1. Library
Budget
Presentation
2016/17
Karen Keiller
University Librarian
Lakehead University Library

2. 4
100
Percent of the books on the 3rd and 4th floors
that circulated in 2015
• decline in the number of new books
added to collection
• change in pedagogy (e.g. full courses to
half courses, major research papers)
• shift in preference to online, but (some)
users prefer print books for some
purposes
• X percent published before X
• collection development at Lakehead has
relied on faculty selecting books
• regular weeding has not happened

3. Expenditures for Print
Monographs
$0.00
$125,000.00
$250,000.00
$375,000.00
$500,000.00
Paterson Orillia Education Law

5. Collaborative
Futures
• The vision is defined by the existence of a distributed and
shared collaborative approach to print and electronic/digital
resource management.
• The keys to achieving the vision include:
• Implement shared next generation library services platforms.
• Collaborate to manage and preserve print resources in a
sustainable system.
• Collaborate to effectively use shared systems to manage
electronic & print resources.

6. Priorities 16/17
• Completing organizational review
• Weeding
• Creating the Lakehead University Knowledge
Commons (collaborative project with Research
Services and Graduate Studies)
• Paterson 2020 - accomodate ELP, Education
Collection, Makerspace
• University archives