The column on the far right in the organization chart (http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/pio/Smathers_Libraries_Reorg_01242008.pdf) is entitled SUS Shared Storage Facility.
As most of you know, last September the Board of Governors (BOG) approved a shared use storage facility for the State University System (SUS). This project will transform the Smathers Libraries' medium-density Auxiliary Storage Facility (ALF) into an SUS high-density storage facility with a capacity of approximately 3 million volumes.
The new facility will be built adjacent to the current one. Smathers Libraries will operate and staff the facility on behalf of all the SUS Libraries, including the health and law libraries. The UF collections currently in ALF will be transferred to the new facility and additional materials will be transferred from other SUS libraries. Parts of the existing building will be renovated to house the storage processing unit that will receive and retrieve materials as well as a small reference/reading room. Space in the current building will also be renovated to allow us to expand our digital library and preservation and conservation services.
The project is scheduled to be submitted to the Legislature for funding in 2010-2011, but the Council of State University Libraries (CSUL) will be asking the BOG to submit it for funding in the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
A CSUL task force is already working to develop policies and procedures for the new facility. Once funding is approved, it will be come a major construction project as well.
Because this is an SUS facility, I believe that the manager will need to report to me at least from the point at which funding is approved by the Legislature. ALF is shown as subordinate to the SUS facility since it will become an integral part of it.
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I have a question.
In thinking about the collections and branches as relates to this reorganization, what is the difference between a collection and a branch?
I'm just trying to understand what makes the Virtual Business Library a branch rather than a collection - a REALLY well organized and awesome collection ;).
Thanks!
Hi Angela, I can offer my opinion. The Virtual Business Library is more a branch than a collection because it serves a very specific group of users/college. On the other hand, the departments under the special collections & area studies heading (Special Collections, Area Studies, Government Documents, Maps & GIS, University Archives) cut across disciplines and serve the entire university. Just my 2 cents :)
Thanks Carrie. That sounds like a good way to look at it.
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