Accounting

BA, MA
U: 607
G: 75
CH: 9524
F: 11.25
5 yr circ: 38%

Not-for-profit Organization Issues, Auditing, Taxation, Managerial & Cost Accounting, Accounting/ Administration for Health Care Organizations, Accounting Ethics, public accountancy, Benchmarking, Activity-based Costing, Participative Budgeting, Financial Statement Analysis, and Oil and Gas Accounting.

Business Ethics and Healthcare Management.

Prefer online along with some important print materials.

Serials preferred.

Some more electronic access.

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, and Journal of Law and Economics.

Aerospace Engineering

BA, MA, PhD
U: 299
G: 119
CH: 4328
F: 12.16
5 yr circ: 20%

Aircraft, spacecraft, aerodynamics, performance, propulsion, stability and control, structures, math, physical science, general engineering, digital computation, aerospace design, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, flight dynamics and control, and multi-disciplinary design, analysis, and optimization
 

Wind tunnels, water tunnels, and structural testing labs, National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR).

ABET accreditation review in Fall 2007.

Prefer electronic journals to print.

Would probably endorse cutting book budget to add more
e-journals.

Web of Science

Anthropology

BA, MA
U: 105
G: 50
CH: 3,957
F: 7
5 yr circ: 59%                                         

Art and culture, Forensic anthropology, Ecological anthropology, Evolutionary biology, Great Plains archeology, Mesoamerican archeology, Native Americans, New World exploration and first contacts,  Numerical taxonomy, Peace studies, Psychological and cognitive anthropology, Ritual and religion, Skeletal biology, Warfare. Geographic areas: North America, Caribbean, Far East, Oceania, Mesoamerica
 

New interdisciplinary

major in forensic  sciences shared with Criminal Justice, Chemistry, and Biology;  Native American materials in Special Collections; primary source material

Prefer maintaining print for core resources.

Very interested in maintaining book budget. Will not cut books to add or save journals.

AnthroSource (AAA journals online), Web of Science

Bibliography of Native North Americans
(SilverPlatter)

Annals of Human Biology, Latin American Archeology

Art & Design

BA, MA
U: 514
G: 37
CH: 8054
F: 17.25
5 yr circ: 57%

Art Education, Art History, Graphic Design, Studio Arts (painting, sculpture, ceramics, illustration, animation, photography), Museum Studies, Architecture, Film and Video, Fiber Arts, Interior Design, and cross-disciplinary Cultural Studies
 

Image reproductions

Currently prefer to maintain print collections until viable online options arise.

Rely heavily on both books and journals. 

American Photographer; Aperture;

Biological Sciences

BA, MA
U: 359
G: 29
CH: 10012
F: 11
5 yr circ: 46%

Aquatic Biology and Ecology, Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology of Birds, Plant and Animal Interactions, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Ecology and Population Genetics, Plant Physiological Ecology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Reproduction Endocrinology and Carbohydrate Biochemistry, Cancer Biology and Molecular Endocrinology, Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution, Cell Biology, Reproductive Endocrinology, Classical and Molecular Genetics of the Mouse, Molecular Biology of Plants
 

Materials on Ecology, Animal behavior, Cell Biology, Genetics, Bioinformatics, biomedical research, and biochemistry.

Prefer online resources for research but also need to maintain the print collection for undergraduate program.

Serials are more helpful, but still interested in maintaining the books for the undergraduate program.

Faculty of 1000;

BIOSIS Previews; Biological abstract (unlimited access);

Web of Science

Electronic resources: Science, Nature, Cell, Animal Behavior.

Business, General

BA, MA
U: 3
G: 78
CH: 5104
F: .5
5 yr circ: 37%

General Management and Marketing, Inter-disciplinary General Business, Business Ethics, and Material Pertaining to Specific Corporations

Business Ethics.

Accreditation review by AACSB scheduled for 2007/2008.

Both online and print are important.

Books are needed for the general business collection.

Web of Science as well as other resources listed under specific subject areas

More journals as listed under Accounting, Economics, FREDS, Management,  Marketing & Entrepreneurship subject areas.

