Policies + Reports

Strategic Initiatives

1. Action: Accomplish organizational design work, including the relationship between instructional technology, media services and the Learning Commons.
Responsibile team: Steering Group
Project coordinator: Deborah Poole
Completion date: December 2008.

2. Action: Develop plans for space use, including short term and long term plans for the use of public and office/workroom spaces and collection management. Develop a process for sharing information as the planning unfolds.
Responsibile teams: Steering Group, Librarian Liaisons, Stacks Management Group
Completion date: December 2008.

3. Action: Build external and internal understanding of what we do so that we present a cohesive image to our users.
Responsibile teams: Outreach Coordinator, Librarian Liaisons, Learning Commons Team
Project coordinator: Deborah Poole, Ashley Pillow
Completion date: December 2008.

4. Action: Redesign the library's web site to promote and support user self-sufficiency, including interactive tutorials and enhanced request forms.
Responsibile teams: Web Team, Teaching and Learning Team
Project coordinator: Ashley Pillow
Completion date: December 2008.

5. Action: Initiate fund raising to support space initiatives.
Responsibile teams: Development Team
Project coordinator: Mary Lee Sweat, Darla Rushing
Completion date: February 2008.

6. Action: Smooth connections between front and back of the house work. Responsibile teams: Learning Commons Team, Acq/Cat Team, Stacks Maintenance Team, ILL Team, Reserves Team
Project coordinator: Laurie Phillips, Ria Newhouse
Completion date: December 2008.

7. Action: Support the library's involvement in online course initiatives, curriculum development, first year experience programming, living learning communities.
Responsibile teams: Teaching and Learning Team
Project coordinator: Alicia Hansen
Completion date: December 2008.

8. Action: Strengthen the library's partnership with the Office of Professional Development.
Responsibile teams: Steering Group, Teaching and Learning Team
Project coordinator: Mary Lee Sweat, Alicia Hansen
Completion date: December 2008.

9. Action: Continue to develop the library's student workforce.
Responsibile teams: Steering Group
Project coordinator: Mary Lee Sweat
Completion date: December 2008.