In the new State budgetary climate, it is crucial for the Libraries to identify and secure new sources of funding to meet the challenges of rising costs, new technologies and information formats, additional staffing requirements, equipment replacement, and aging facilities. A rapidly transforming institution demands flexible, confident employees who can cope with the ambiguity of shifting standards and cascading technologies. Near Future Budget and Staffing Implications Building quality library collections will continue to cost the University more each year. Developing collections requires a consistent institutional commitment. The cost of necessary scholarly resources continue to rise, and the trend is unlikely to change for the foreseeable future.
Electronic information is an additive, no t a substitutional cost.
The Libraries are understaffed according to ARL statistics. We also need a long-overdue augmentation of our temporary services base if we are to provide technology assistance and staff our planned 24 hour areas.