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Item Open Access University of Oregon Libraries Statistical Abstract for Fiscal Year 2013-2014(University of Oregon Libraries, 2014) Slight-Gibney, Nancy; Fowler, David C.; Chu, Helen; Ketchum, David; Hierholzer, Kirstin; Campbell, DamonItem Open Access University of Oregon Libraries Statistical Abstract for Fiscal Year 2012-2013(University of Oregon Libraries, 2013) Slight-Gibney, Nancy; Fowler, David C.; Chu, Helen; Garcia, MandiItem Open Access University of Oregon Libraries Statistical Abstract for Fiscal Year 2011-2012(2013-04-05) Slight-Gibney, Nancy; Fowler, David C.; Chu, Helen; Munro, Karen; Design and Production: Mandi GarciaItem Open Access University of Oregon Libraries Statistical Abstract for Fiscal Year 2010-2011(2012) Slight-Gibney, Nancy; Willey, Laura L.; Munro, Karen; Fowler, David C.; Thompson, MichaelItem Open Access University of Oregon Libraries Annual Report, FY 2010-11(2011-11) University of Oregon. Libraries. Assessment Team; Slight-Gibney, Nancy; Willey, Laura L.; Munro, Karen; Fowler, David C.; Thompson, MichaelFY 2011 included positive adjustments, both recurring and non-recurring, to the UO Libraries’ budget. The partial recovery of the market helped to restore the value of the UO Libraries’ endowment. Although the UO still falls well below the public AAU mean in total expenditures, we are closer to the mean in expenditures per student. Of most concern to the provost has been the university’s investment in the library as a percentage of total university expenditures. That percentage has declined from approximately 6.7% in FY 2005 to 5% in FY 2011 (excluding carry forwards). This concern has been partially addressed with another recurring investment for operations beginning in FY 2012. The nature of expenditures continues to illustrate the shift from print to electronic. Investments in both digital content and technology infrastructure continue to increase, while actual collection purchases, i.e. print, continue to decline. This shift follows the pattern of other research libraries. In several focus groups conducted during FY 2011, faculty strongly supported this shift, but remained concerned about their increasing reliance on interlibrary loan services. Usage of library collections and services showed some big swings in FY 2011. Not surprisingly, circulation of print resources has continued to decline while use in digital collections increased. A large decline in the use of electronic reserve materials is due to the incorporation of these resources into the course management system (Blackboard™), which the library also supports. The stand-alone e-reserve service will be phased out in FY 2012. Declines in traditional reference interactions are also a trend in research libraries. Although we have done no qualitative research as to why this is happening, the trend likely reflects the ease of finding factual information online. Anecdotally, reference inquires have dropped in number but become more complex in nature. Faculty continue to express concern about their students’ ability to do substantive research, and to evaluate the authenticity of information. This concern may be one factor in large increase in the library’s instructional program. Beyond the numbers, FY 2011 accomplishments include finalizing a new strategic plan; incorporating the Wired Humanities Projects (previously part of the College of Arts and Sciences); a collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences and Architecture and Allied Arts to create the Oregon Folklife Network which is located in the Knight Library; growth in the number of grants we are managing ourselves or in collaboration with UO faculty; the completion of the new Math Library as part of the Fenton Hall renovation; collaborations with faculty to publish two online open access journals; completion of the Creative Musicians Workstations project; and participation in the Western Regional Storage Trust, or the WEST Archive - a Mellon-funded project with the University of California to collectively manage and archive print journals. Last year was further evidence that the research library is in the process of redefining its functions within the academy. While traditional collections remain very important to the mission of the university, the efficiencies gained from a digital environment have opened up new opportunities for the library to support the teaching, learning, and research enterprise.Item Open Access University of Oregon Libraries Annual Report, FY 2009-10(University of Oregon Libraries, 2010) University of Oregon. Libraries. Assessment Team; Slight-Gibney, Nancy; Willey, Laura L.; Munro, Karen; Fowler, David C.; Thompson, MichaelItem Open Access University of Oregon Libraries Annual Report, FY 2008-09(University of Oregon Libraries, 2010-01) University of Oregon. Libraries. Assessment Team; Slight-Gibney, Nancy; Willey, Laura L.; Coffman, Andrea; Thompson, Michael; Fowler, David C.This report is the third issue of a comprehensive annual report for the University of Oregon Libraries.Item Open Access Envisioning Oregon : Planning Toward Cooperative Collection Development In Oregon’s Historical Repositories(2009-08) Carey, Gabriele G.Oregon celebrated its sesquicentennial in February 2009. Oregon’s