Creating a New Collections Allocation Model for These Changing Times Challenges, Opportunities, and Data

Penn State University, the land-grant institution for Pennsylvania, has a total enrollment of over 98,000 students. There are 46,000 students enrolled at University Park, 31,000 at the 20 campus locations around the Commonwealth, and just over 13,000 are enrolled in the World Campus, the online loca...

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Published inToo Much is Not Enough p. 154
Main Authors Gregory A. Crawford, Lisa German
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Purdue University Press 15.10.2014
Subjects
Academic libraries
Accountancy
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Behavioral sciences
Budget allocation
Budgeting
Business
Collection acquisitions
Collection development
Collection management
Cultural anthropology
Cultural institutions
Economic disciplines
Economics
Education
Educational institutions
Finance
Financial accounting
Financial budgets
Financial economics
Formal education
Funding
Information science
Libraries
Library collections
Library management
Library operations
Library science
School campuses
School libraries
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Summary:Penn State University, the land-grant institution for Pennsylvania, has a total enrollment of over 98,000 students. There are 46,000 students enrolled at University Park, 31,000 at the 20 campus locations around the Commonwealth, and just over 13,000 are enrolled in the World Campus, the online location. The campuses range in size from approximately 470 to almost 4,500 students. Each campus has a library that reports to the Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications. In addition, the law library and health sciences library have separate budgets. The University Park Libraries consist of the Pattee Paterno Library and four branch libraries
ISBN:1941269001
9781941269008