Chemistry

BA, MA, PhD
U: 308
G: 46
CH: 9773
F: 12.67
5 yr circ: 30%

Biochemistry, Chemistry/Business, Organic, Physical, Analytical, Supramolecular, Inorganic, Bio-organic, Medicinal, Polymer

Chemistry Library; PhD program; Pre-med emphasis available; field majors in Biochemistry and Chemistry/Business available.
 

Strong support for online serials.

Research relies heavily on serials.

Monographic reference sets are critical.
 

Web of Science; additional users for SciFinder.

Digital archives of selected journals

Communication

BA, MA
U: 541
G: 69
CH: 11478
F: 13.75
5 yr circ: 46%

Rhetoric, Journalism, Mass Communication and Politics, Religious Rhetoric Analysis, Broadcasting, Public Relations, Advertising, Alternative American Journalism, Newsroom Coaching Techniques, Desktop Publishing, Newspaper Advising, Language Acquisition, photography, documentary production, Civic Journalism, Political Issues Development, Public Opinion/Polling, Media Effects, Alternative Media, Debate Pedagogy, Audio Production, Popular Culture, New Media, Women's History, Scholastic Journalism in Education, Conducting Focus Groups, News Writing Style, Newspaper History, Civic Journalism, Community Engagement, Creativity, and Media Ecology.
 

Single-source search engine for library databases.  The emergence of blogs as alternative media.

Some preference for online.

Both online and print are important.

A single-source search engine that can search a variety of databases through one user-friendly interface.

Material that relates to creativity.  Continue to subscribe to Media Tenor Quarterly Journal as well as all the AEJMC supported journals.

Communication Sciences & Disorders

BA, MA, PhD
U: 157
G: 93
CH: 4145
F: 11.42
5 yr circ: 58%

Typical and atypical language development in young children, Auditory models of speech processing, Speech acoustics and synthesis, Assessment and treatment of fluency disorders, Social interaction analysis, Qualitative research methods, Counseling approaches and applications, Diagnostic audiology, Pediatric hearing rehabilitation, Industrial hearing conservation, Applied/Clinical Phonology, Metaphonology and Early Literacy, Auditory disorders in aging, Environmental design for the hearing impaired, Neurophysiology of the auditory system, Computer applications/technology utilization, Augmentative and alternative communication, Pragmatic Language Behaviors, Pervasive Development Disorders, Augmentative/assistive communication systems, literacy/phonological awareness& autism spectrum disorders, Clinical application of otoacoustic emission measurement, Mechanism of sensory hearing loss
 

Video and DVD materials in Autism, Stutter, Learning disabilities, Learning styles, and Speech acoustics.

Prefer online resources for research but also need maintain the print collection for the undergraduate program.

Serials are more helpful, but still interested in maintaining the books for the undergraduate program.

Topics in Language Disorders

Computer Science

BA, MA
U: 378
G: 129
CH: 4638
F: 8.57
5 yr circ: 42%

Algorithms, Artificial intelligence, Databases, Expert systems, Information retrieval, Machine learning, Networking, Operating systems, Programming languages, Software engineering, Symbolic computation, Visual interfaces

Supplemented by collections in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mathematics.

Program emphasizes core computer science technologies and their applications. Includes preparation for professional work in business, industry, or government.
 

Prefer online access.

More interested in serial publications, but need access to monographic series, conference proceedings, and computer software manuals.
 

IEEE Proceedings Online, Web of Science

Criminal Justice

BA, MA
U: 487
G: 57
CH: 8258
F: 10.47
5 yr circ: 66%

Transit Crime, Vandalism, Situational Crime Prevention, Health Care Fraud, Community Policing, Police Policy, Organized Crime, Computer Crime, Criminal Justice Training and Education, Organizational Change, Police-Minority Relations, Criminal Law and Procedure, Capital Punishment, Gambling, Juvenile Justice, Gun Violence, Terrorism, White-Collar Crime, Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Toxicology, Social Disorganization Theory.
 

New BS in Forensic Science (cross-disciplinary with Chemistry, Biology, Psychology, & Anthropology); certificates available in Forensic Criminology, Cross-Cultural Communications in CJ, Corrections, and Law Enforcement. 

Have proposed online MA in Criminal Justice.

The more online, the better. 

Serials a priority for research, but monographs still important, especially for students.

None at this time.

