CDL: Library budget for new programs? (Responses 1-2)

[Original posting follows postings. JA]

==#1==

RE: Library budget for new programs?
From: "Lucy E. Lyons" <l-lyons_at_northwestern.edu>

Dear Yuliya--Do you have an approval plan vendor or one major vendor from whom you receive 
the majority of your print monographs now? They are usually quite happy to run numbers for 
you and tell you how much it would cost to cover any particular subject.

There are also numerous ways that you can compare your current collection to peers (this 
is a website with ideas and instructions--see, especially, "WorldCat Comparative" and 
"Cost Projections"). After comparing what you lack against benchmark libraries, you can 
get the pricing info from publishers, etc., either specific or general for the subject.

You can create Lists of Potential Purchases:

1.from the ILL reports, in all formats
2.from an analysis of titles Not received from approval plans
3.from a comparison of monograph holdings with a benchmark library: Which monographs 
published in the last xxx years and held by library xxx does you not have?
4.from lists posted on ALA/ACRL or SLA section websites
5.from prize-winner lists posted on Amazon
6.from a comparison against the Guide to Reference Books (online)

Strategies for new collections include:
Plan a gradual build-up; for example, prioritize purchases spread over xxx years.
Establish a "core" collection up front. (See #6 above, which can contribute to that.)
Prioritize purchases using variables such as: publication date; what is held in physically 
nearby libraries; and what is held in benchmark libraries.

Lucy


==#2==

RE: Library budget for new programs?
From: "Diana Ryan" <diana.ryan_at_jefferson.edu>

Hi Yuliya,

Please share any responses you receive.

Thanks,
Diana


Diana Ryan, MLS
Director of Collection Management
Scott Memorial Library
Thomas Jefferson University
1020 Walnut St., Room 201
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 503-2829




-----Original Message-----

From: "Lef, Yuliya" <ylef_at_coloradomtn.edu>

I am hoping the collective wisdom of this group could help guide me in the right
direction.

I work for Colorado Mountain College, a 2-year, medium size, multi-campus
college in rural Colorado. Recently a legislature has been passed allowing us to
offer several Baccalaureate degrees.

  Here’s the list of programs we are looking to support:

    1. General Business

    2. Environmental Studies

    3. Teacher Education

    4. Nursing

    5. upper division general education courses

I did look at the ACRL Standards and a couple of self studies based on 2000 and
2004 versions. I’ve also pulled available data from the National Center for
Educational Statistics for our potential peer groups. But I still feel we don’t
have a good starting point. The college administration needs our budget
recommendation based on data and benchmarking.

We are trying to figure out how much money we need to ask for to move us from
supporting associate programs to supporting several baccalaureate programs. Are
there guidelines or benchmarks that we could use to determine the budget or the
number of volumes and electronic resources we’ll need to add.

We think primarily we’ll need seed money to build our print collection and
yearly budget increase to support online databases. However, we are struggling
with determining what those numbers should be.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much in advance for your help.


Yuliya Lef, MLS
Virtual Library Director
Colorado Mountain College
Phone: 970-453-6757 *2629 / Fax: 970-453-2209
P.O. Box 2208, 107 Denison Placer Road
Breckenridge, CO 80424
http://coloradomtn.edu/library