Restructuring the Library System Centralize functional services Reduce the number of library service points Eliminate duplicative collections and formats Fewer circulating collections and libraries University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Madison, WI Phone: (608)

“Consolidation and streamlining of library operations could reduce administrative and programmatic redundancies, strengthen coordination in key university-wide functions, allow the repurposing of spaces, and release funds to better support collections and outreach activities.” North Central Reaccreditation Report; Section F, Focused Advice... Addressing Fiscal Realities through Structuring and Consolidation, pages (2009) University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Madison, WI Phone: (608)

Disruptive Changes for Library Staff Reduce the total number of positions Redesign (consolidation) processes Reassign staff to new roles and tasks Rewrite position descriptions University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Madison, WI Phone: (608)

Repurposing Library Space Group study and collaborative research Multimedia production, presentation & teaching IT and staff-supported learning centers Testing and training facilities University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Madison, WI Phone: (608)

Promising Partnerships with Faculty Designing new learning facilities (MediaStudio) Managing non-bibliographic data/information Transforming textbooks & course materials Providing infrastructure for arts & humanities Supporting MIU initiatives and projects University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Madison, WI Phone: (608)

In-library Collaborative Partners Visual Culture Center Writing Center Satellite Center for the Humanities DoIT Academic Technology Digital Inquiry Working Grp University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Madison, WI Phone: (608) Cntr. for First Yr Experience Cross College Advising L & S Career Services DoIT InfoLab GUTS (Greater University Tutoring Services)

Benchmark Measures for Libraries 4.3 million annual visitors to UW-Madison libraries 32,916 students participate in instructional programs 7 million user sessions for UW Digital Collections 47 million uses of campus online catalog University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Madison, WI Phone: (608)

Five libraries account for 80% of usage Memorial Library1,627,087 College (Helen C. White)1,212,378 Ebling Health Sciences 342,630 Wendt Engineering Library 271,494 Steenbock (Ag & Life Science) 256,148 University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Madison, WI Phone: (608)

Downloaded articles by database Elsevier journals (1,800 titles)1,155,424 JSTOR (non-current journals) 498,177 Web of Science 492,225 Academic Search (journals) 343,962 Nature (bundled titles) 333,651 Wiley (online journals) 258,367 Am. Chem. Soc. (all ACS journals) 203,724 University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Madison, WI Phone: (608)

Primary Source Materials for Research Documents & Archives of Italian Fascism ( ) German Reconstruction after WWII ( ) Literature of the African Diaspora (19 th – 20 th century) Hmong historical and cultural manuscripts (20 th cent.) Archives of the U.N. Transitional Authority in Cambodia University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Madison, WI Phone: (608)