Security Journal

Dental Hygiene

BA
U: 271
G: 0
CH: 2694
F: 8.16
5 yr circ: 52%

Periodontics, Local Anesthesia, Clinical Dental Hygiene, Dental Materials, Community Dentistry, Dental Health Education,  Preclinic, Histology, Embryology, Dental Hygiene Concepts, Ethics, Dental Radiology, Nutrition

Especially need materials on periodontal dental disease, Dental public health, community dental health, and community oral health.

Online material would be easy for students to use, but they still think it is important to maintain print collection.

Books and journals are both very important. They are Very interested in maintaining book budget. Will not cut books to add or save journals.
 

Special care in dentistry.

Economics

BA, MA
U: 45
G: 39
CH: 7658
F: 8.5
5 yr circ: 31%

Public Choice, Law & Economics, Corporate Governance, Stock Market Efficiency, Interest Rate Adjustment Impact, Monetary & Financial Economics, forecasting, Japanese Monetary System, Monetary Economics & Aggregates,  Money & Banking, Bond Markets, Bank Structure, Financial Liberalization, topics related to Emerging Financial Markets, Time Series Analysis, Health Insurance, Retirement Issues, Collective Bargaining, Sports Economics, Econometrics, and Economic History.
 

International Finance, Statistics.

Slight preference for online.

Books and serials are both important.

SSRN.

Journal of Corporate Finance, easier online access to journals.

Education

1.        Curriculum & Instruction

2.        Counseling, Educational / School Psychology

3.        Educational Leadership

BA, MA, PhD
U: 945
G: 1294
CH: 18231
F: 51.84
5 yr circ: 45%

1.  CI: Early childhood unified, elementary, middle school (mathematics, science, English/language arts, and history comprehensive) and secondary (biology, chemistry, physics, earth/space science, mathematics, English/ language arts, and history/ government), adaptive, functional, and gifted education, reading specialist, library media specialist, and TESOL (Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages)

2.  CESP: School counseling, community counseling, educational psychology, and school psychology

3.  EL: Educational administration, district-level certification/licensure in school administration
 

The College offers a MEd in C & I at numerous off-campus sites each year.  Some classes meet in Wichita, while others meet in neighboring communities, such as McPherson, El Dorado, Newton, and Anthony.  The Library provides special article copy delivery services to students whose classes meet at least 25 miles from campus.

C&I proposes to extend distance course offerings with the eventual development of  two online degree programs: M.Ed. and MA in Teaching.

Prefer electronic journals to print.

The book collection is heavily used by students in this major, but electronic journals are also a priority for this department.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

Diversity Resource Database

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Journal of Latinos and Education

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Overseas and international journals in gifted education

Electrical & Computing Engineering

BA, MA, PhD
U: 448
G: 325
CH: 7492
F: 13.5
5 yr circ: 52%

Computer system design, computer networking, electrical networks and systems, digital systems, computer engineering, communications and signal processing, control systems, electric power systems, electronics, and electromagnetics, wireless communication,  routing and switching, optical networks, computer networks, integrated circuits, signal processing
 

ABET accreditation review in Fall 2007.

Prefer electronic journals to print.

Would probably endorse cutting book budget to add more
e-journals.

Web of Science

Journal of Power Sources

English

BA, MA
U: 185
G: 98
CH: 16821
F: 21.25
5 yr circ: 46%

English Composition

Language and Linguistics, including syntax, logic, dialectology, language acquisition, history of language, Old English

Literature, including medieval and Renaissance, American (all periods but esp. 19^th c), British (all periods), Irish and other Western literatures in English (all periods), Western drama, comparative literature, folklore and mythology

Creative Writing, including poetry, fiction, playwriting

Cinema Studies
 

Majors: English Language and Literature, Creative Writing, Teaching

·          MFA offered in Creative Writing Program

·          MA offered in English

·          Certificate in Film Studies

·          Certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (multidepartmental) established in 2006

Most prefer print. One linguistics professor would support cancelling print for online resources.

General feeling that serials are already at “bare-bones” level.  The library’s “willingness to add books to its collection” was mentioned as a strength.

Shakespeare Collection (Thomson)

LION (Chadwyck-Healy)

None at this time

Ethnic Studies

BA
U: 135
G: 16
CH: 2298
F: 4.31
5 yr circ: 48%

Ethnic groups (African-American, Asian-American, Native-American, Latino-American); special populations in the criminal justice system; diversity issues; aging; women; cross-cultural communications

Concentration available in Ethnic Studies through the Bachelor of Generalized Studies program or as a Field Major; minor also available.

