Print Reference Collection Notice to Faculty
As part of a review of the print reference collection that is taking place in the Charles E. Young Research Library, librarians have created a spreadsheet of titles that have been flagged for transfer to the SRLF or for withdrawal. The document can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
Faculty members can download the spreadsheet above, make recommendations on individual titles, and forward the marked-up document to Norma Corral (ncorral@library.ucla.edu), the library's reference bibliographer, for her consideration. If Ms. Corral makes a decision other than that recommended by the faculty member, she will respond with an explanation.
The spreadsheet will be updated periodically as the review of the collection progresses. Titles not listed in the spreadsheet will be re-housed in either the new reference room or the Research Library stacks. Faculty members will be notified when the spreadsheet has been updated.
In addition to the spreadsheet, faculty members will be able to make recommendations in person by placing slips inside volumes in the current Research Library print reference collection. This is standard library practice for review projects like this, and faculty members who use the print reference collection frequently utilize this avenue for feedback.
The library needs to begin transferring and withdrawing titles soon to prepare for the Research Library renovation. As this is an especially busy time for faculty, the implementation of these decisions has been pushed back to April 15. Transfers and withdrawals will not happen all at once but will be part of a gradual and systematic process lasting through the spring. That will give faculty more time to review the spreadsheet and the physical collection itself. If a faculty member has an unusual or special interest in having ongoing access to a particular reference title that has been transferred to the SRLF, it can always be recalled.
