Personnel

The library hired Robyn Andrews to be the daytime circulation supervisor and Caroline Mills, as the Access Services and Information Fluency Librarian. Elizabeth McSherry assumed the University Collections Manager position.

During this time, Derek Stewart, the Document Delivery Assistant and Melissa Bateman the University Collections Manager, left the library.

Policies regarding rank, evaluation and promotion of library faculty were submitted and approved by the Faculty.

Facilities

The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the library LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficient Design) certification at the gold level.

Planning for the construction of the Science Library continued. The Science journal titles found in JSTOR were weeded.

Services

The reference department and the Music library launched blogs and created a presence in Facebook and Second Life.

The configuration of the printers was shifted in order to provide patrons with better service and perhaps cut down on the number of printouts left unclaimed.

Pascal Delivers, a rapid delivery service for books, was implemented allowing library patrons to borrow items from other South Carolina academic libraries. This program provides access to over 10 million volumes.

ILLiad, a resource sharing management software, was implemented allowing for much more efficient inter-library loan operations and desktop delivery of articles requested through inter-library loan.

The DigiCenter has amassed a collection of over 20,000 digital images and is pursuing a pilot project in collaboration with three instructors to create a novel digital collection on New Orleans. Go to: http://digicenter.furman.edu/

Resources

Over $1.58 million was spent on library materials.

A Greek bible valued at $20,000 was donated by Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schwartz.

Due to draconian cuts to the PASCAL (Partnership Among South Carolina Libraries) budget, the LexisNexis and Access Science databases were cancelled. The library was able to purchase WestLaw in lieu of LexisNexis and AccessScience through a collaboration with other libraries.

Programs

Special Collections organized two major exhibits:

“Local Color” an exhibit of local professional artists, provided in partnership with Trillium (formerly known as TRAM).

“Traditions Lost and Found,” was a photographic exploration of Furman traditions. It had a companion online exhibition in the form of a blog , which allowed the viewers to post comments, adding an interactive component.

Special Collections sponsored two receptions: one celebrating the donation of the Greek bible; another celebrating the creation of the South Carolina Poetry Archives.

Progress Toward Achieving Strategic Goals

Pascal Delivers has been implemented

ILLiad has been implemented

Preparations for the relocation of Science Library resources have taken place and opening is scheduled for the first half of September.

Policies for the DigiCenter have been created and its collection of digital images has grown substantially.

The DigiCenter has moved out of the Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning, and is now housed in room 013 in the library.

The Music print journal collection duplicated in JSTOR was weeded to make room for additional collection growth in the Music Library

The library staff and faculty participated in a communications workshop led by Dr. Elaine Nocks and Dr. Ann Quattlebaum.

The library’s organizational structure was studied.

New Initiatives for 2008-2009

Undertake a study of a new funding model.

Deploy new computers, scanner, barcode readers and printer to Science Library.

Create web pages for each of the five divisions of Special Collections and Archives.

Design an xhtml template for manuscript holdings.

Promote the Special Collections through novel and interesting exhibitions.

Digitize Special Collections materials to protect originals from constant handling.

Organize and supervise the weeding of the bound journal collection in the Science Library.

Technical Services will conduct a feasibility study of outsourcing cataloging and

processing of books.

Shift the Bound Journal collection in the Duke Library to fill in space left by the

JSTOR weeding project.

Continue to customize the ERM interface and populate with data.

Investigate services for acquiring MARC records for electronic resources to load into the library’s online catalog.

Gather input from library faculty, and make decisions about adding print subscriptions to the SFX KnowledgeBase. Implement the decisions made by the group.

Complete weeding of the Reference collection including indexes

Weed and move the music LP collection.

Identify areas in music general collection that could be weeded, and carry out with faculty input.

Improve space in Music Library for students to study (budget request submitted).

Increase outreach to non-music departments.

Continue to provide the necessary support and leadership for the implementation of strategic goals including the design of a new web site.

Foster the functioning and growth of the DigiCenter.

Strengthen the library liaison program through education programs, including liaisons in departmental meetings and special gatherings, and frequent individual meetings with the Collection Development Librarian. Add a new concentration, poverty Studies, to the budget and help integrate the new faculty representative and the new liaison into the program.

Shift the Main Library general collection.

Install and use the Walker Wireless Gate Count system in each library to collect detailed use data for decision-making.