From: James Mellone <James.Mellone@qc.cuny.edu> Date: Monday, March 4, 2024 at 2:49 PM To: Alexander Ryba <Alexander.Ryba@qc.cuny.edu>, Alvaro Fernandez <Alvaro.Fernandez@qc.cuny.edu>, Amy Herzog <aherzog@gc.cuny.edu>, Antonio Gonzalez <Antonio.Gonzalez@qc.cuny.edu>, Cathy Savagedunn <Cathy.Savagedunn@qc.cuny.edu>, Christopher Winks <Christopher.Winks@qc.cuny.edu>, David Gerwin <David.Gerwin@qc.cuny.edu>, Francois Pierre-Louis <Francois.Pierrelouis@qc.cuny.edu>, Gerasimus Katsan <Gerasimus.Katsan@qc.cuny.edu>, Glenn Burger <Glenn.Burger@qc.cuny.edu>, Igor Kuskovsky <Igor.Kuskovsky@qc.cuny.edu>, James Lowry <James.Lowry@qc.cuny.edu>, James Mellone <James.Mellone@qc.cuny.edu>, Jeff Beeler <Jeff.Beeler@qc.cuny.edu>, Jeffrey Bird <Jeffrey.Bird@qc.cuny.edu>, Jianbo Liu <Jianbo.Liu@qc.cuny.edu>, John Pellitteri <John.Pellitteri@qc.cuny.edu>, John Terilla <JTerilla@gc.cuny.edu>, Julia Sneeringer <Julia.Sneeringer@qc.cuny.edu>, Larissa Swedell <Larissa.Swedell@qc.cuny.edu>, Meghan Healey <Meghan.Healey@qc.cuny.edu>, Melissa Checker <Melissa.Checker@qc.cuny.edu>, Michael Lipsey <Michael.Lipsey@qc.cuny.edu>, Michael Newman <Michael.Newman@qc.cuny.edu>, Mihaela Robila <Mihaela.Robila@qc.cuny.edu>, Qianyun (Ivy) Huang <Qianyun.Huang@qc.cuny.edu>, Shige Song <Shige.Song@qc.cuny.edu>, Stephen Grover <Stephen.Grover@qc.cuny.edu>, Theodore Kesler <Theodore.Kesler@qc.cuny.edu>, Yunzhong Shu <Yunzhong.Shu@qc.cuny.edu>, Zadia Feliciano <Zadia.Feliciano@qc.cuny.edu> Cc: Patricia Price <patricia.price@qc.cuny.edu>, Simone Yearwood <Simone.Yearwood@qc.cuny.edu>, Bobbie Kabuto <Bobbie.Kabuto@qc.cuny.edu>, Kate Pechenkina <Kate.Pechenkina@qc.cuny.edu>, Daniel Weinstein <Daniel.Weinstein@qc.cuny.edu> Subject: QC Library: extra CUNY Funds for Reserves Dear Chairs, I write to share some good news from the Library. After January’s budget decisions, we made some adjustments to our supports for instruction (e. g. reducing ENGL 110 sessions) and subjects/resources because we remain short of subject librarians. But, I'm glad to report that most of our public services have continued as they were from the Fall, due to the continued support of our Provost and Dean. The additional good news is that we have received CUNY Library Services tax-levy funds to purchase materials for Course Reserves and Permanent Reserves. We must use these funds in this FY24. The CUNY Textbook Initiative ($25K) is to purchase physical books – a CUNY ZTC Funding allocation ($10K) is to purchase streaming video (or DVDs as necessary) RESERVES Faculty can submit requests for required or recommended physical books or streaming video for specific courses in Summer or Fall 2024. BTW, they can continue to request eBooks for online or hybrid courses as usual, for which we will use our regular funds. PERMANENT RESERVES Faculty, Chairs, or department Admin personnel can submit requests for required or recommended physical books or streaming video for courses not yet listed or not assigned to instructors (i.e. materials listed on a syllabus). * Use the department name (e. g. Accounting) in place of the instructor’s name and the course information * Provide a department email contact in case we have questions * The books or videos will be listed under the department for several semesters, but can be assigned to a course any time as needed How to Submit Requests In order to meet the Tax-Levy deadline of April 5th for encumbrances, I ask that you distribute this information to your faculty so they can submit requests asap, by the deadline of March 29th. * They can use our standard E-Reserves Request<https://qc-cuny.libwizard.com/f/EReservesRequest> form, one item per form * We can purchase multiple copies of physical books, especially for courses with more than thirty students, or those with many sections I understand this is all quite rushed, but after some delays we are receiving the funds from CUNY just now. Thanks in advance for promoting this opportunity – it helps us to continue providing ZTC options for our students. Any questions let me know. Best, Jim James Tasato Mellone, M. A., M.L.S. Interim Chief Librarian & Chair Queens College Library Rosenthal 325, 718-997-3623 Queens College, City University of New York Interim Coordinator of Collection Management, History & Classics Librarian Associate Professor of Library, Adjunct Faculty in Library and Information Studies