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  • February 23, 2012 10:24 am
     Libraries Receiving a Shrinking Piece of the University Pie  Based on reports from 40 research libraries, the percentage of university funds spent on libraries has declined over the past 25 years, from a high of 3.7% in 1984 to just under 2% in 2009. The downward trend is applicable to both public and private universities in the United States as well as institutions in Canada. The simplest explanation to describe this trend is that the library has lost its coveted position as the intellectual hub of the university; that administrators don’t think of the library anymore — after all, information that arrives on one’s desktop must be free; and that students value the library more as a quiet place to nap between classes than as a scholarly resource. While these factors may be in play, I don’t believe they explain the trend. So what does the ARL graphic tell us? From a purely descriptive standpoint, the library has been getting less of the central pie for the last three decades. Depending on your perspective, this has been a great failure, a great success, or more realistically, some of each. LOTR thoughts:  The library has NOT lost its coveted position as the intellectual hub of the university. Get those statistics out to your administrators. Students are hoppin’ and using their campus libraries. I do believe that money tends to go to other budgets first. Licensed resources are not cheap. But as always, we make do with what we have, and we need to keep on promoting the importance (and popularity) of our university libraries; it is the geographical center of campus and for a reason! PR, statistics, get involved in those budget talks with those usage stats!! View high resolution

     Libraries Receiving a Shrinking Piece of the University Pie 

    Based on reports from 40 research libraries, the percentage of university funds spent on libraries has declined over the past 25 years, from a high of 3.7% in 1984 to just under 2% in 2009. The downward trend is applicable to both public and private universities in the United States as well as institutions in Canada.

    The simplest explanation to describe this trend is that the library has lost its coveted position as the intellectual hub of the university; that administrators don’t think of the library anymore — after all, information that arrives on one’s desktop must be free; and that students value the library more as a quiet place to nap between classes than as a scholarly resource. While these factors may be in play, I don’t believe they explain the trend.

    So what does the ARL graphic tell us? From a purely descriptive standpoint, the library has been getting less of the central pie for the last three decades. Depending on your perspective, this has been a great failure, a great success, or more realistically, some of each.

    LOTR thoughts:  The library has NOT lost its coveted position as the intellectual hub of the university. Get those statistics out to your administrators. Students are hoppin’ and using their campus libraries. I do believe that money tends to go to other budgets first. Licensed resources are not cheap. But as always, we make do with what we have, and we need to keep on promoting the importance (and popularity) of our university libraries; it is the geographical center of campus and for a reason! PR, statistics, get involved in those budget talks with those usage stats!!

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