Library Media Center Spring Semester 2015 Anthony O. Parker, Ph.D. Library Media Center Published Every Semester Volume 6 Issue 2 Explore the Resources! The Anthony O. would like to use From the Faculty, staff and Parker, Ph. D. students have access library services after Dean’s Desk Library Media Center to materials and hours may access the promotes learning professional library online services and supports the assistance at all via the Internet or visit mission of Albany times the facility is one of the neighboring Technical College. open. Students who libraries that have cooperative agreements with us. Featured Resources ! Credo Reference is an online collection of more than 600 highly- “We take pride in regarded full-text serving you. We reference titles. It hope this news- covers every major letter is informa- subject from over 80 tive and sparks your interest. publishers and links Please come by the library to reg- patrons to other related resources available through the library. ister. Registering GALILEO is the doorway to a wealth of information. Through provides pa- trons with a wide GALILEO patrons can access over 150 databases indexing thousands range of ser- of periodicals and scholarly journals. Over 7,000 journal titles are vices.” provided in full text. Other resources included are an encyclopedia, business directories, a collection of over 10,000 full-text books and government publications. Collection Development Please get your requests in for library resources. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to participate in the development of the library collection. Instructors, please do not include your cur- rent textbooks. Resources are ordered as funding becomes availa- ble. Library Media Center Page 2 Library Updates Albany Technical reading program. It lists College in cooperation digital audiobooks and Contact Information with Southwest Georgia magazines available Anthony O. Parker, Ph.D. Library for Accessible through a network of Library Media Center Services provides cooperating libraries and 1704 S. Slappey Blvd. Talking Book Services covers news of develop- Albany, Ga 31701 which is published bi- ments and activities in monthly in audio, large- network library services. print, and online We also received a new E-mail: formats and distributed shipment of books from [email protected] The Anthony O. Parker, at no cost to blind and various disciplines Ph. D. Library Media physically handicapped including nursing, Ph: (229) 430-1745 Center is constantly individuals who culinary arts and early Fax: (229) 430-1945 finding ways to improve participate in the childhood. its library system. Library of Congress Hours Mon-Thurs: 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM Job and Career Resources Available in GALILEO Fri: projections for the current 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM The featured GALILEO looking under such decade (2012-2022). For Sat: database for this occupations as “cook” or each occupation the 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM newsletter is the Bureau “chef” in the A-Z Index or by Occupational Outlook of Labor Statistics’ looking under the group Handbook gives infor- Library Staff: Occupational Outlook “food preparation and mation on entry-level Roy Calhoun, Handbook, a guide to serving” on the home page. education, on-the-job career information about More information on each Dean of Library training, projected hundreds of occupa- occupation can be found by Services number of new jobs, tions. The profiles accessing links to profes- Marilyn Sizemore, projected growth rate, featured cover many sional associations on the Night Librarian and the median pay in occupations and More Info tab and by Angela Davis, 2012. You can search describe What They Do, accessing O*NET, a source Circulation Dept. occupations by job title or Work Environment, How of key characteristics of Letitia Moultrie, by occupation group. For to Become One, Pay, workers and occupations. Acquisitions Dept. example, culinary Similar Occupations, and Vaullery Thomas, students could search for more. Each profile Cataloging Dept. occupations either by includes employment National Library Week April 12-18, 2015 Visit us on the Web www.albanytech.edu The Anthony O. Parker, Ph.D. Library Media Center celebrated National Library Week with interesting books on display, a power-point presentation, a colorful banner and bookmarks highlighting the array of services the library offers. The theme for National Library week was “Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library.” Library Media Center Page 3 The insert below was retrieved from the American Library Association State of American Library Report 2014. Juggling roles to handle print and digital resources and services The economic