To achieve this ubiquitous access, resources will be shifted from print formats to electronic formats. Use data, now available from the circulation system, will be considered in reducing the scope of new books that are acquired. Subscriptions for print journals that are available electronically will be phased out, along with low use paper and micro backfiles. The staff resources that are necessary to support distributed access will be shifted from acquiring, processing and managing a physical collection. A Library is more than information.
Many students require intervention as they do their research.
Currently, that intervention happens almost exclusively within the walls of the Library, at the reference desk or in liaison librarians offices. Time and effort to create an electronic intervention system will be diverted from current instructional activities and forms of research support that do not have significant demonstrated effectiveness and value for students and faculty. The need for program assessment is pervasive throughout the plan. Methods to assess value and effectiveness of instruction and research support will take precedence. Basic information competencies that are needed by all students are the focus of general instruction for new students.