August 8 was our cutover date for the unveiling of the new ExLibris catalog interface known as PRIMO. More than two-thirds of all state colleges in Florida (22 of 28) are now providing the Primo software-based version of LINCCWeb to their students. The UCL librarians did extensive testing of the search results before recommend-ing the cutover. The change took place durrecommend-ing the extended break between the end of summer and start of the fall 2012 term.
PRIMO goes prime time
New and improving . . .
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ucl.broward.eduAnnual Report 2011-12
Coffee Shop is still in the works as we await the opening of a Dunkin Do-nuts in the remodeled southwest corner of the first floor.
The doors to the FPL room on the exterior of the build-ing were replaced since
the old ones were deterio-rating from water damage. The bid was awarded for
the refurbishment of the elevator in LRC. Work to start in January 2013. The former microform room (160) has been
re-purposed as a quiet study area with the addition of some wet tables and dis-play cases for some of the museum collections. New “printer on” - provided
wireless printing for direct printing from student lap-tops
a joint-use facility for Florida Atlantic
University and Broward College
. . . I am reminded of a phrase on a poster I saw many years ago “We are living in a world of permanent change.” The irony of the oxymoron struck me at the time, but the reality of the sentiment resonates in me now.
Changes in libraries continue at breakneck speed. Our mission to provide access to information remains the same; how we do it changes. This year we enhanced our selection workflow so that our librarian selectors can do more electroni-cally, eliminating paperwork. As e-book options improve, we evaluate and opt for e-versions – for example, most of our reference titles are now ordered in “e”. We expanded our leisure collections to include DVD and audiobook titles – to rave reviews! We added a new scanner with state of the art touch interface. We virtualized in-house support applications for statistics, time clock, calendars, and “deep freeze”. We hired an adjunct librarian to work with online and internation-al students in their virtuinternation-al environments.
As a joint-use venture, we continue to adapt systems and access so that all students and faculty from the College and the University benefit from the vast resources and student-centered services we provide. — Jackie
Susan piloted the DSpace Video Repository – a collec-tion of historic Broward Col-lege videos created by the college Publicity Department. The project was a collabora-tion between several U/C Library departments, includ-Palm Beach State Librarian
Susan K. Setterlund was a volunteer in U/C Library Ar-chives & Special Collection during summer 2012 to fulfill her requirement for the Uni-versity of Arizona Library Sci-ence Capstone project.
ing Archives & Special Collec-tions, Library Automation, and Technical Services. This pro-ject served as a pilot for the
Institutional Repository to collect, preserve and make accessible the historic elec-tronic output of the college.
As I come to work each day . . .
DSpace Video Repository
Archives
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Annual Report 2011-12
. . . lessons in American
history to be learned
from what happened
right here in Broward
County . . . a great
opportunity to
demonstrate to students
the value of archives,
and that not everything
can be found online.
Our 4nd Annual Literary Feast hosted
by the University/College Library was held in the new Visual Arts Building on the Central/Davie Campus on November 1, 2012.
The purpose of the event continues to be to provide an awareness of the talent and creativity of the profes-sors who teach at BC and FAU as well as to provide an opportunity for
students to interact and engage with professors as scholars out-side of the classroom.
Professors who participate are available in an informal setting to answer questions from students, staff, and faculty about their work. Every year this event grows: the 3rd annual drew 20 participants and 273 attendees
.
Simone Williams, Adjunct librarian
Patrick Nunez Rauber, Faculty librarian
Celia Roberts, LRC Tutoring Lab Manager Yogesh Paghdar, LRC Evening Supervisor
Johnathan Faubert, LRC ESL Lab Manager
Literary Feast
Welcome New Staff
Information Literacy
dents, staff and faculty who wish to learn the basics of APA Style.
Embedded Librarian: an Ethno botany class assignment gives the librarian the opportunity to foster critical thinking skills about the materials the students are required to use for their sources. RN to BSN Nursing: two 1-hour ses-sions a day with each cohort. The
first hour focuses on research; the se-cond covers APA style. English
-language learners: English language learners familiarize themselves with the library during at least two sessions for an introduction to the concept of aca-demic library in the United States and then for hands-on practice to search and find library resources
.
Faculty Librarians have developed several unique information literacy sessions:
SPN 1120 & 1121: unique because it is taught entirely in Spanish. Spanish resources such
as WorldBook Hispanica, Mango and Informe Revistas are presented.
