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Annual Report 2003-2004

Facilities

• Talks began campus administrators and architects re: the planning of a downtown Fine and Performing Arts Library
  
  
• The Archives expanded its facility to encompass the entire south side of the 3rd floor; funding for this project was provided by the Institute for the Study of American Cultures
  
  
• Patio tables with umbrella were donated by Hazel Lewis
  
  

Funding

• The Libraries received $95,000 in end-of-year monies
  
  
• The Music Library received a gift of $400,000 to build its collections
  
  
• The Archives was visited by Tad Brown, a potential donor
  
  
• CSU Libraries lost two generous donors: Alfonso Biggs and Ed Martindale
  
  

Services

• A soft launch of GIL Express was begun
  
  
• Librarians began tackling the problem of lost book replacement fees
  
  
• The Libraries purchased ILLIAD software to automate Interlibrary Loan
  
  
• The Libraries reinstituted binding and the purchase of microfilm, which had been curtailed due to budget constraints
  
  

Programming Activities

• The Libraries hosted 7 Rite of Passage Lectures
  
  
• The Libraries hosted 4 Faculty Research Forums
  
  
• The Archives hosted an Open House for the Community
  
  
• The History Detectives, a PBS series, filmed part of an episode in the Archives
  
  

Staffing

• Cheryl Hewitt retired as ILL assistant after 16 years of service
  
  
• Staff Development Day was held at the Turner Center
  
  
• A Faculty Retreat was held at Columbus Technical College
  
  
• Diana Lomarcan attended the Oxford seminar on British Libraries and Librarianship (May 2004)
  
  
• Emile Figgars of the Reference Department was selected as Student Assistant of the Year
  
  
• Nine library staff members attended the GIL Users Group Meeting in Macon
  
  
• Four library faculty attended the GOLD/GALILEO Meeting in Athens
  
  
• Roberta Ford was elected President Elect of CALA (Columbus Area Library Association)
  
  
• Callie McGinnis served as Chair of RACL (Regents' Academic Committee on Libraries) and the GALILEO Steering Committee