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CITATIONS
The Newsletter of the New Mexico State University Library
Averting a Library Budget Crisis
by Charles T. Townley, Dean, University Library.
ctownley@lib.nmsll.edu
With help from the University administration the University Library has
been able to keep library acquisitions at 91 perc~nt of 1996-97 levels.
Also with the help of University administration, 'we have been able to
restore some hours during the spring semester, JHowever without
additional funding, the NMSU Library will reduce purchases of library
materials by 25 percent and operations by 12 percent in the 1998-1999
academic year. This reduction will further exacerbate the crisis in the
library funding which has evolved over the last 25 years. The crisis is
being actively addressed by the students, the faculty, the library, and the
university administration. The purpose of this article is to layout the
background to the crisis, explain what is being dQne, and to make
suggestions for additional action. !
What can you do to hell) address the Library's budget needs?
I. Let your department head. dean, faculty senator. and student leader,
know how you use the Library and how important it is for your work.
2. Support the bond issue in the November election.
3. Work with your leaders to resolve needs for permanent funding of
library resources and services.
4. Consider giving the library part of the research overhead.
5. Write library materials and services into your research grants.
6. Emphasize library giving in all fund-raising ofthe University.
7. Partner with the library to improve teaching and learning through
more effective use of scholarly information.
The NMSU Library budget has been chronically under-funded for many
years. But we have made progress since 1990 when per capita
expenditures were at the bottom of the Commission on Higher Education's
17 member peer group of comparable regional universities. In 1996, the
library spent $43 8 per FTE student, compared with a median expenditure
of $502 for the peer group and $771 for the University of New Mexico.
In 1996, we ranked 13th among the peers with 87 percent of median
funding. By way of comparison, 1996 faculty salaries were 91 percent
of average salaries in the peer group.
One important area of under funding is personnel. Between 1976 and
1996, library FTE grew 12 percent. During the same period, student FTE
grew by 23 percent and faculty FTE by 56 percent. All new library
positions were added in 1992 to staff a 50 percent increase in library
continued on page 4
Vo!' 13, No. 1 January 1998
Hispanic American Periodicals
Index on the Web
Anne Moore, annmoore@lib.nmsu.edu
Molly Molloy, mmoUoy@lib.nmsu.edu
Joint funding from the Center for Latin
American Studies and NMSU Library
brings the Hispanic American Periodicals
Index (HAPI) to the pool of electronic
resources available to NMSU students,
faculty and staff. HAPI is a bibliographic
index (citations only, not full-text) to information
about Central and South America,
Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United
States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics
in the United States. HAPI indexes
articles, book reviews, documents, original
literary works, and other materials appearing
in more than 400 scholarly social science
and humanities journals published
throughout the world from 1970 to the
present. It contains approximately 210,000
citations, and 8,000 new references are
added each year. It is most useful for
research in literature, history, social sciences,
business, and economics. On-campus
access to HAPI is provided from the
NMSU Library Cafe OLE Web page at:
http://li b. n msu. edu: 80lcafeole/
index.html. Contact Molly Molloy (646-
6931) or either reference desk.
