Hi Folks, at last week’s Library Council, Judy discussed the depressing financial climate of Florida (the state) and UF, now and in the near future. The Provost is requiring the library to devise and submit a proposed budget for a permanent 10% reduction for next FY. This proposed budget is to be sent to the Provost’s office by March 4.

Judy is asking the department chairs and division directors to review their own areas and submit a ‘tier’ of possible cuts – including the 10% but also other percentages from 2%  to 5%. We are to have our tiered budget proposals into the Library Admin Office by Feb. 6, which will give the administrators time to structure the proposals and identify the priorities across the libraries. This 10% reduction would affect all areas – operations, salaries, and materials.

Michele is asking the TS department chairs to discuss the situation with their depts. I’ve asked Chris to organize a dept. meeting soon. Please send Chris or me any issues or questions you’d like addressed at this meeting. Thanks, Steve

Michele has asked for comments and feedback on the new design of the UF Libraries’ Home Page. Here’s the message and link:

Please share the link below with your staff and send comments or suggestions to me by January 31.

http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/project-thursday/

Hi all,

Great news!

In response to our request for separate invoicing of print and online materials, EBSCO has recently created separate sub-accounts for UF libraries print, print+online, and online subscriptions.

The newly created suffixes are as follow:

02 – print+online subscriptions
03 – online only journals subscriptions

Of course, print subscriptions will continue to be on suffix 01 and all online packages on the 68 account.

According to EBSCO, these suffixes correspond to separate accounts and therefore “will automatically invoice separately”.

I am not sure when the new invoicing will take place, but I am optimistic that it will help us on tracking subscriptions and expenditures by material format.

Thanks, Raimonda

Schedule of Blackwell’s Visit to UF:

(Feb. 16-17 2009)

(Blackwell reps: Robin Champieux, John Laraway,

Carol Hausauer, and Sadie Williams)

Day One

9:00 – 11:00 a.m.            Meeting with Staff from Acquisitions

(Smathers Library East Conference Room)

— Agenda to include:  Discussion of CMv7; migration/training support; targeting transition schedule for Florida; incorporating E-Books into the forms plan and ordering system; evaluation of Blackwell services to date and any improvements/issues we need to address; discussion of UF library goals and plans over the next year the role Blackwell can and should play.

11:00 a.m.                       Meeting with John Ingram & Michele Crump

- 12:00 p.m.                    (Library Administration Conference Room)

— Agenda to include: discussion of major publisher-hosted electronic content, specifically Elsevier and Springer (including pricing models for SUS/library collaborations); E-Books via Echo and possible SUS implications; discussion of UF library goals and plans over the next year the role Blackwell can and should play.

Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.              CM v. 7 Demo to Selectors & Staff

(Smathers Library East Conference Room 1A)

3:00 – 4:30 p.m.              Meeting with Circle Managers & Staff from Acquisitions

(Smathers Library East Conference Room 1A)

Day Two

9:00 – 11:00 a.m.           Meetings with individual selectors and circle groups

(Smathers Library East Conference Room)

Lunch

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.              Meetings with individual selectors and circle groups

(Smathers Library East Conference Room)

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.              Wrap-up with Staff from Acquisitions