Prefer online resources.

Serials are a priority for research, though students use monographs extensively.
 

None at this time.

None at this time.

Finance, Real Estate, and Decision Sciences

BA, MA
U: 454
G: 76
CH: 10653
F: 15.5
5 yr circ: 38%

Finance interests: Corporate Finance,

Public Finance,

Municipal Securities, and

Taxation

Real Estate interests: Housing Economics and Insurance

Decision Sciences interests: Group Decision Support Systems, MIS, Supply Chain Management, IT Acceptance and Impacts, Online Behavior, and the human side of computing.
 

Business, Constitutional and Employment Law, Torts, E-commerce, and Insurance.

Online is preferred.

Serials appear to have a slight edge over books.

Westlaw Campus Research, Business Source Premier, and ABI/Inform.

Information & Management, Information Systems Research, and Management Information Systems Quarterly.

General Engineering

na
U: 96
G: 0
CH: 78
F: 0
5 yr circ: 32%

Fundamental technical knowledge, engineering ethics, engineering graphics, mathematics, physical science, digital computation, engineering economy

Prefer electronic journals to print.

Books are very important to this basic subject area, and a balance of books and journals should be maintained.
 

Geology

BA
U: 44
G: 13
CH: 6532
F: 75 yr circ: 29%

Aqueous geochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Carbonate environments, Climate change, Coral reef development, Cyclic sedimentation, Earth Science, Ecology and paleoecology of Foraminifera and freshwater Ostracodes, Environmental geochemistry, Field mapping, GIS, Hydrogeology, Jurassic sedimentology,  Marine sedimentology, Meterology, Microbial and carbonate sedimentology,  Paleontology, Petroleum geology, Rare Earth Elements, Stratigraphic computer modeling (fuzzy logic), Sedimentary basins, Sedimentology, Sequence statigraphy, Tectonics

Geographic areas and geologic periodis: Belize, China, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, northern Mexico, New Mexico, Oklahoma, west Texas, Wyoming;  Jurassic, Mississippian, Upper Paleozoic, Upper Pennsylvanian, Permian, Lower Triassic
 

Although there is no graduate program in Geology, the department does help support the new master’s program in Earth, Environmental and Physical Science (EEPS) Program which is a collaborative effort with the Department of Physics. The Department of Geology provides centralized site for networked community interested in environmental issues – Center for Environmental and Human Health and sponsors a research group called SATIS – Stratigraphic Analysis through Interdisciplinary Studies.

Supports canceling print to provide electronic access to journals.

Very interested in serials; would be willing to cut book budget; need to retain core book collection for undergraduates.

Web of Science, GeoScience World (e-journals)

Gerontology

MA
U: 54
G: 6
CH: 959
F: 1
5 yr circ: 62%

Social, physical, and mental aspects of aging, public and private services for the elderly, impact of aging on individuals, families and society

The department also offers an online Masters Degree. Goal is to have all core courses available online while offering some electives on-campus.

Usually prefer electronic journals to print.

Books as well as journals are required.
 

Government Documents

na
U: 0
G: 0
CH: 0
F: 0
5 yr circ: 0%

American history, government and politics.  Government Branch Information – Congressional, Executive, Judicial.  Armed forces and conflicts.  Criminal justice.  Economics.  Education.  Environment.  Energy and natural resources.   Food and agriculture.  Geographic information, maps.   Health.    Intellectual property – patents, trademarks, copyrights. International affairs.  Native American and immigrant cultures.   Public administration.  Safety-Accidents-Disasters.  Science and technology.  Social Issues.  Statistics.  Transportation.
 

Panama Canal (near 100^th anniversary).   U.S. patents. 

Core documents in print.  Online access from government to over 85% since 2000.  But need vendor databases for added search value.

Very interested in books that compile & interpret gov’t statistics, summarize & interpret complex issues,   biographies, etc.

19^th Century Masterfile.

