http://www1.cuny.edu/portal_ur/content/2004/chancellor/masterfinal.pdf
Perhaps in the future we can look to the University for some additional relief and assistance. Certainly the goals for libraries that emerged in the new CUNY master plan are worthy ones (emphasis added):
Increased support for research in the sciences;
Expanded support for CUNY-wide access to print and electronic resources in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and in professional fields in which CUNY grants undergraduate degrees;
Establishment of partnerships among academic and library faculty, IT officers and appropriate organizations such as the New York State Higher Education Initiative to establish regional archival repositories;
Improvement of library facilities so that each CUNY library provides a welcoming physical environment that is conducive to research, study, and learning;
Improving student success and retention by including information literacy and research skills in general education and transfer student programs;
Taking expeditious advantage of vendor software enhancements that provide user-centered service delivery and enhanced access to library collections via CUNY+, the integrated library system;
Designing and implementing an electronic delivery system for multimedia instructional materials.