Library Services Strategic Plan, 2020-2022

Emphasize the acquisition of electronic resources to support students at all locations, both on and off campus. Supports APSU Goal #2: Student Success
When possible, focus on acquiring library resources to support new and revised academic programs. Supports APSU Goals #1: Enrollment Growth, and #2: Student Success
Utilize usage and cost data to make decisions regarding the continuation of subscriptions to serials and e-resources. Supports APSU Goal #3: Sustainability
Explore the feasibility and affordability of a discovery service. Supports APSU Goal #2: Student Success
Participate in efforts to provide technological resources to students enrolled in online courses. Supports APSU Goal #2: Student Success
Provide support and education for open access resources (course reserves, e-books, bibliographic management tools, etc.). Supports APSU Goal #3: Sustainability

Continue to develop instructional videos and tutorials to support an increasing number of hybrid and online course delivery methods. Supports APSU Goal #2: Student Success
Continue to develop a structured method of information literacy instruction using curriculum mapping and scaffolding techniques. Supports APSU Goal #2: Student Success
Expand avenues for providing research assistance services. Supports APSU Goal #2: Student Success
Review layout of Research Guides to allow for more flexibility of content across disciplines while maintaining a consistent user experience. Supports APSU Goal #2: Student Success
Provide users with strategic frameworks to effectively evaluate information and navigate digital information resources. Supports APSU Goal #2: Student Success

Add collections and promote the use of the institutional repository, ASPIRE. Supports APSU Goals #2: Student Success and #3: Sustainability
Develop records management protocol and perform retention review of existing records. Supports APSU Goal #3: Sustainability
Establish a workflow for in-house authority control for the library catalog, rather than paying for a third party authority control. Supports APSU Goal #3: Sustainability
Create a collection and establish working relationships using the Student Activism Now Documented (STAND) toolkit. Supports APSU Goal #4: Diversity

Collaborate with representatives from Capital Planning, Design & Construction and others on a student success building funding proposal. Supports APSU Goals #1: Enrollment Growth, #2: Student Success, and #3: Sustainability

Write and publicize a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statement for Woodward Library. Supports APSU Goal #4: Diversity
Seek opportunities to participate in, offer, and support DEI initiatives. Supports APSU Goal #4: Diversity