U.S. Navy Report

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U.S. Navy Report

• December 6, 2007

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Council of the CNL

• Created by the CNL Charter as specified in the
  2005 SecNav Instruction
• Composed of
• Six standing members (Academic, Historical,
  Medical, SciTech, Research, and General Library
  representatives)
• Four at large members

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Top Navy Issues

• Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) effect
• ILS client software deemed legacy
• Cant access IP-based licensed content
• National Security Personnel System (NSPS)
  transition
• Advanced Payments/FEDLINK problems

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Academic Libraries
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Nimitz Library _at_U.S. Naval Academy

• Library Expansion Modernization Scheduled
• Short-Term Renovation Project
• Regional Studies/Critical Languages Buildup
• New International Studies Librarian Position
• Long-time Associate Director John Cummings
  Retired succeeded by Patti Patterson
• Added 600,000th Volume in October 2007

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Naval War College

• Launched Information Literacy Awareness
• Reader Services Staff Honored
• John N. Brown Counterterrorism Collection
• Planning to Reconfigure Space in Foyer
• Writing NSPS Objectives
• Nine Displays Created
• Struggling with Cyber Security Mandates
• PBS program WAVES in World War II
• Fully Staffed

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Dudley Knox Library _at_ Naval Postgraduate School

• MLW 2008 Military Library 2.0 _at_ Monterey
• 10 Budget Cut
• Remodeling Contract
• Searchable Database of NPS Classified Theses
• Embedded a Reference Librarian in Graduate School
  of Business Public Policy
• NPS Alumni Portal

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Historical Libraries
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Navy Department Library

• Active web site expansion development
• Absorbed JAG Library collection
• Expansion of ancient naval history
• Migrating to compact shelving
• Collaborating with Ancestry.com

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Medical Libraries
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National Naval Medical Center

• Library icon installed on every desktop
• Librarys intranet web page improved
• Desktop access to 1,500 online journals
• Added e-PDR
• WR-NNMC Integration stalled
• New compact shelving (Journals 1941-64)

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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

• Migrated to QuestionPoint-based DDLRS
• Collections expanded (Web of Science back to
  1985, e-Books audiobooks)
• Collaborated widely
• Celebrated 5 years
• and Safety award!

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Naval Medical Center San Diego

• Implemented Athens for remote authentication
• Redesigned Library Portal for General Medical
  Library
• Migrated ILS from EOS to Voyager
• Added e-Books, PlayAways, and DVDs
• Added Library marketing materials to
• Patient Packets throughout hospital

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SciTech Libraries
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Naval Air Warfare CenterAircraft Division,
Patuxent River

• Completed MEO
• Integrating Human Systems Resource Center
  materials
• Working towards NAVAIR Scientific and Technical
  Library
• Received approval for Classified net access
• Working to have ILS approved for legacy net

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Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China
Lake

• Purchased extensive WoS back files for all CNL
  participants
• New Classified catalog and scanning reports
• Popular Storytelling Programs
• Staff built up to 13 members again
• Proxy server is working well
• NMCI has still not approved our ILS

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Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology
Division, Indian Head

• Command realignment GS employees converted to
  Lab Demo project
• 100 turnover of contractor/GS staff this year
  overall staff reduced 20
• 10 budget cut reduced book/periodicals
  subscription budget
• Collection digitization project receiving serious
  consideration

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Naval Health Research Center (NHRC)

• Wilkins Biomedical Library at NHRC is now the
  main library for the Naval Submarine Medical
  Research Laboratory (NSMRL)
• Expanded Library Catalog to include both sites
• Migrated computer services from SPAWAR to NMC-SD
• New mailing address

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Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

• Increasing library marketing
• Included in Tours/Tech Briefs
• Hiring in 2008
• NMCI Proxy Servers

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Naval Surface Warfare Center

• Indian Head
• 84 usage increase from last years flood mold
• Struggling with access to content
• Migrating ILS to EOS.Web
• Becky Jenkins new Director
• Panama City
• Working on ILS migration under NMCI

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SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego

• Lean Six Sigma on Classified inventory possibly
  expanding to all library services
• MEO completed in 2007
• Migrated ILS from Horizon to Sirsi
• SPAWAR targeting library space
• Carving out space for classroom in library for
  SAP training

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U.S. Naval Observatory

• Hosted a number of rare book events
• ALA MAGERT tour during Conference
• Washington Science Librarians meeting
• Continue to excel with obscure ILL
• FY08 budget cut 20

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Research Lab Libraries
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Ruth Hooker Library _at_ Naval Research Laboratory

• Celebrated 80th anniversary of library
• Hiring to fill 6 staff vacancies
• NRL Online Bibliography 60k records
• Configuring MetaLib federated search
• TORPEDO Ultra 8.5M articles
• Digitized NSMRL, MRS, and Navy Forecaster
  Handbooks
• Compact shelving of reports

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General Libraries
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Navy General Libraries

• Received GWOT funding
• General libraries continue to close
• AF-Navy Joint Workshop (6/11-14)
• Navy Professional Reading Program
• Provided over 170k paperbacks to fleet
• NKO resources doubled in two years

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Marine Corps Libraries

• Library of the Marine Corps
• General Libraries