Rensselaer Architecture Library
Information Resources Self-Assessment
Highlights from the Information Resources (Condition 3.9)
section of the School of Architecture Architectural Program
Report to the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)
2009-2010.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Rensselaer Libraries is to support
Rensselaer’s educational and research endeavors. As part of the
Division of the Chief Information Officer, the Libraries
actively cooperate with other Division units to provide
enabling information strategies, resources, services, and
technology to the diverse Rensselaer community.
The Libraries accomplish their mission by:
- Managing access to essential information resources for academic programs and research centers;
- Selecting, organizing and preserving scholarly works and other materials of recognized long term value to the campus community;
- Participating in library consortia and organizations to influence the expansion of information resources available to Rensselaer;
- Providing facilities that are attractive and conducive to individual and collaborative study and research;
- Offering personal consultation and group instruction about information resources; and
- Sponsoring programs and events celebrating intellectual achievement and creativity.
Library collections and facilities are resources to be shared and used cooperatively by members of the Rensselaer community. As stewards of those resources, the Research Libraries strive to provide services and follow policies that are in concert with the values of intellectual freedom and the tenets of the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights.
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LIBRARY COLLECTIONS (TROY CAMPUS)
| Folsom Library
(Main library) Completed in 1976 |
Architecture Library
(Branch library) Established 1929 |
| 106.000 sq. ft. |
4,185 sq. ft. |
| Volumes Books/Journals=348,000 |
Volumes Books/Journals=32,000 |
| Number of Electronic Books=58,150 |
Total Digital Images=50,000
Slides=117,000 |
| Number of Electronic Journals=34,000 |
Periodical Subs=86; 182+ EJournals through
packages |
| Total Interlibrary Loan
Provided/Yr=3,360 |
Library of Congress NA book
count=12,000 |
| Total Interlibrary Loan
Received/Yr=4,300 |
Interlibrary Loans Provided/Yr=450 |
| Professional + Support Staff FTE=26 |
Staff=2 Librarians; 1 Paraprofesssional;
1.5 FTE student assistants |
| Number of Initial Annual
Circulations=47,000 Daily Gate Count=1,450 |
Annual circulations=4,300 Annual Gate Count=30,000 |
| Average Number of Reference
Transactions=5800/yr |
Average Number of Reference
Transactions=540/yr |
| Average Number of Presentations to
Groups=94/yr |
Average Number of Presentations to
Groups=18/yr |
Architecture Library Staff
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