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New PROGRAM Proposal

Library Questionnaire for Faculty

Purpose: The University Libraries will create a Library Impact Statement for use when new programs are proposed. Our objective is to work with faculty to evaluate the needs of new programs in advance of their adoption.

Faculty Member: Please complete the questionnaire below and return to the Library Subject Selector or Collection Development Manager AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BEFORE YOU INTEND TO SUBMIT THE PROGRAM PROPOSAL TO THE CAC OR GRADUATE COUNCIL. The Libraries staff will then provide you with its Library Impact Statement, which will be an assessment of library holdings and services to support your program. Attach the Impact Statement to your Program Offering form and submit as required.

Date Library Impact Statement is needed: __________________________________________

 

(Please allow at least two weeks for the Library to prepare its assessment.)

Faculty Member and Department, College: _______________________________________

Name of the new program proposed: ______________________________________________

Main subject areas to be covered by the new program: _________________________________

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On campus? or distance learning?  Interdisciplinary program? Yes or No for each.

What other departments or Colleges are involved? __________________________________

What is the projected growth of this program for the future? Please provide a brief summary of courses you anticipate over the next 3 – 5 years.

 

 

 

 

 

Will your students be conducting research in the program? Yes?  No?

At what level of intensity?

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are the critical journals and monographs in the field that we must have in order to support this course or program?

 

THANK YOU. PLEASE RETURN TO THE LIBRARY AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BEFORE YOU INTEND TO SUBMIT THE PROGRAM OFFERING FORMS TO THE CAC OR THE GRADUATE COUNCIL.

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