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College of MCMA plans $290K budget cuts JACOB MAYER Daily Egyptian Gary Kolb said he sees no benefits to the 4 percent budget reduction proposals the College of Mass Communications and Media Arts had to submit weeks before the semester opened. “I suppose one might say it forces us to look at what our priorities are and to determine what our core mission is a little bit more carefully, but I think that’s trying to put a happy face on a bad situation,� said Kolb, dean of the college. With the university likely to face an $11.5 million shortfall for fiscal year 2011, Chancellor Rita Cheng said in an email to university personnel Aug. 2 that she would imagine asked each department on campus to submit plans for a 1 percent an average 4 percent reducbudget cut would tion in its budget. For the college, which be marginally includes the School of disastrous to us. Journalism, the departAnything more ment of radio-television and the department of cinthan that — I don’t know what ema and photography, the 4 percent reduction meant you would do. it had to submit plans to — Gary Kolb the chancellor’s office to dean of the cut about $269,000 from College of Mass its fiscal year 2011 budget, Communications and Media Arts Kolb said. Kolb said the college lost two tenure track faculty positions and temporarily one non-tenure track position because of the cuts. Five civil service positions were also eliminated. Two of the positions were vacant, Kolb said. Two workers were reassigned to different civil service positions at the university. One worker chose to leave, he said. “One of our considerations was to make sure that all these people would be placed if they wanted to be, so we tried to make sure that took place,� Kolb said. The School of Journalism nearly lost its receptionist, Sherida Evans, but was able to save enough money for her to remain with the school, said Director William Freivogel. In addition to the staff cuts, the college also cut money from operating funds, or money not used for salaries, Kolb said. That money is used to pay for items such as phones, paper for printers and copy machines and travel expenses, he said.
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BUS STOP BLISS Serena Watkins, a sophomore from Chicago studying paralegal studies, waits for the bus with Tiarya Pye, a senior from Chicago studying criminal justice; Maurice Moore, a junior from Chicago studying workforce education, and Arnold Akpedeye,
a sophomore from Nigeria studying civil engineering, Wednesday at the bus stop outside the Student Center. “I use the bus system at least once a day,� said Moore. “I think it’s a great system, but they need to be on time so I’m not late for classes.�
Morris Library considers as other universities switch to digital LAUREN LEONE Daily Egyptian David Carlson said Morris Library may soon join other universities in the switch from print to digital. Digital technology has reached a stage of reliability where Morris Library can discuss the possibility of changing the way books and journals are available to students, faculty and staff, said Carlson, dean of Library Affairs. “I want the transition done early on when we’re in a ‘non-crisis mode’ and we’re not scrambling for more space,� he said. The library will scan hard copies of articles and journals to be digitally catalogued online, Carlson said. He said once the library begins digitally archiving books and journals — some dating as far back as the late 1800s — the free space could be used for other services, and at a central point on campus. Ted Schwitzner, coordinator of bibliographic services at Illinois State University, said its library started its shifts to digital collections in 2007, but he said the transition can be a long, tedious process. “One of the ironies is while we know people do enjoy getting fast access to databases; at the same time, it isn’t certain
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he goal is to do this strategically — we don’t want to reach a point where Morris Library will end up recycling or throwing out a lot of print.
whether this is a ‘build it and they will come’ arrangement,� Schwitzner said. He said the university’s Milner Library now has a wide variety of electronic books but still provides a small collection of print. “But we now have most of our journals available online — and that’s the way most access this information,� Schwitzner said. Adam Murray, dean of Waterfield Library at Murray State University, said MSU tossed around the idea for a couple years before finally making the transition in January. “We researched it for a long time to make sure we were going into it with open eyes,� he said. Murray said the library saved quite a bit of money and was able to turn around and reinvest into journals it had never been able to afford before. “With electronic access, we were able to expand the scope of what we offer,� he said.
— David Carlson dean of Library Affairs To make sure the process runs smoothly, Carlson said library faculty and affairs advisors will meet with representatives from Ithaka, a nonprofit organization which helps universities make the switch from hard copy to digital. Susan Tulis, associate dean of Library Affairs, said the library is already using an affiliated group of Ithaka, JSTOR, to store some books and journals. She said talks would continue with JSTOR to develop strategies and expand the library’s digital storage. Carlson said the transition would be a long-term but permanent change. “The goal is to do this strategically — we don’t want to reach a point where Morris Library will end up recycling or throwing out a lot of print,� Carlson said.
Lauren Leone can be reached at lleone@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 255.