The following is a general description of the information resources that the University of Waterloo (UW) Library would be able to provide to support of the proposed Master of Digital Innovation (MDI) program. The description was prepared by Sandra Keys, Liaison Librarian for Accounting & Finance, Business & Entrepreneurship, and Economics.
Material would be collected to support learning, teaching, and research to the Master’s level in Digital Innovation with emphasis on the following areas:
These areas already receive a high level of library support for existing programs including English Language and Literature, Accounting and Finance, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Fine Arts, Engineering, and Computer Science.
Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this program, the decision to purchase Library materials for the MDI program would be the responsibility of the Liaison Librarians for the aforementioned programs. Materials would be obtained in a variety of ways including firm orders, open orders, approval plans, and subscriptions.
The Library’s print collections that would be of interest to students in the MDI program are housed both in the Dana Porter Library and in the Davis Centre Library. Access to the entire Library collection, as well materials held by UG and WLU, is available through the web accessible search tool, Primo (http://primo.lib.uwaterloo.ca).
The Library obtains resources in electronic format whenever it is possible and practical to do so. Some electronic resources are obtained directly by the University of Waterloo Library and some are obtained through membership in the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network. Access to, and use of, electronic resources is generally governed by licence agreements with the publisher or vendor.
Monographs and Journals
The UW Library collection includes approximately 42,700 print monographs relating to the study of Digital Innovation, including criticism, entrepreneurship, information technology, mass media communication, project management, rhetoric, semiotics, sociology, and technology. For the most part, the monographs are in print, but an increasing number are in electronic format, including Safari Tech Books Online and the Emerald e-books collections.
The Library collection also includes a considerable number of print and electronic journals. An increasing number of e-journals are being made available through large e-journal packages. E-journal packages relevant to Digital Innovation include:
The UW Library, along with the libraries of the University of Guelph (UG) and Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), form the Tri-University Group of Libraries (TUG) consortium. Collections from the UG and WLU enhance the depth and breadth of local materials available in subject areas of interest to scholars involved in the Digital Innovation program.
Research Databases
The UW Library has purchased or subscribes to a range of electronic resources including research databases. The following are some of the research databases that would be of particular interest to the MDI program:
Statistics and Numeric Data
Also available to members of the UW academic communities are the data holdings of the TriUniversity Data Resources (TDR) (http://tdr.uoguelph.ca/) and <odesi> (http://search2.odesi.ca/), which provide Web access to resources such as the Statistics Canada surveys, including the Canadian Census. <odesi> also provides access to public opionion polls, including those from Gallup Canada. Access is also available to the data holdings of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) in Ann Arbor, Michigan (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/).
The primary tool for accessing electronic resources selected by the Library is its Web site (http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca). This site organizes and provides access to licensed resources available to only UW faculty, students, and staff, as well as Internet resources freely available to anyone. The site also provides access to electronic resources hosted by the OCUL Scholars Portal program (http://www.scholarsportal.info/index.html) and available to the UW community through the Library's participation in consortia purchasing through OCUL.
In addition, many of our electronic resources can be found through a search of Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/).
The Library uses linking technology (SFX) to enable users to link directly from research databases to the UW Library full text electronic journal subscription or to the Primo record for holdings and call number information. The Library also provides access to bibliographic management software (RefWorks).
UW faculty, students, and staff may access electronic resources from off-campus via the Library’s “Connect from Home” feature.
Library support for this program would come from existing allocations for print resources for various programs (e.g., Accounting and Finance, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, English, and Fine Arts) as well as from a central Electronic Resources fund which is used to support all programs. Over the past two years, over $107,000 worth of books purchased for the library collection have potential relevance to the MDI program.
Table 1. Summary of allocation of UW Library Funds that would support Digital Innovation
The percentage included beside each fund is a rough indication of the amount currently spent by that fund on resources of potential interest to Digital Innovation.
Fund |
Fiscal Year |
Serial Expenditure |
Book Expenditure |
Approval Support |
Total Expenditure & Support |
Accountancy (20% of Fund) |
2007/08 |
$4,019 |
$1,612 |
$1,003 |
$6,634 |
Accountancy (20% of Fund) |
2008/09 |
$4,883 |
$903 |
$619 |
$6,405 |
Total 2007/08 through 2008/09 |
$8,902 |
$2,515 |
$1,622 |
$13,039 |
|
Fund |
Fiscal Year |
Serial Expenditure |
Book Expenditure |
Approval Support |
Total Expenditure & Support |
Economics (20% of Fund) |
2007/08 |
$3,020 |
$2,103 |
$5,488 |
$10,611 |
Economics (20% of Fund) |
2008/09 |
$3,446 |
$637 |
$3,993 |
$8,076 |
Total 2007/08 through 2008/09 |
$6,466 |
$2,740 |
$9,481 |
$18,687 |
|
Fund |
Fiscal Year |
Serial Expenditure |
Book Expenditure |
Approval Support |
Total Expenditure & Support |
Psychology (20% of Fund) |
2007/08 |
$7,893 |
$2,658 |
$5,635 |
$16,186 |
Psychology (20% of Fund) |
2008/09 |
$6,540 |
$944 |
$4,681 |
$12,165 |
Total 2007/08 through 2008/09 |
$14,433 |
$3,602 |
$10,316 |
$28,351 |
|
Fund |
Fiscal Year |
Serial Expenditure |
Book Expenditure |
Approval Support |
Total Expenditure & Support |
Sociology (20% of Fund) |
2007/08 |
$5,111 |
$3,636 |
$3,681 |
$12,428 |
Sociology (20% of Fund) |
2008/09 |
$5,952 |
$1,631 |
$2,521 |
$10,104 |
Total 2007/08 through 2008/09 |
$11,063 |
$5,267 |
$6,202 |
$22,532 |
|
Fund |
Fiscal Year |
Serial Expenditure |
Book Expenditure |
Approval Support |
Total Expenditure & Support |
Fine Arts (5% of Fund) |
2007/08 |
$472 |
$810 |
$2,288 |
$3,570 |
Fine Arts (5% of Fund) |
2008/09 |
$551 |
$225 |
$1,358 |
$2,134 |
Total 2007/08 through 2008/09 |
$1,023 |
$1,035 |
$3,646 |
$5,704 |
|
Fund |
Fiscal Year |
Serial Expenditure |
Book Expenditure |
Approval Support |
Total Expenditure & Support |
English (15% of Fund) |
2007/08 |
$1,952 |
$2,165 |
$6,912 |
$11,029 |
English (15% of Fund) |
2008/09 |
$2,327 |
$1,013 |
$5,285 |
$8,625 |
Total 2007/08 through 2008/09 |
$4,279 |
$3,178 |
$12,197 |
$19,654 |
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The Electronic Resources fund pays for the subscriptions to the databases listed on page 2 of this report. In the last fiscal year, this amounted to approximately CND $350,000. This figure is not included in Table 1.
I believe that the collections, both print and electronic, that the Library has developed for other programs would provide a high level of support for the Master of Digital Innovation program. More detailed information, including monograph counts and lists of journals, that would support the program are available upon request.
Submitted by Sandra Keys, Liaison Librarian for Accounting & Finance, Business & Entrepreneurship, and Economics
Reviewed by Susan Routliffe, Associate University Librarian, Information Resources and Services for Mark Haslett, University Librarian.
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