Spend 100K on the Libraries Survey

The Library Student Advisory Committee invites you to participate in this research survey about your spending priorities for the University Libraries. This information will be used to help our libraries better meet our needs. Please allocate up to $100,000 across the items you wish to fund. We appreciate your help.

1. Purchase a tool to improve searching across e-resources, such as articles and databases. Cost: $25,000

Purchase a tool to improve searching across e-resources, such as articles and databases. Cost: $25,000 $20K

$30K

$40K

Other (please specify)

2. Insure long-term preservation of local digital collections, e.g., the digital archives of computer scientists Herb Simon and Allen Newell, the Posner Collection, Pittsburgh Jewish Newspapers. Estimated cost: $10,000 annually.

Insure long-term preservation of local digital collections, e.g., the digital archives of computer scientists Herb Simon and Allen Newell, the Posner Collection, Pittsburgh Jewish Newspapers. Estimated cost: $10,000 annually. $10K

$20K

Other (please specify)

3. Build new Group Study Room(s). Estimated cost: $50,000 per room

	Hunt Library	Engineering & Science Library
$50K	*Build new Group Study Room(s). Estimated cost: $50,000 per room $50K Hunt Library	$50K Engineering & Science Library
$100K	$100K Hunt Library	$100K Engineering & Science Library

Other (please specify)

4. Contribute to the cost of a new creative workspace with new high-tech equipment and multimedia software, e.g., video creation and editing, audio creation and editing, graphics, geotagging, e-portfolios. Estimated cost: $250,000.

Contribute to the cost of a new creative workspace with new high-tech equipment and multimedia software, e.g., video creation and editing, audio creation and editing, graphics, geotagging, e-portfolios. Estimated cost: $250,000. $20K

$40K

$60K

$80K

$100K

Other (please specify)

5. Renovate library employee work spaces to optimize efficiency, privacy, etc. Estimated cost: $70,000.

Renovate library employee work spaces to optimize efficiency, privacy, etc. Estimated cost: $70,000. $20K

$40K

$60K

$80K

Other (please specify)

6. Hire a marketing consultant to increase awareness of library collections and services. Estimated cost: $20,000.

Hire a marketing consultant to increase awareness of library collections and services. Estimated cost: $20,000. $20K

$40K

Other (please specify)

7. Please suggest other ideas for spending all or part of the $100K

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8. How would you suggest we improve the library?

How would you suggest we improve the library?

9. Please indicate your status at CMU

Please indicate your status at CMU Undergraduate

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Faculty

Staff

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1. Purchase a tool to improve searching across e-resources, such as articles and databases. Cost: $25,000

2. Insure long-term preservation of local digital collections, e.g., the digital archives of computer scientists Herb Simon and Allen Newell, the Posner Collection, Pittsburgh Jewish Newspapers. Estimated cost: $10,000 annually.

3. Build new Group Study Room(s). Estimated cost: $50,000 per room

4. Contribute to the cost of a new creative workspace with new high-tech equipment and multimedia software, e.g., video creation and editing, audio creation and editing, graphics, geotagging, e-portfolios. Estimated cost: $250,000.

5. Renovate library employee work spaces to optimize efficiency, privacy, etc. Estimated cost: $70,000.

6. Hire a marketing consultant to increase awareness of library collections and services. Estimated cost: $20,000.

7. Please suggest other ideas for spending all or part of the $100K

8. How would you suggest we improve the library?

9. Please indicate your status at CMU

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