Dear Colleagues, Our library is considering implementing percentage allocation formula for acquisition of library materials including audiovisual materials. Basically, what this approach advocates is that the library's materials budget should follow the university's budget allocation to each department. For example, if the university is spending 10% of its budget for the Science department, the library should expend 10% of its budget for acquisition of materials on science. I've voiced my objection to this approach since it does not take into consideration the nature of each discipline. My logic is that if the university is expending 10% of its budget for the mathematics department because it is one the most popular disciplines of the university, this does not mean that the mathematics department needs 10% of the audiovisual budget since it does not use AV materials as much as other disciplines. On the other hand, the university may have a very small department of art or music and spends only 1% of its budget for that discipline. But that department's need of audiovisual materials is much higher than 1% of the audiovisual budget of the library.
Does anyone has an experience in implementing this formula? Has it worked for you? I highly appreciate your input. Thanks. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas ________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance.
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