APA Boot Camp: the Basics (1-3 times a semester): open to all
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Expenditures
(141301) 2011-2012
University / College Library
Committees at work
Library Materials
Books (print and e-book) $ 327,938
Serials (including databases) $ 128,102
Audio/visual $ 12,862
Total library materials $ 513,902
Salaries and Wages
Administrative $ 215,522
Faculty Librarians $ 650,026
Professional / Technical Staff $ 551,343
Student Assistants (including CWS funds) $ 71,199
Total salaries and wages $1,488,090
Fringe Benefits $ 520,137
Other Operating Expenditures $ 80,366
Total Library Expenditures $2,602,495
** Non 141301 Expenditures
Staff Development $ 9,095
Faculty librarians and UCL administrators continue to participate in governance and profes-sional committees on campus as well as in other profesprofes-sional arenas.
Broward College Curriculum Committee
BC Instructional Technology Planning Committee IT Strategic Planning Advisory Group
CCLA Information Resources Committee
CCLA Cooperation and Development Standing Committee SEFLIN Teaching Assistants
Broward Sustainability Committee SEFLIN Technology Discussion Group Campus President’s Advisory Committee SEFLIN Cataloging Discussion Group SACS Learning Resources SubCommittee SEFLIN Reference Services Committee Broward College Faculty Senate
Our mission: The University/College Library and Learning Resources will collect, preserve, and provide access to information resources which support the instructional, research, public service programs and missions of the College and University served.
University/College Library
Collection Statistics As of June 30, 2012
Items Volumes Titles Items Volumes Titles
Books Videos BC 210,875 178,873 BC 3,174 2,144 BC E-books
8,506
8,506
BC w/d 493 258 BC w/d 11,823 10,337 BC total 2,681 1,886 BC total 207,558 177,042 FAU 1,244 866 FAU 70,351 64,186 FAU w/d 130 39FAU E-books 126 126 FAU total 1,114 827
FAU w/d 3,738 3,656 FIU 62 61
FAU total 66,739 60,656 FIU w/d 62 61
FIU 2,916 2,807 FIU total 0 0
FIU w/d 1,108 1,085 Total 3,795 2,713 FIU total 1,808 1,722 Total 276,105 239,420 Microtexts Microfilm Discs BC 13,942 BC 3,462 1,159 BC w/d 12,670 BC w/d 2,671 571 BC total 1,272 BC total 791 588 FAU 199 FAU 308 115 FAU w/d 0
FAU w/d 201 18 FAU total 199
FAU total 107 97 Total 1,471
FIU 0 0
FIU w/d 0 0 Microfiche
FIU total 0 0 BC 217,432 27,179
Total 898 685 BC w/d 217,432 27,179
BC total 0 0
Internet Sites FAU 532,863 66,608
BC 75 FAU w/d 532,863 66,608
BC w/d 5 FAU total 0 0
BC total 70 Total 0 0
FAU 2
FAU w/d 0
FAU total 2 Serials
Total 72 BC 189 BC w/d 32 BC total 157 FAU 65 FAU w/d 27 FAU total 38 Total 195 w/d = withdrawn Grand Total 0 282,269 243,085 8/10/2012
University/College Library Annual Statistics Circulation Transactions 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Books 24,849 23,798 24,903 25,055 25,609 23,502 ebooks 22,465 Reserves 11,023 15,495 6,945 12,952 12,858 11,858 LRC 11,492 14,127 32,435 38,399 38,338 34,328 In-house* 75,702 38,872 26,832 25,330 23,356 19,618 Renewals 3,466 3,113 4,115 5,037 5,946 6,032 Total 126,532 95,405 95,230 106,773 106,107 117,803 Gate Count 1,002,351 1,002,761 770,472* 1,082,493 1,123,388 1,027,362
*Gate malfunctioned throughout year - repairs from 10/23/08-11/21/08
Information Literary Sessions
Classes/Tours 421 389 333 353 391 351 Students 9,033 8,478 6,423 7131 7613 7,000 InterLibrary Loan Lending Transactions 3,014 2,653 2,613 2,751 2,022 2,384 Borrowing Transactions 808 536 413 377 346 464 Libguides 112,090 117,090 Reference Transactions 27,298 28,315 26,972 28,590 25,350 20,951
Study Room Use 12,701 13,121 14,406 12,638 12,962 12,434
Website 10,878,066 15,090,521 17,962,014 19,366,758 19,008,009 *1,197,558
*The U/C Library now uses Google Analytics to collect website usage statistics. The unit of measure reported is “Page Views”. This is a more accurate representation of actual usage than the previous methodology which counted a “hit” for every component of a web page that got loaded.
