found much to help.

  Any suggestions will be appreciated.

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  Ann Morgan
  Collection Management Coordinator
  University Library
  Cal Poly Pomona
  aemorgan_at_csupomona.edu
  phone: 909-869-4670


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Subject: Re: CDL: Library funding for grad programs (response 1)
From: Dianne Cook <cookdc_at_post.queensu.ca>

Hmmm....  This response #1 (repeated below) is interesting.  Having 
lost faith in formulae, I  have forgotten the details of this one.

Are those numbers of dollars or volumes?  If volumes, the standard is
becoming increasingly unhelpful.  Who is keeping track of electronic
journals or electronic indexes and abstracting tools by volume?
Just trying to keep track of subscriptions by discipline is
a challenge, when the same title supports several disciplines.
And, of course, there is the old problem of quality versus
quantity.

If these are dollars, are they annual budgets?  Dollars needed
for a PhD program in chemistry, where the per book or per
subscription price is among the highest, would clearly be
different than for Spanish, where prices are more modest.
Also, the degree to which a graduate program is narrowly
or generally focused can impact on its cost.

We have always argued that the cost increase is greater between
MA and PhD level than between undergraduate and MA, since
senior undergraduates tend to use a broad range of resources.

We have never found a neat measure, so I am watching this
discussion with interest.
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 > ====#1====
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 >
 > From:  "Pakala, Jim" <Jim.Pakala_at_covenantseminary.edu>
 >
 > Ann,
 >
 > From the C&RL News, April 1995, you may want to consider these
 > standards.
 >
 > ACRL Standards
 > Basic collection        85000
 > Allowance per FTE faculty member        100
 > Allowance per FTE student       15
 > Allowance per undergraduate major or minor field        350
 > Allowance per master's field, when no higher degree is offered in the
 > field   6000
 > Allowance per master's field, when a higher degree is offered in the
 > field   3000
 > Allowance per 6th year specialist degree field  6000
 > Allowance per doctoral field    25000