CDL- Budget Allocation and Funding Statement (Response)

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> "Black, Douglas M" <doblack_at_nmu.edu>
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>Hi, Kali,
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>Definitely, yes, include them.
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>First, electronic resources call for money and are subject to inflation like anything else; even JSTOR and one-time purchases require ongoing access fees, some of which are not fixed...and inflation will play a real role in your annual budgeting process.
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>Second, the visibility and importance of our online resources are rapidly increasing in relation to the perceived value of our print collections, and among the many other ways in which we need to demonstrate the library's contributions to the campus mission, we need our policies and operational documents to reflect the currency and relevance of what the library actually provides.  (This is not to say that our own policies are up to date, alas.)  If you're expending resources to provide information, make sure the benefits are visible in every expression of what your library does--and a collection-development policy is precisely that, an expression of what you do and how.
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>Third, with the very real flux in the serials world, it's rarely clear which vendor will be able to provide a given title in the future, so unless you're willing to rely solely on print, you may not have as much control over your electronic resources as you would wish.  For instance, the recent EBSCO exclusive-rights announcements....  Without the relationship between serials and electronic resources explicit in our policy and funding statements, we'll have a hard time asking for the additional funds when the time comes to sign another EBSCO database in order to retain those titles.  (We'll have a hard time with that anyway, just like many others on this list.)  And as print serials cease or shift to electronic format, print won't always be an option.
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>The CD-policy statement(s) should not name specific resources (did I mention that ours aren't up to date?); it should, however, articulate the ways in which publisher packages, aggregated databases, and subject collections like Alexander Street products augment your print collections in support of your library and/or institutional mission.
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>Best of luck with this project!  It's daunting and will surely require a number of revisions (and commensurate frustration), but it's well worthwhile.
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>Douglas
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>Douglas Black
>Collection Development Librarian/Assistant Professor
>Northern Michigan University
>Marquette, MI 49855
>(906) 227-1208
>doblack_at_nmu.edu
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>From: owner-COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu [mailto:owner-COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu] On Behalf Of Lynn Sipe
>Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:27 PM
>To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu
>Subject: CDL- Budget Allocation and Funding Statement
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>>From:
>>Kali Freeman <Kali.Freeman_at_mcnallysmith.edu>
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>>Hello,
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>>I am in the midst of writing the rough draft of my library's very 
>>first Collection Development Policy. As I look at examples of other 
>>Academic Libraries' budget allocation and funding statements, I notice 
>>that the focus seems to be on print materials. I'm wondering if it is 
>>appropriate for me to include our Online Databases as part of the 
>>budget allocation. We are a small library whose collection has greatly 
>>benefitted from JSTOR, Alexander Street Press, EBSCOhost, etc.
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>>Should I include our database allocations in this statement?
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>>Thank you for your help!
>>Kali
>>-- 
>>Kali Freeman, MLIS
>>Librarian
>>McNally Smith College of Music
>>19 Exchange Street East
>>St. Paul, MN 55101
>>651-361-3481
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