University of Texas Libraries

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University of Texas Libraries

• Susan Ardis
• Head Science and Engineering Libraries Division

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Current Science and Technology Libraries

• Chemistry
• Engineering
• Geology
• Life Science
• Physics Mathematics Astronomy

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What if there were one science library instead of
five?
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Current Situation North End of Main Campus

• No public space
• No student union
• Limited food service
• Limited access to supplies etc.

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Primary User Population Faculty Students of

• College of Engineering
• College of Pharmacy
• Natural Sciences
• Astronomy
• School of Biological Science
• Chemistry Biochemistry
• Geology
• Human Ecology
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Pickle Research Campus

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Current User SciTech User Base

• Faculty
• Grad students
• Undergrads
• Non Teaching Research Faculty

• 736
• UT 2137
• 3093
• UT 11294
• 14,284
• UT 38,383
• 320

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Physical Environment SciTech Libraries

• Collection Size
• Square Footage
• Linear Feet of Shelving

• 613,069
• 82,301 sq feet
• UGL 55,757
• 88,335

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Current SciTech Usage

• Reference
• Instruction Sessions
• Circulation

• 76,076
• -UT Libraries 299,461
• 107
• -UT Libraries 992
• 201,924
• -UT Libraries 1,559,676

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Current Staffing

• PCL Public Services
• UGL
• SciTech Libraries

• FTE 70.746
• FTE 34.647
• FTE 34.202

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User Seats

• PCL
• UGL
• SciTech Libraries

• 2,881
• 1,166
• 946

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Research Dollars2003-2004

• Engineering
• Natural Sciences
• Pharmacy
• Campus Total

• 112M
• 99.6M
• 8M
• 380M

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Current Challenges

• Space
• Stacks 90 full
• Limited study spaces
• Limited Hours
• Little collaborative study space
• Not ADA compliant

• Staffing
• Small staffs
• Multiple duplicated service points

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Advantages or Disadvantages of 1 library for
Undergraduates

• Advantages
• Quality Study space
• Collaborative
• Individual
• Interdisciplinary topics together
• Evening/week end reference
• ADA Compliant
• Longer hours

• Disadvantages
• Remote from classes
• Less sense of belonging

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Advantages or Disadvantages of 1 library for Grad
Students and Faculty

• Advantages
• Interdisciplinary topics
• Evening/weekend reference
• Longer hours
• Collaborative student study space
• ADA compliant
• Free up space

• Disadvantages
• Less sense of place
• Librarians remote from faculty and depts. they
  serve
• Distance-accelerates obsolescence print
• Building Cost

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What wont change

• Money spent on specific subjects/collections
• Square foot/linear shelving needs to house
  current collections
• User populations

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Political Realm Today

• Neutral to Positive
• Engineering excluding Civil
• Biological Sciences
• Pharmacy
• Pickle Research Campus
• Physics
• Astronomy
• Younger faculty

• Negative
• Civil Engineering
• Mathematics
• Geology
• Chemistry
• Older faculty

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New Space Requirements

• Seating for 10 of users or 2000 seats
• 10 group studies
• 150 Study carrels
• House 1M volumes

• Public access computers-300
• Instruction classrooms
• Staff work space

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How big would a new SciTech Library be?

• Using FAC as an example
• Total 120,000 sq feet including basement and 4th
  floor
• UGL and Smf
• 77,000 sq feet
• UGL only
• 55, 000 sq feet

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