4 Collection Development and Management
The "physical collection" continued to grow, and the number of volumes
added to the collection was 24,062 monographs, and 10,182 serial volumes. The
collection figures do not include electronic resources accessible by library
patrons. It has been estimated that the library subscribes to around 200
databases and provides access to about 10,000 full text journals and other
publications. The expenditure on electronic resources increased from $887,073 in
1998 to $1,024,383 in 1999.
| LIBRARY |
MONOGRAPHS |
SERIALS |
MICROFORMS |
NON BOOK |
TOTAL |
| Matheson |
930,089 |
158,603 |
288,537 |
7,084 |
1,384,313 |
| Hargrave |
121,795 |
105,421 |
5,374 |
1,536 |
234,126 |
| Biomedical |
88,062 |
108,390 |
3,628 |
2,506 |
202,586 |
| Law |
53,960 |
79,220 |
8,687 |
122
| 141,989 |
| Caulfield/Peninsula |
371,273 |
80,303 |
3,000 |
27,874 |
482,450 |
| Berwick
| 2,728 |
42 |
0 |
93 |
2,863 |
| Gippsland
| 116,875 |
31,405 |
4,967 |
50,835 |
204,082 |
| TOTAL |
1,684,782 |
563,384 |
314,193 |
90,050 |
2,652,409 |
In 1998 the Library undertook a 20% expenditure cut to its current serials
subscriptions across all sites and the number of current serial titles for
1999 reflects these cuts. No major cancellations occurred in 1999. As well,
the availability of full text aggregated electronic serials packages has
impacted upon the number of printed serials subscriptions.
| LIBRARY |
TOTAL |
NET GAIN(LOSS) |
| Matheson |
6,948 |
(459) |
| Hargrave |
1,682 |
(181) |
| Biomedical |
1,329 |
(153) |
| Law |
2,181 |
21 |
| Caulfield/Peninsula |
2,999 |
(165) |
| Berwick |
66 |
20 |
| Gippsland |
1,421 |
23 |
| TOTAL |
16,626 |
(894) |
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