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New Service Models Final Report

Final Report and Recommendations of the Budget Group Plus

April 21, 2008

Detailed Table of Contents

• Message from the Provost
• Statement on Library Services
• New Service Models Report Home Page
• Introduction

• Proposals Approved for Implementation

  • Retrospective Reference Collection
  • Digital Content Creation, Reformatting, Preservation, and Access
  • Combine CPLA & ACES
  • Establish a "Scholarly Commons"
  • Open and Improve Main Library Book Stacks

• Recommendations for Strategic Initiatives

  • Support E-Science and E-Scholarship
  • Establish a Scholarly Communications Unit/Program
  • Establish New Approaches to Multi-Disciplinary Fields
  • Establish a Library-Wide Program of Assessment

• Recommendations for Service Program Changes for Ongoing Planning

  • Consolidate Acquisition & Cataloging of Library Materials
  • Centralize Responsibility for Main Library Access Services
  • Centralize Curatorial Control of Rare Book and Special Collections Material

• Recommendations for Service Program Changes to be Implemented in the Next 1 to 3 Years

  • Integrate Gov Docs Service Programs into Broader Service Programs
  • Create a "Media & Information Studies Library" to be located in 122 Gregory Hall
  • Re-locate the Classics Library to 306 Library
  • Create a “Western Languages and Literatures Library” to be located in 225 Library
  • Create an “Area and International Studies Library” to be located in 321/325 Library
  • Re-locate the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections to 324 Library
  • Create an “Earth and Life Sciences Library” in 101 Burrill Hall

• Recommendations for Changes to the Organization and the University Library

  • Include Library Staff Representatives on Appropriate Library Committees
  • Review and Re-Align the Divisional Structure
  • Review and Re-Align Decision-Making Structures
• Appendix 1: List of Library Facilities and Spaces Referenced in this Report
• Appendix 2: Interim Report Proposals: Summary of Discussion and Decision-Making Process

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Last modified by: Aaron Fleisher on 9/11/08