University of Michigan - Flint

UM-Flint offers an undergraduate program in education, as well as a graduate concentration in educational administration through the MPA program.

Monographs. There are 6,635 monograph titles in the main and reference collections, which is equivalent to a rating of 3a under the modified WLN standards. However, this is augmented significantly by the 3082 titles in children's literature, and 378,063 ERIC documents (10 microfiche cards=1 volume unit equivalent), nearly all of which are available in the microforms room.

Acquisitions. The 1997/1998 monographs allocation for the Education Department is $11,946. Taking a proportional share of librarians budgets, plus the reference allocation, yields a weighted total of $14,478. This is sufficient to buy approximately 470 books at a discounted average price of $30.79 apiece. This amounts to about 24% of the total domestic publishing output for education, for an AC rating of just under 3c. The recently added MPA in educational administration makes it imperative to maintain the growth of the collection at the current level.

Periodicals. Database searching is available in ERIC through MIRLYN and through FirstSearch. The Wilson Index in MIRLYN also contains numerous education-related citations through its Education Index, which is also accessible through FirstSearch). Of 208 Wilson-indexed education periodicals surveyed, the Library subscribes to 66 (32%); an additional 48 are available through the Web, raising the percentage held to 55%. This is equivalent to a 3a rating.

Prepared by Terry Swier and Paul G. Streby, in consultation with Prof. Sue Woestehoff.

Ratings for Education CL=Current collection level; AC=Acquisitions commitment; GL=Goal level
LC class	Line no.	Category	CL	AC	GL	Comments
L	EDU 000.5	General Education	3a		3b	Hold 22 of 51 periodicals, Web access to 6 more (2b/3a); 72 monographs
LA	EDU 004.5	History of Education	3a		3b	785 monographs
LB	EDU 069.5	Theory & practice of Education	3a		3c	4063 monographs; 37 of 118 periodicals (2b), Web access to 25 more (3a); supports educational administration courses
LC	EDU 112.5	Special Aspects of Education	3a		3c	1484 monographs; 5 of 33 periodicals (2a), Web access to 16 more (3a); supports educational administration courses
LD	EDU 152	Individual Institutions - United States	2a		2a	218 monographs
LE	EDU 152.5	Individual Institutions - America (Except U.S.)	1a		2a	2 monographs
LF	EDU 158	Individual Institutions - Europe	0		2a	0 monographs
LG	EDU 158.5	Individual Institutions - Asia, Africa, Oceania	1a		2a	3 monographs
LH	EDU 162.2	College & School Magazines & Papers	1a		2a	1 monograph
LJ	EDU 162.5	Student Fraternities & Societies	1a		2a	4 monographs
LT	EDU 162.6	Textbooks & Instructional Materials	1a		2a	3 monographs
DIVISION AS A WHOLE			3a/ 3b	3b	3b/ 3c

0 -- Out of scope

1 -- Minimal level
1a ---- Minimal level, uneven coverage
1b ---- Minimal level, even coverage

2 -- Basic information level
2a ---- Basic information level, Introductory
2b ---- Basic information level, Advanced (Appropriate for community college students)

3 -- Study or instructional support level
3a ---- Basic study or instructional support level (Adequate to support lower division undergraduate courses)
3b ---- Intermediate study or instructional support level (Adequate to support upper division undergraduate courses; not adequate for master's degree programs)
3c ---- Advanced study or instructional support level (Adequate to support master's degree programs)

4 -- Research level (Adequate to support doctoral research)

5 -- Comprehensive level