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ACS Chicago 2007
Delivering chemical information in Delivering chemical information in the age of tight budgets: the age of tight budgets: Faculty and librarian cooperation at Faculty and librarian cooperation at Trinity UniversityTrinity University
Steven M. BachrachDepartment of Chemistry
Barbara MacAlpine
Coates LibraryTrinity UniversitySan Antonio TX 78212
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Trinity UniversityTrinity University
Private Liberal Arts University– Engineering and Business Administration– Master’s Degrees in Accounting, Health Care
Administration, School Administration, School Psychology, Teaching
Small School– 2487 Undergraduates– 231 Graduate students– 228 Faculty
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Department of ChemistryDepartment of Chemistry
8 full-time, tenure track faculty in all of the major disciplines of chemistry
Graduate 20-25 chemistry and biochemistry majors annually
ACS certified program
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Research ActivitiesResearch Activities
$710,000 external grantsAverage 10+ peer reviewed
publications per yearSeven post-doctoral associatesResearch program involves
undergraduate students, primarily through the Summer Research Program
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2006 Summer Research Program2006 Summer Research Program
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Student ResearchStudent Research
Average 40 students each summerPresentations at National ACS
meetings (10 this meeting), PittCon, and regional meetings
Co-authors on most of our published papers
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Coates LibraryCoates Library
Books and bound periodical volumes: > 937,000
Journal subscriptions: ~2,400 titlesJournal access: ~24,000 titlesRecipient of the 2007 ACRL
Excellence in Academic Libraries Award
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Coates Library Total Acquisitions BudgetCoates Library Total Acquisitions Budget
2006—2007 $1,605,838 2005—2006 $1,574,3482004—2005 $1,499,3482003—2004 $1,427,9502002—2003 $1,327,950
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Approach to Chemical Information Approach to Chemical Information Delivery (beginning 2000-2001)Delivery (beginning 2000-2001)Department defined goals– Access to research-grade information– Incorporation of primary literature into
the research program– Incorporation of primary literature into
the classroom throughout the curriculum
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Define “Access”Define “Access”
Key component identified: “finding article(s) of interest”
So “access” becomes principally useful searching of chemical databases
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Useful Chemical SearchingUseful Chemical Searching
Important databases owned in 2001– Print CA– Print Science Citation Index
Making them “useful”– SciFinder–Web of Science
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Access to ArticlesAccess to Articles
Need not be through own holdingsTransition to electronic accessPremium on scope– Can we get to any and all journals?
Secondary is speed– How long until article in one’s hand?
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Phase 1 – Fall 2002Phase 1 – Fall 2002
Librarians approach department with the annual “generate the hit list” request
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Department’s response:Department’s response:
Cancel print CACancel Tetrahedron LettersPurchase single-seat SciFinder
licenseEstablish department line item for
one-day document delivery with CISTI
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SciFinder in the classroomSciFinder in the classroom
First introduced in second semester of first year (organic chemistry lab)
Instruction by science librarian Assignment to search on pinacol
rearrangement, locate a recent article in an organic chemistry journal and summarize the article
All subsequent lab classes require some search and reporting (compound information, introductory materials to lab reports, etc.)
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SciFinder Search StatisticsSciFinder Search Statistics
2006—2007 5,083(June-Feb. 07)
2005—2006 7,7612004—2005 7,5912003—2004 8,0312002—2003 6,295
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Phase 2 – 2003-2006Phase 2 – 2003-2006
Cancel print ACS journalsConsortial arrangements to get
electronic access to full ACS suite and additional Wiley publications
ACS journal backfileWeb of Science
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Trinity University ConsortiaTrinity University Consortia
TICUL (Texas Independent College & University Libraries) – provides access to all ACS journals
GWLA (Greater Western Library Alliance – provides access to many Wiley journals (along with TICUL)
Oberlin Group – provides WoS
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ACS online journal downloadsACS online journal downloads
2006—2007 5,635 (June-Jan. 07)
2005—2006 5,9202004—2005 5,191
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Phase 3 – 2006-currentPhase 3 – 2006-current
Library unilaterally cancels all Elsevier journal subscriptions
Creates accounts for each department with ScienceDirect – allow faculty to purchase articles as
needed for $30/eachCurrent chemistry journal
subscriptions - 61
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Department’s responseDepartment’s response
Disappointed in lack of inputLoss of “our” moneyLoss of control
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New directionsNew directions
With cost savings from Elsevier cancellations, exploring– RSC backfile (single-time purchase)– Elsevier MDL Discovery Gate– Additional SciFinder seat– Nature publication suite
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Take home messageTake home message
Librarians and faculty as partners– Librarians educate faculty as to
publishing realities– Faculty define pedagogical/research
goalsExplore alternatives– iTunes model
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AcknowledgmentAcknowledgment
Diane Graves – Coates Library directorChemistry faculty – Nancy Mills, Bill
Kurtin, Michelle Bushey, Chris Pursell, Bert Chandler, John Spence, Adam Urbach, Laura Hunsicker-Wang, Jessica Hollenbeck
All of the other usual suspects
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