Contents
Library Begins Work On NEH Project. ........ 2
Library Debuts Electronic Reserves ............... 2
More Cancellations For Library Serials? ...... 2
Agriculture Librarian in France ...................... 3
Grants Officer Appointed ................................ 4
NMSU Library Music Collections On Web .. 4
Cataloging Rio Grande Historical Collections5
Tax Service Available on Web ....................... 5
Doing Research on the Web ............................ 6
STAFF NEWS .................................................... 7
Muchas Gracias Award For Library Staff ...... 7
Mexico Small Grant Awarded .......................... 7
Dr. Stuart Munson-McGee ............................... 8
Object Description
| Title | Citations: The Newsletter of the New Mexico State University Library |
| Volume/Number | Volume 13, No. 1 |
| Subject | Library publications; New Mexico State University. Library |
| Table of Contents | Averting a library budget crisis; Hispanic American Periodicals Index on the web; Library begins work on NEH project; Library debuts electronic reserves; More cancellations for Library serials; Agriculture librarian in France; Grants Officer appointed; NMSU Library music collections on web; Cataloging Rio Grande Historical Collections; Tax service available on web; Doing research on the web; Staff news; Muchas Gracias Award for Library staff; Mexico Small Grant awarded; Dr. Stuart Munson-McGee |
| Creator | Townley, Charles T.; Molloy, Molly; Moore, Anne; George, Karen; deMeule, Marah; Gregory, Gwen; Ortiz, Sylvia; Beck, Susan E.; Smith, Jeanette C.; |
| Contributor | McKimmie, Tim; Gregory, Gwen |
| Issue Date | January 1998 |
| Date | 1998-01 |
| Publisher | New Mexico State University Library |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Collection | New Mexico State University Library Newsletters |
| Identifier | URLN_199801 |
| Source | http://lib.nmsu.edu/aboutlib/newsletter/jan98.pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
Page Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Collection | New Mexico State University Library Newsletters |
| OCR | CITATIONS The Newsletter of the New Mexico State University Library Averting a Library Budget Crisis by Charles T. Townley, Dean, University Library. ctownley@lib.nmsll.edu With help from the University administration the University Library has been able to keep library acquisitions at 91 perc~nt of 1996-97 levels. Also with the help of University administration, 'we have been able to restore some hours during the spring semester, JHowever without additional funding, the NMSU Library will reduce purchases of library materials by 25 percent and operations by 12 percent in the 1998-1999 academic year. This reduction will further exacerbate the crisis in the library funding which has evolved over the last 25 years. The crisis is being actively addressed by the students, the faculty, the library, and the university administration. The purpose of this article is to layout the background to the crisis, explain what is being dQne, and to make suggestions for additional action. ! What can you do to hell) address the Library's budget needs? I. Let your department head. dean, faculty senator. and student leader, know how you use the Library and how important it is for your work. 2. Support the bond issue in the November election. 3. Work with your leaders to resolve needs for permanent funding of library resources and services. 4. Consider giving the library part of the research overhead. 5. Write library materials and services into your research grants. 6. Emphasize library giving in all fund-raising ofthe University. 7. Partner with the library to improve teaching and learning through more effective use of scholarly information. The NMSU Library budget has been chronically under-funded for many years. But we have made progress since 1990 when per capita expenditures were at the bottom of the Commission on Higher Education's 17 member peer group of comparable regional universities. In 1996, the library spent $43 8 per FTE student, compared with a median expenditure of $502 for the peer group and $771 for the University of New Mexico. In 1996, we ranked 13th among the peers with 87 percent of median funding. By way of comparison, 1996 faculty salaries were 91 percent of average salaries in the peer group. One important area of under funding is personnel. Between 1976 and 1996, library FTE grew 12 percent. During the same period, student FTE grew by 23 percent and faculty FTE by 56 percent. All new library positions were added in 1992 to staff a 50 percent increase in library continued on page 4 Vo!' 13, No. 1 January 1998 Hispanic American Periodicals Index on the Web Anne Moore, annmoore@lib.nmsu.edu Molly Molloy, mmoUoy@lib.nmsu.edu Joint funding from the Center for Latin American Studies and NMSU Library brings the Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) to the pool of electronic resources available to NMSU students, faculty and staff. HAPI is a bibliographic index (citations only, not full-text) to information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. HAPI indexes articles, book reviews, documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 400 scholarly social science and humanities journals published throughout the world from 1970 to the present. It contains approximately 210,000 citations, and 8,000 new references are added each year. It is most useful for research in literature, history, social sciences, business, and economics. On-campus access to HAPI is provided from the NMSU Library Cafe OLE Web page at: http://li b. n msu. edu: 80lcafeole/ index.html. Contact Molly Molloy (646- 6931) or either reference desk. Contents Library Begins Work On NEH Project. ........ 2 Library Debuts Electronic Reserves ............... 2 More Cancellations For Library Serials? ...... 2 Agriculture Librarian in France ...................... 3 Grants Officer Appointed ................................ 4 NMSU Library Music Collections On Web .. 4 Cataloging Rio Grande Historical Collections5 Tax Service Available on Web ....................... 5 Doing Research on the Web ............................ 6 STAFF NEWS .................................................... 7 Muchas Gracias Award For Library Staff ...... 7 Mexico Small Grant Awarded .......................... 7 Dr. Stuart Munson-McGee ............................... 8 |
