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Show Marriott Fund Report Page 7 • we might find that compared to our current monographs allocation system, the Science/Engineering and Math area has received an excess proportion of Marriott funds. Also, I would point out with regard to this same subject that many small collections (not mentioned above) purchased with Marriott funds in the English, History, and Languages areas were acquired at a very cheap per volume price. For example, a 1,200 Spanish language collection was acquired for less than $7 per volume. V. CONCLUSION In summary, I feel the Library and the Committee can be quite proud of the purchases made with the Marriott gift fund. Dozens, perhaps even hundreds of items priced in the $500 to $J.,500 range are not mentioned here but have added immeasurably to the research and reference value of the Marriott Library's collections. Some of the major gaps have been filled, some new strengths have been built, and general support has been provided to a large number of teaching departments. The impact of these purchases will be felt for decades to come as we continue to grow. However, I should not leave you with the impression that all of our needs have been satisfied. Although the $133,000 allocated to our subject area librarians will eventually bring us some 13,000 titles, this will by no means fill all the gaps in our collection. A check, for example, of the American Historical Association GUIDE TO HISTORICAL LITERATURE shows that the Marriott Library has less than half of the basic books recommended. The $133,000 could be easily spent purchasing this material and still leave us far short of acquiring all the titles we should have. This is especially true when you realize that a large number of these books are out-of-print and would cost a great deal more (both per volume and in processing costs) than the current cost of in-print books (approximately $8.50 per volume). Many other subject areas have such basic guides and, in the case of one or two which we have had occasion to check, the results are similar. It is likely, therefore, that we could double the size of the Marriott Library collections (now more than a million volumes) and still not have all the basic books which we should have. As I indicated in my 1970 progress report, another major need which we have is the support of our Audio-Visual collection. A few films have been purchased with Marriott money, also some slides and a number of records. However, since this is a relatively new area within the Marriott Library, our holdings are almost nil. Any dollar figure I might name to |
