Facts in Graphs
2007-08 Berkeley Library Collections: Crossing the Digital Divide
For the first time in 2007-08, the Library supplemented its campus allocation of state funds earmarked for collections with non-collections money to help defray the growing structural deficit. The Library added $650,000 bringing expenditures for annual library purchases to a total of $13,207,622. Of this total:
$6,977,995 was spent on print (a combination of monographs, monographic series, and journals).
$6,229,627 was spent on digital ($1,935,677 on local-only resources; $4,293,950 on UC consortial resources).
The California Digital Library (CDL) manages a budget that they use to supplement campus payments toward shared digital content. Berkeley's "share" of CDL's centralized expenditure has not been reported yet for 2007-08. For 2006-07, however, it amounted to $ 1,153,935. Using this amount as an estimate, the digital total increases, resulting in an overall split of 48% print with 52% digital.
More of the total print budget is spent for Arts, Humanities, and Social Science resources.
More of the total digital budget is spent for Science and Engineering resources.
Projected Unmet Need: Approaching the Cliff
Over the last seven years — when no new recurring funds have been available from the campus — the Library has used a variety of strategies to continue building our desired collection despite annual inflationary increases, unexpected shifts in the purchase power of the U.S. dollar, and growth in knowledge production. For several years the Library has used discretionary funds managed by the AUL for Collections to cover differences between recurring needs and available funds. These funds will run dry mid-year 2010.
Anticipating this, the Library proposed in 2008 that we undertake an aggressive fund-raising campaign, hoping for a campus match. The match has not been forthcoming, but our fundraising campaign has begun. We are hopeful that very large targets projected for donor contributions (over $3 million per year by 2012) will be met.
Additionally, Library operations funds have also been redirected toward collections shortfalls per the advice of campus. These fund sources are threatened by looming budget reductions.
Even if we succeed in our fundraising goals, the table that follows demonstrates that this strategy alone will not meet our needs. Shortfalls begin appearing in 2010. The aggregate shortfall for 2010-2012 is over $1.9 million. Since Library collections cannot go into deficit, beginning in 2008-09 we are taking steps to reduce our expenditures from "needed" to "affordable" — steps which will become more significant in their impact on campus research and teaching needs as time passes without new recurring fund sources.
| Funds, plans, and needs | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurring 19900 from campus | $12,229,190 | $12,229,190 | $12,229,190 | $12,229,190 | $12,229,190 |
| One-time from campus | $400,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| AUL non-19900 funds | $765,000 | $765,000 | $765,000 | $765,000 | $765,000 |
| Reserves | $557,451 | $483,446 | $336,824 | none avail. | none avail. |
| Carry-forward plan | $650,000 | $1,700,000 | $2,350,000 | $3,075,000 | $3,875,000 |
| Unfunded need | $0 | $0 | $431,591 | $846,335 | $700,043 |
| Desired allocation | $14,601,641 | $15,177,636 | $16,112,605 | $16,915,525 | $17,569,233 |
AUL non-19900 funds includes projections for income from endowments, donations, book sales, and bills for unreturned items.
Reserves includes carry-forward balances from AUL managed funds.
Carry-forward plan includes redirection of funds from Library operations and fundraising activities.
Unfunded need includes the digital and print content for which there is need on campus but which the Library projects it will not be able to acquire due to the growth in knowledge production as well as the impact of inflation and exchange rate fluctuation.
» See also: Archived Data (2006)