downturn that started in 2008 is continuing at most institutions of higher learning, and academic librarians are working to transform programs and services by repurposing space, migrating collections, and redeploying staff in the digital resources environment, according to the University Leadership Council (PDF). Recent expenditure data show how librarians juggle their historical role in managing print materials and new demands for digital resources and services. And the 2014 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers indicates that most new funds for academic programs are in fact coming from reallocation rather than new revenues. Academic Libraries: 2012. First Look (PDF), released in January by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the U.S. Department of Education, provides a wealth of information about the state of college and university libraries, derived from a web-based survey of all 3,793 degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia that had academic libraries in 2012. The response rate among these institutions was about 85%. A few highlights: Academic libraries were actively adding ebooks—about 53 million of them in fiscal 2012, which ended Sept. 30, 2012, making their total ebook holdings more than 252 million units. And they spent some $2.8 billion for electronic books, serial back files, and other materials in fiscal 2012, about half of that for electronic current serial subscriptions. To handle all those books, physical and virtual, and provide the many services that go with them, academic libraries reported 85,752 full-time equivalent staff during the fall of 2012; 30,819 other paid staff accounted for about 36% of the total paid staff in academic libraries. Still, staffing at academic libraries declined 9% in 2010–2012. In all, academic libraries spent about $3.4 billion on salaries and wages in fiscal 2012, representing almost half of total library expendi- tures. Just over half of academic libraries, 2,023, had total expenditures of less than $500,000 in fiscal 2012, while 1,104 had total expenditures of $1 million or more. Academic libraries spent about $123.6 million in fiscal 2012 for bibliographic utilities, networks, and consortia. Library expenditures for information resources decreased slightly more than one percent from 2010 when adjusted for inflation, from $2.82 billion to $2.79 billion. Associate degree-granting institutions decreased spending by 9%; bacca- laureate schools decreased their spending for information resources by 6.4%; and comprehensive degree-granting institutions spent 3.6% less. Only doctoral degree-granting institutions spent more (0.7%) more than in 2010 when adjusted for inflation. Many academic libraries kept long hours: 2,417 (63.7%) of them were open 60 to 99 hours during a typical week in the fall of 2012. Another 595 (15.7%) were open 100 or more hours per typical week, and only 67 (1.8%) were open less than 40 hours. During fiscal 2012, about three quarters (75%) of academic libraries reported that they supported virtual reference services. A few more, 77%, reported providing library reference service by email or the web, but fewer than half (43%) reported library staff digitizing documents. In the past year, 76% of all academic libraries reported using social media with Facebook, blogs, and Twitter being the three most frequently used resources. The chief three reasons for using social media include promotion of library services, mar- keting of events and community building. References Academic Libraries. (n.d.). Retrieved December 2, 2014, from http://www.ala.org/news/state-americas-libraries- report-2014/academic-libraries Library Media Center Page 4 Galileo Usage Statistics shown below are the total number of searches from July 2014 –December 2014. Detailed statistics can be obtained from the GALILEO (Georgia Library Learning Online) Help Menu under Usage Statistics. Albany Technical College (top Databases searched) Institutions: Searches Full-Text Albany Technical College ( al bt ) 28,424 4,678 ABI/INFORM Complete (ZUCA) Academic Search Complete (ZBAC) Athens Technical College ( at h2) 24,035 9,898 Accounting and Tax Database (ZUTX) Advanced Placement Source (ZBAD) Atlanta Technical College ( at l t ) 12,674 5,776 Asian Business and Reference (ZUAS) Automobile Repair Reference Center Augusta Technical College ( aut 1) 31,381 13,411 (ZBAU) Banking Information Source (ZUBK) Central Georgia Technical College ( mac2) 81,221 17,005 Britannica School High (ZEHS) Britannica:Tour USA (ZEBM) Chattahoochee Technical College ( cht 2) 114,849 35,786 Business Source Complete (ZBBC) Career & Technical Education (ZUCT) Coastal Pines Technical College ( al t a) 43,510 5,864 Computer Source (ZBCC) Computing (ZUCO) Columbus Technical College ( cot 1) 40,691 9,517