Library Services Strategic Plan, 2011-2015
University Key Priority: Student Success
Library Goals:
- Implement means of collaboration between the Research Assistance Desk (RAD) and the Writing Center that is to be relocated to the library sometime in 2012
- Transition from an information commons model to a learning commons
- Seek ways to infuse information literacy instruction into the curriculum using BRAVO student learning outcomes as appropriate
- Continue to measure library-related student learning outcomes
University Key Priority: Quality
Library Goals:
- Library facility improvements - implement the existing plan to add a seminar room, space for a writing center, and a coffee shop; if funding is available, make improvements such as new paint and carpet on the 1st and 3rd floors
- Use technology to simplify and streamline access to information resources, e.g., continue to refine the Encore Synergy content and discovery tool, and provide additional information resources via mobile technology
- Improve library services to populations away from the main campus, including the Fort Campbell Center, Springfield, Dickson, and online
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Increase external fundraising efforts
- Write at least one external grant proposal each year; get at least two funded for the period 2011-2015
- Build on the initial success of the Woodward Library Society (friends of the library); increase membership by at least 20%
University Key Priority: Resourcefulness & Efficiency
Library Goals:
- Reduce costs and utilize space more efficiently by reducing the number of journal print subscriptions and government documents that are duplicated by online equivalents
- Utilize technology to provide services and resources to off-campus students - e.g., using Camtasia software to develop mini-tutorials about library resources
- Improve communication, both internally and with external constituencies and stakeholders