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Muddle Through or Start from Scratch: Can Economic Crisis Create Deep Change in Research Libraries? The Fiesole Collection Development Retreat Series University Libraries of K. U. of Leuven Leuven, Belgium April 8-10, 2010 Charles B. Lowry, Ph.D. Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries ARL www.arl.org
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Muddle Through or Start from Scratch?
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2009 – 2010 FY Budget 2008-2009 Budget <5% decrease 5%-10% decrease >10% decrease FlatIncrease One-Year Response* <5% decrease N=48 1874559 5-10% decrease N=17 191-15 >10% decrease N=2 -2---- No cuts N=42 14325135 Total N=109 332171019 *19 institutions responded to only one of the two surveys Comparison of Budget Impact FY 2008-2009 and FY 2009-2010. Total Responses = 109
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North American Research Libraries in Fiscal Crisis Increases 21% Flat 11% Reductions 68% N=10 N=62 N=19 Has your library budget income remained flat, had reductions or increases in FY 2009-10? Total Responses = 91
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North American Research Libraries in Fiscal Crisis 2009-2010 Budget Change N Range Minimum Range Maximum MeanMedian Decrease 57-0.01%-22.00%-5.00%-4.49% Increase 17+0.45%+6.90%+3.00%+2.59% If your BUDGET experienced a reduction or increase, enter the % net change.
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Muddle Through or Start from Scratch? Increases 15% Flat 22% Reductions 63% N=20 N=57 N=14 Has your library endowment income remained flat or had reductions/increases in FY 2009-10? Total Responses = 91
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North American Research Libraries in Fiscal Crisis Categories 2008-2009 N=49 2009-2010 N=59 Future N=72 N%N%N% Staffing and/or Operations 3163%3559%3244% Staffing, Operations and/or Acquisitions 1837%2441%4056% Reduction Impact on Budget Categories
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Muddle Through or Start from Scratch? 11% 38% 51% What is your expectation for future reductions this fiscal year? Total Responses = 90 Planning for further reductions. Have been told there may be more reductions but do not know the magnitude at this time. Do not expect further reductions at this time.
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Muddle Through or Start from Scratch? Transformational Times/Global Context– Incremental or Fundamental Change? Regional Consortia Bi-Lateral Projects ARL as a Convener
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Muddle Through or Start from Scratch? Eliminating/Reducing Investment in Routine to Undertake New Work Collection Development Public Services Technical Services
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Muddle Through or Start from Scratch? Redefining Large-Scale Strategies for Delivering Information Who’s collection is it anyway? New Models of Service Delivery Digitization of Legacy Collections Branch Libraries
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Muddle Through or Start from Scratch? Multi-Institutional Collaboration Hathi Trust 2CUL Project Google Books Settlement Cooperative Collection Management Trust ARL New Models for Automation
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Questions? Charles B. Lowry clowry@arl.org
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