At the University of San Francisco we are in preliminary planning
stages for a new building. In working with the Library Committee,
faculty have raised questions that the law-lib list members may
be able to answer quickly. Sample questions are "is every law school
building a new library or building an addition?", and "do we really
need hundreds of law reviews--wouldn't 50 or 60 do just as well?"
We would appreciate responses to the following questions ASAP. Particularly
useful would be responses from comparably-sized (250,000 volumes and 647 FTE students) law schools. Please respond directly, and I will summarize for the
list.
1. Are you now planning, or have you built an addition or new
building within the past three years?
2. If so, how was it funded? (donations, bonding, etc.)
3. If you have space problems, and are not planning to build, what
are you planning to do?
[We have already aggressively weeded, used compact shelving, converted
to microform, relied on databases, etc., and are about to look at
off-site storage].
Thank you in advance for your responses.
Marian Shostrom
Public Services Librarian
University of San Francisco
shostrom@alm.admin.usfca.edu
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