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LIBRARY COLLECTION BUDGET ALLOCATION TASK GROUP

APPENDIX A

LIBRARY COLLECTION BUDGET ALLOCATION TASK GROUP

Membership

 
University Librarian Pro Tem (Chair)    Lynn Copeland
Head, Collections Management            Todd Mundle
SLC representatives from each Faculty:
  • Applied Science                       Pat Howard
  • Arts                                         Richard Schwindt
  • Business                                  Gary Mauser
  • Education                                Tom O'Shea
  • Science                                    Dipankar Sen
  • SLC graduate student representative    Laila Singh

 Terms of Reference

 
1. Review alternative methods of assessing the subject allocations of the Library's collection budget and recommend a preferred method.
2. Identify a process for reallocating the collection budget that:
·addresses anomalies without jeopardizing necessary support provided throughthe current allocation;
·provides a means for ensuring support for new research interests;

·provides the flexibility to allow the Library to respond to new opportunities as they arise;

·includes alternative methods for provision of important resources which do not form part of the Library's collection;

·includes a procedure for ongoing review of the allocation.

3. Consult widely with the SFU community.

4. Report to the Senate Library Committee by June 30, 2000.

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