Integration Planning Process

In January, the Health Science Center Libraries (HSCL) and the Smathers Libraries set up nine Integration Work Groups to plan for the implementation of President Machen directive that the HSCL integrate into the Smathers Libraries. Each Work Group was composed of representatives for both Smathers and HSCL.

The nine Work Groups were:

• Administrative Services, including human resources and fiscal services;
• Access Support, including interlibrary loan, circulation, electronic reserves and library-wide policies
• Budget Preparation, identifying the costs of integration and the appropriate future funding for the HSCL;
• Development, including grant support and public relations;
• Digital Services, including institutional repositories
• Facilities;
• Public Services, including collection management;
• Systems; and
• Technical Services, including acquisitions, cataloging, preservation and storage.

The work groups met during January and February, reviewed their work flows and made recommendations to Wallace McLendon, Director of the Health Science Center Libraries and Judy Russell, Dean of University Libraries, who then developed a preliminary integration plan.