Library Service Models mtg this afternoon
General February 12th, 2008
The library is holding its final open/townhall meeting this afternoon about some reorganization plans it’s considering.
www.library.uiuc.edu/committee/budgetplus/service_models.html has more info.
Essentially, they solicited the library departments for suggestions aligning with new 21st century goals (read: no budget, more collaboration) and have narrowed down to 25 new “models” that are up for discussion — most of them involve closing or relocating (or combining) departmental libraries, but there are other lofty goals too (including the library as a scholarly commons — which if the undergrad is any hint, means removing the books and turning valuable library real estate into a student lounge.)
Anyway, I plan on attending the townhall (and hopefully keep my mouth shut,) but if you have anything you’d like me to pass on to the library administrators or want to come with, please let me know. The meeting starts at 3:30 in the ACES library.
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