As many of you are aware, the UCSD Libraries are consolidating collections as we reduce the number of buildings and plan how we can best utilize the Geisel and Biomedical Library spaces.  To summarize: As a result of budget cuts and the consolidations that have accompanied them, the Libraries are transitioning from a discipline-based and decentralized structure to a comprehensive library in two locations that offers a suite of services across its facilities.  The Associate University Librarian for Collections has posted an update on the progress made and the proposed plans going forward:  http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/consolidation-qa.html

Of special note:

Q.  What about the Science & Engineering Library?  Where will those materials reside?
A.  Our current plans call for the physics and chemistry resources to be integrated in the Biomedical Library building, where they will complement the existing life sciences collections in that facility, sometime in 2013.  This includes the current periodicals and books. Those materials in engineering and mathematical sciences will continue to be housed in the Geisel Library building, where they will remain in close proximity to the Jacobs School of Engineering.  This decision is not final, however, and we encourage feedback from affected faculty to ensure that our decision about the location of the collections best meets the needs of the campus community. (Pre-2000 print journals will be stored offsite at the Annex. We will continue to scan articles on demand.)

Your feedback on this is critical. If you have questions, concerns or comments, you can contact your liaison librarian directly or use the form on the webpage. We’ll compile all feedback received between now and the end of the academic year, when the final decisions on the collection dispositions will be made.

• Teri Vogel: tmvogel@ucsd.edu
  Chemistry & Biochemistry, Materials Science, Chemical & Nanoengineering
• Deborah Kegel: dkegel@ucsd.edu
  Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science
• David Schmitt: dschmitt@ucsd.edu
  Bioengineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Structural Engineering

PLUS Information Services has been discontinued. Former PLUS customers should consult this list of commercial document delivery services: http://library.med.utah.edu/docsupp/

ASAP Information Services at UC Irvine provides articles and books from UC Irvine’s collections. UCLA’s article delivery service provides articles from items held at UCLA Libraries including SRLF. For loans of books from UC libraries, please use your local public or corporate library.

This summer, we are reducing S&E’s on-campus book and journal collection by moving selected materials offsite if they are: lesser-used, available online, or if enough copies are already held in the UC system. This project will also free up needed space as the Libraries reorganize and consolidate the collections in the Geisel building, including the ones being relocated here because of branch closures. 

As these items are moved, it will take a while for the information in the library catalogs (Roger and Melvyl) to be updated.

If you need S&E Annex books with a Roger or Melvyl status of unavailable, or S&E books with a Roger or Melvyl status of withdrawn:

• Request a copy from another library, using either Circuit (from another San Diego universities) or Melvyl (from another UC library). You’ll see links for both to the right on the page for that book’s catalog record.

If you need an article from a journal that should be on the shelf, but most or all of the volumes are gone:

• Use our interlibrary loan form to request the article(s) you need.

And if you have trouble finding the books or journals you need, please come to the S&E Service Desk or call [858] 534-3258 for assistance.

Comments and suggestions? Contact Mary Linn Bergstrom, Head, Science & Engineering Library: [858] 534-1214 or mlbergstrom@ucsd.edu.

Starting July 25, the ACMS computers in the Geisel Library will print to the Imprints IACCESS printing system that’s in use at other library computers as well as photocopiers.

We will not have ACMS printing in the libraries anymore. This includes the 1st floor “tunnel” lab as well as the Science & Engineering lab and InfoCommons area. The change to IACCESS printing in S&E will happen on August 1.

If you haven’t used IACCESS before, your UCSD photo ID card is your printing card. You can find out more about printing with this system at the Libraries’ Printing and Copying page

If you have money left in an ACMS printing account, you can still use it at other ACMS labs with printing. The closest ones are in the Price Center.
If you have any questions about printing in the libraries, please ask a library staff member or stop by the Imprints service window.

This month, the Libraries implemented a new system to allow UCSD students, faculty and staff to reserve study rooms up to 2 days in advance.

• Reserve Your Study Room
• Reservation Policies
• Study Room Equipment Listings

UCSD Associated Students and the Graduate Student Association are sponsoring an Open Forum about Library Changes on Tuesday April 19th from 6:30-8pm in the Price Center Theatre. All students are invited to participate in an open forum with the University Librarian and the Associate University Librarian for User Services to discuss the campus budget situation and its implications for the UCSD Libraries.

RCI offers UC San Diego researchers the computing, network, and human infrastructure needed to create, manage, and share data. Principal investigators are encouraged to use the campus’s RCI in addressing federal sponsors’ existing and new data management requirements. SDSC’s favorable pricing can help researchers justify costs associated with data generation and management—costs that are increasingly included in proposal budgets.
For more information visit the new RCI website
or contact Ardys Kozbial, UC San Diego Libraries, 2-6537 akozbial @ ucsd .edu

As most of you know, the Governor of California has recently proposed a $500 million cut to the University of California’s budget for the 2011-2012 Fiscal Year. To prepare for an anticipated $60 million cut, the campus has asked the Libraries to prepare for a $3 million budget cut, on top of the nearly $5 million in cuts the Libraries have absorbed to date.

The attached document describes the budget reductions suffered by the Libraries since 2008/09 and outlines the actions the Libraries will need to take to absorb an additional $3 million cut in 2011/12. This document has been shared with all campus Deans, Academic Affairs’ Department Chairs, the College Provosts, the Academic Senate leadership, the presidents of the Associated and the Graduate Student Association, and the Libraries staff in order to pave the way for the serious discussions we will need to have in order to downsize and rethink what we do and how we do it. The budget cut scenario outlined for 2011/12 includes further cuts to the collections budget and reducing the number of library buildings we staff and support from six to two.

I welcome your input on how we implement these changes over the next year, in order to focus on what will best serve our university community with significantly reduced resources.

Sincerely,

Brian E. C. Schottlaender
The Audrey Geisel University Librarian

The University of California Libraries are surveying UC faculty/academics, staff, and students about their preferences among print and e-books while doing academic work. This information is being gathered to assist the UC libraries in planning future purchases, programs and services. Your participation in this survey is both voluntary and invaluable.

Enter now from Monday, October 11, 2010 through Monday, October 25, 2010

The survey will at some points specifically ask about Springer e-books. It is not necessary for you to have used Springer e-books, or in fact any e-books, for your feedback to be valuable to us.
The survey can be accessed directly at: http://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/aaeg467ab

It shouldn’t take longer than 10 minutes and respondents who enter their name and email address will be entered into a drawing for one of five $50 gift certificates to the UCSD campus bookstore. Name and email addresses will not be used for any purpose beyond the drawing and will be destroyed after the drawing.

For more information, contact Deborah Kegel 534-1215

The Knovel University Challenge has begun!

• Use Knovel to answer engineering questions.
• Get at least 3 answers correct, and your entry will be placed in a random drawing on December 1 for
  • An iPad:
  • $500 US cash prize
  • One of eight $50 Amazon gift cards

One of our graduate students won a Nintendo Wii last year, so let’s see if we can go two in a row!