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Dear Colleagues:
We at Massachusetts College of Art are looking to begin a faculty
liaison program to encourage all academic departments to help us in
selecting library materials. As part of this program, we are reviewing
the system of budgetary allocation in collection development. We are
wondering how other art and design schools break down their acquisitions
budget to be distributed among the academic areas. If your school does
this, would you please let us know what formulae you use and what
factors you consider in making these decisions? Is it based on number
of students, faculty, graduate programs or some other criteria? How do
you handle cross-disciplinary materials? Do you include administrative
departments in the calculations?
Any insight you can give us will be greatly appreciated.
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