N/A at present

Health Services Management

BA
U: 65
G: 54
CH: 694
F: 2.98
5 yr circ: 48%

Epidemiology, Health Management, Community development, Organizational Behavior and Leadership in Health Organizations, Health Economics, Health Politics, Social Marketing, Community Action, leadership, Health Education and Health Promotion, Health Care Ethics, Concepts of Quality, Program Planning/Development in Health Services, Geographic Information Systems in Community Epidemiology, Long-Term Care Systems, The Role of Culture in Health and Health Care.
 

Career resource development materials

Prefer online resources for research but also need maintain the print collection for undergraduate program.

Still need a few books on careers in Healthcare Management.

JAMA electronic version.

Health education and Behavior journal; Health Promotion Practice journal (published by the Society for Public Health Education); Social Marketing Journal; Health Education Journal

Health, General

na
U: 107
G: 0
CH: 827
F: 2.75
5 yr circ: 54%

Public Health, Health care ethics, Health care systems, Community health care systems, Evidence-based medicine.

Healthcare field has become more and more rely on high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Materials on Evidence-based medicine are very helpful for us.
 

Prefer online resources for research but also need maintain the print collection for undergraduate program.

Serials are more helpful for research.
 

Nature, Science, Web of science.

JAMA (Electronic resources); Evidence-based Healthcare & Public Health

History & Geography (New World History)

BA, MA
U: 120
G: 55
CH: 5324
F: 9.6
5 yr circ: 48%

Colonial, Early U.S., Civil War, 19^th and 20^th century American, North American West, American Culture and Religion, American Diplomatic, Military, Business, Legal, Environmental, and Family, Viet Nam Conflict, Kansas, Public History, Women and Gender, Geography, Public History, Latin America

Special Collections contains abolition and anti-slavery materials, rare atlases, maps, photographs documenting North American, regional, Kansas and local history, aviation, local architecture, Panama Canal, U.S. Sanitary Commission, oral histories of  Wichita communities, local civic and commercial history
 

Prefer maintaining print for core resources.

Very interested in maintaining book budget.  Will not cut books to add or save journals.

American Periodicals Series Online (ProQuest)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Archivaria (Canada)

Archives and Manuscripts

(Australia)

History & Geography (Old World History)

BA, MA
U: 64
G: 30
CH: 2808
F: 2.4
5 yr circ: 50%

World Environmental, Ancient,19^th and 20^th century Europe, Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation, Russia,  Soviet Union, France, Britain, Germany, Jewish History, Philosophy and History of Science, Women and Gender

Rare books in Special Collections on diverse subjects, including religion, geography, science, literature, printing and calligraphy

Prefer maintaining print for core resources.

Very interested in maintaining book budget.  Will not cut books to add or save journals.
 

History Compass (Blackwell)

Facts On File World News Digest

Science in Context(Cambridge)

The Seventeenth Century (Manchester)
 

Humanities, General

na
U: 588
G: 8
CH: 3516
F: .75
5 yr circ: 46%

English Literature and Language
Foreign Literatures and Languages
Philosophy
Religion
History

The Humanities Fund provides for general humanities resources, e.g., certain serials not falling into one of the more specific Humanities areas.  There is also a Humanities Reference Fund with which specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, scholarly edition sets, etc. can be purchased.

N/A

American Periodicals Series

None at this time

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

BA, MA, PhD
U: 74
G: 163
CH: 3757
F: 10.71
5 yr circ: 53%

Design, analysis, and operation of manufacturing and other integrated systems of people, material, equipment, and money, manufacturing systems, ergonomics/human factors engineering, and engineering systems, computer analysis

Numerous Labs:  Graphics Lab, Metrology Lab, CIM Lab, Cessna Manufacturing Processes Lab, Ergonomics/Human Factors Lab, Non-Traditional Machining Lab, Advanced Manufacturing Process Lab, Rapid Prototyping, Virtual Reality Development Lab, Graduate Computing Lab, Open Computing Lab.

ABET accreditation review in Fall 2007.
 

Prefer electronic journals to print.

Would probably endorse cutting book budget to add more electronic journals.

Web of Science

Juvenile Literature

Na
U: 0
G: 0
CH: 0
F: 0
5 yr circ: 67%

Still weak in current Social Science / Science nonfiction. 

The College of Education is currently searching for a new faculty member who will be the “key” faculty member in this area.  We will need to communicate with this new person about their interests and if they will do more with young adult, graphic and electronic resources.
 

100% print right now

100% books

?