24 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
ON-SITE SHELVING: COMMUNICATION STRATEGY
9. Please indicate which channels are used to communicate to library staff or an external audience
the decisions about which print materials to include in your on-site shelving area. Check all that
apply. N=28
Channels Library staff External audience N
Presentations to groups 21 12 22
One-on-one meetings 18 8 19
Website 15 11 16
Informational materials 9 8 12
Press releases 2 8 8
Talking points 5 5 7
Other channel 8 7 10
Total Responses 28 23 28
If you selected “Other channel” above, please describe the channel and the intended audience.
N=11
Library Staff
Committee reports and written procedures
Staff intranet
There are no regular reports out on the use of the depository to staff. As projects develop, affected selectors are
engaged as appropriate, sometimes through meetings, sometimes through one-on-one conversations. For on-going
projects, new phases may be managed via email communication. There is no regular reporting on depository activities
to external audiences beyond those required for regular budgeting processes. There is an annual budget request
prepared as part of a request for state funding. It does not include information about collections added.
External Audience
Limited communication with individual faculty who expressed concern
Online catalog
Informational materials: library annual reports noted that print copies of journals available in full text online would be
removed from collection to preserve collection space for a browsable monograph collection particularly in the social
sciences and humanities.
Library Staff and External Audience
Department and advisory committee meetings (Senate Library Committee and Faculty Advisory Committees). Subject
liaison librarians as communicators.
Email
Email to staff and faculty
ON-SITE SHELVING: COMMUNICATION STRATEGY
9. Please indicate which channels are used to communicate to library staff or an external audience
the decisions about which print materials to include in your on-site shelving area. Check all that
apply. N=28
Channels Library staff External audience N
Presentations to groups 21 12 22
One-on-one meetings 18 8 19
Website 15 11 16
Informational materials 9 8 12
Press releases 2 8 8
Talking points 5 5 7
Other channel 8 7 10
Total Responses 28 23 28
If you selected “Other channel” above, please describe the channel and the intended audience.
N=11
Library Staff
Committee reports and written procedures
Staff intranet
There are no regular reports out on the use of the depository to staff. As projects develop, affected selectors are
engaged as appropriate, sometimes through meetings, sometimes through one-on-one conversations. For on-going
projects, new phases may be managed via email communication. There is no regular reporting on depository activities
to external audiences beyond those required for regular budgeting processes. There is an annual budget request
prepared as part of a request for state funding. It does not include information about collections added.
External Audience
Limited communication with individual faculty who expressed concern
Online catalog
Informational materials: library annual reports noted that print copies of journals available in full text online would be
removed from collection to preserve collection space for a browsable monograph collection particularly in the social
sciences and humanities.
Library Staff and External Audience
Department and advisory committee meetings (Senate Library Committee and Faculty Advisory Committees). Subject
liaison librarians as communicators.
Email to staff and faculty
