2012 The University of Melbourne Patrick Condron and Vaughan McCarthy UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE LIBRARY COLLECTION MANAGEMENT PLAN A review of the University of Melbourne Library collections with recommendations for management, primarily covering storage locations. ii | Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................. iii Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Summary of Section 1 Major Findings and Recommendations ................................................................. 6 Section 1 : The University of Melbourne Library ............................................................................................ 8 1. The Environment .................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 The University of Melbourne .............................................................................................................. 8 1.2 The University of Melbourne Library ................................................................................................ 9 1.3 Governance .......................................................................................................................................... 11 1.4 Terms of Reference and Review Period ............................................................................................ 13 2. Collection Storage ................................................................................................................................. 15 2.1 Collection Storage Projects ................................................................................................................ 17 2.2 Collection Growth ............................................................................................................................. 21 2.3 Collection Duplication ..................................................................................................................... 26 2.4 Off campus storage and retrieval .................................................................................................... 30 2.5 Cultural Collections .......................................................................................................................... 32 2.6 Audiovisual Collections, Microforms and Maps ............................................................................ 37 2.7 Collection Management Plan Space Analysis ................................................................................. 38 3. Collection Description and Management ....................................................................................... 39 3.1 Cataloguing ........................................................................................................................................ 39 3.2 Millennium Library Management System ....................................................................................... 41 3.3 Digital Repository ............................................................................................................................. 42 4. Preservation and Digitisation ........................................................................................................... 43 4.1 Preservation ....................................................................................................................................... 43 4.2 Digitisation ....................................................................................................................................... 44 References ................................................................................................................................................... 45 Section 2 : University of Melbourne Library Branches/Collections ............................................................ 47 1. Architecture, Building and Planning Library .................................................................................... 47 2. Baillieu Library .................................................................................................................................... 49 iii | Page 3. Biosciences Libraries ........................................................................................................................... 53 4. East Asian Collection ......................................................................................................................... 56 5. Eastern Resource Centre and Maps (Level 3‐5) ............................................................................... 58 6. Giblin Eunson Library ........................................................................................................................ 60 7. Law Library ......................................................................................................................................... 62 8. Lenton Parr Music, Visual and Performing Arts Library, Southbank campus ............................... 65 9. Louise Hanson‐Dyer Music Library .................................................................................................. 68 10. Melbourne School of Land and Environment Libraries .................................................................. 71 11. Special Collections ............................................................................................................................. 73 12. Brunswick Store ................................................................................................................................. 76 13. Bundoora Store / CARM ................................................................................................................... 78 Section 3 : Collection Subject Analysis .......................................................................................................... 80 1. Summary ................................................................................................................................................... 81 1.1 Methods : Data use in the subject reports ......................................................................................... 81 1.2 Branches and Stores Summary ......................................................................................................... 83 1.3 Collection Growth Rates Summary .................................................................................................. 85 1.4 Item Circulation Summary ............................................................................................................... 87 Individual Reports .................................................................................................................................... 91 Generalities, Philosophy, Psychology and Religion (001 – 299) ........................................................... 91 Social Science and Politics (300 – 329, 390‐399) .................................................................................. 99 Economics and Environment (330 – 339, 380‐389) ............................................................................. 106 Law (Moys K‐KZ ; 340‐349) ....................................................................................................................111 Government Services (350‐369) ............................................................................................................. 116 Education (370‐379) ............................................................................................................................... 119 Languages (400‐499) ............................................................................................................................. 123 Science (500‐599) .................................................................................................................................. 125 Technology,Medicine and Engineering (600‐629, 640‐649, 660‐699) .............................................. 134 Applied Animal and Plant Sciences (630‐639) ..................................................................................... 141 Business (650‐659) ................................................................................................................................ 143 iv | Page Art and Architecture (700‐779) ............................................................................................................ 145 Music, Film and TV, Performing Arts and Recreation (780‐799) ...................................................... 153 Literature (800‐899) .............................................................................................................................. 162 History and Geography, East Asian Collection (900‐999, East Asian, Maps) ................................... 173 Microforms ............................................................................................................................................ 187 Periodical Collections ........................................................................................................................... 189 Other Collections .................................................................................................................................. 196 Appendix One : Derivation of Library Total Shelved Items and Total Space for Table 2.1