68 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Services in the Commons are jointly provided with campus IT. A new coffee shop, owned and operated by a local
vendor, is also in the space.
The Math Department initiated the change to some extent and it was an opportunity to work closely with their faculty.
However, there had been a close relationship prior to the change.
The technology services provided by campus IT were a consideration in planning and has led to increased dialog, but no
formal collaboration has yet developed. Library’s IT and campus IT do share a user technology online FAQ.
While the library wasn’t “collaborating,” per se, we were indeed perceived to be good university citizens by voluntarily
ceding space to another university office.
Worked closely with the School of Architecture to design a space that both the library and the School of Architecture
would find functional and aesthetically pleasing.
27. If an opportunity for outsourcing service delivery had a significant impact on the decision to
reconfigure this service, please briefly describe that opportunity and the impact it had. If this did
not have a significant impact, please enter NA for Not Applicable. N=21
All 21 responded NA.
28. Please make any additional comments on the factors that drove this service reconfiguration. N=6
Demand for 24x5 space.
Need to continue to provide access to collections and services led to integration of Chemistry at Biomed.
The availability of a lot of common digitally meant the need to use resources onsite was diminished.
The merging of two colleges drove the new library service reconfiguration.
We closed two branches very quickly in the first year of the budget cuts. We received very little advanced notice of the
magnitude of the cuts and thus did a much less consultative process than normal.
We were able to accommodate the collection because of extensive weeding that had happened prior to this in the
SciTech Library.
Services in the Commons are jointly provided with campus IT. A new coffee shop, owned and operated by a local
vendor, is also in the space.
The Math Department initiated the change to some extent and it was an opportunity to work closely with their faculty.
However, there had been a close relationship prior to the change.
The technology services provided by campus IT were a consideration in planning and has led to increased dialog, but no
formal collaboration has yet developed. Library’s IT and campus IT do share a user technology online FAQ.
While the library wasn’t “collaborating,” per se, we were indeed perceived to be good university citizens by voluntarily
ceding space to another university office.
Worked closely with the School of Architecture to design a space that both the library and the School of Architecture
would find functional and aesthetically pleasing.
27. If an opportunity for outsourcing service delivery had a significant impact on the decision to
reconfigure this service, please briefly describe that opportunity and the impact it had. If this did
not have a significant impact, please enter NA for Not Applicable. N=21
All 21 responded NA.
28. Please make any additional comments on the factors that drove this service reconfiguration. N=6
Demand for 24x5 space.
Need to continue to provide access to collections and services led to integration of Chemistry at Biomed.
The availability of a lot of common digitally meant the need to use resources onsite was diminished.
The merging of two colleges drove the new library service reconfiguration.
We closed two branches very quickly in the first year of the budget cuts. We received very little advanced notice of the
magnitude of the cuts and thus did a much less consultative process than normal.
We were able to accommodate the collection because of extensive weeding that had happened prior to this in the
SciTech Library.