historical organizations have used this milestone to reflect on where they are and to plan for the future as part of the Envisioning Oregon project. The vision that guided Oregon’s development and growth is documented in collections of historical materials that fill many hundreds of local government offices, archives, libraries, historical societies, and museums throughout the state. The goal of Envisioning Oregon is to identify the tasks needed to establish collaboration and cooperative collecting so that the state’s historical materials remain safe and accessible into the future as a testament to the people and events that have shaped Oregon. This report details that effort and also seeks to provide guidelines for the development of collaborative and cooperative collecting activities by Oregon repositories. The report is divided into sections that: • analyze the context for historical records collecting in Oregon • discuss best practices for preparing collections for access • connecting collections to users • guide the development of collaboration and of cooperative collection plans in Oregon’s repositories. For the past 150 years, Oregon has benefited from people of vision who have worked to collect historical materials and establish repositories. In recent years, these repositories have begun to collaborate in formal and informal ways for the good of historical collections and researchers. Collaboration is now more important than ever, as Oregon’s repositories respond to decreasing resources coupled with growing volumes of records and researchers. Although a lack of resources is a familiar challenge for historical repositories, the extent of the current problem is unprecedented. A number of organizations, including the Oregon Historical Society, have had to reduce the size of their staffs and the hours they are open for research. For other repositories such as the Southern Oregon Historical Society, the situation is so dire that they are struggling to remain open at all. Envisioning Oregon sees collaboration between repositories and cooperative collection development as a strategy to help Oregon’s repositories support one another by sharing the responsibility of documenting and providing access to Oregon’s history. The plan for cooperative collection development and inter-repository collaboration describes the activities needed to implement and sustain collaborative collecting. Recommendations include the following: • Leadership - Identifying and securing ongoing program leadership and advocacy. • Connections - Connecting with repositories, local government records keepers, tribal governments, and under-represented communities. • Collection Analysis - Analyzing existing collections to identify strengths and weaknesses and deciding on future documentation needs. • Collection Development Policies - Assisting repositories to write/update and share collection development policies. • Training and Support - Communicating systematically with repositories and providing them with training and support them. • Uniform Description - Promoting access to records through basic arrangement, description, and publicizing of collections. • Networks and Shared Storage - Planning and implementing cooperative archives research networks and regional collection storage centers. If Oregon’s repositories implement cooperative collection development and ongoing collaboration, the result will be greater efficiency and mutual support between repositories large and small. Then repositories can begin to work together to meet their real goal – documenting Oregon’s history and making that history available to researchers. The challenges now facing Oregon’s repositories provide them with a unique incentive to collaborate so that Oregon’s citizens can continue to access their history and use it to tell their stories.Item Open Access University of Oregon Libraries Annual Report, FY 2007-08(University of Oregon Libraries, 2009-07) University of Oregon. Libraries. Assessment Team; Slight-Gibney, Nancy; Willey, Laura L.; Coffman, Andrea; Thompson, MichaelThis report is the second issue of a comprehensive annual report for the University of Oregon Libraries.Item Open Access University of Oregon Libraries Annual Report, FY 2006-07(University of Oregon, 2008-04) University of Oregon. Libraries. Assessment Team; Slight-Gibney, Nancy; Willey, Laura L.; Coffman, Andrea; Merriman, MattThis report is the inaugural issue of a comprehensive annual report for the University of Oregon Libraries.Item Open Access LibQUAL+ 2005 Survey -- University of Oregon Libraries(Association of Research Libraries, 2005) Association of Research Libraries; Texas A & M University; Cook, Colleen; Heath, Fred M., 1944-; Thompson, Bruce; Hoseth, Amy; Kyrillidou, Martha; Sousa, Jonathan D.; Webster, DuaneThis notebook contains information from the 2005 administration of the LibQUAL+(TM) protocol. The material is drawn from the analysis of responses from the University of Oregon Libraries collected in 2005.Item Restricted 2005 LibQUAL+ Survey Results(2006) Rea, Colin; University of Oregon. Libraries. Assessment TeamLibQUAL+ results were delivered to the UO Library in the form of a 100 page report. This website is intended to help distill this feedback and present an overview of salient points.