The Face of Regional Campus Libraries and Librarianship Off-Campus Library Services Conference Savannah, GA April 26-28, 2006

Introduction Welcome Background Others studies done, but not since 1988! Definition “a campus or site of an educational institution that is not temporary, is located in a community beyond a reasonable commuting distance from its parent institution, and which offers organized programs of study, not just courses.” (NCES, 1992) Methodology Criteria for creating directory, problems with definition

Findings Profile Services Collections Funding Staffing Status Relationships

Profile - Geographic

Services

Collections VolumesCampus n= (6%) 1 – 1,49911 (9%) 1,500 – 4,99915 (13%) 5,000 – 9,99916 (14%) 10,000 – 19,99917 (14%) 20,000 – 49,99924 (20%) 50,000 – 99,99915 (13%) 100,000 and over13 (11%)

Funding and Administration

Staffing

Status of Librarians Regional Campus Librarians are less likely to have faculty status than their Main Campus counterparts

Differences within the Same Institution When Main Campus Librarians have Tenure-Track Faculty status, over 1/3 of their Regional counterparts at the same institution do not.

Relationships Over a third (36%) are staffed by one FTE professional librarian or less Less than half (40%) of Regional Campus Librarians visit the Main Library at least once a month Almost half (46%) are visited once a year or less by Librarians from the Main Campus

Future Research Profiles Definition Directory State-by-State comparisons Services On campus Comparison to main campus Staffing, Status Tenure Professional backgrounds and progression goals Student/staff ratios

Future Research cont’d Collections Physical/Electronic Funding Community Support Colocations Trends Best Practices

Discussion Does your institution have a regional/branch campus? Do you consider the students at that campus “distance learners?” Are you a librarian at a regional campus? Do you consider yourself a “distance librarian?” How much does distance matter? Has this study affected your definition of regional/branch campuses?

Questions?

For More Information Summary Statistics and Survey Instrument Regional Campus Libraries Discussion Group Contact Us! John BrandtLinda Frederiksen California State University, StanislausWashington State University Vancouver Tina SchneiderDarby Syrkin The Ohio State University at LimaFlorida State University, Panama City Campus