Develop a plan to provide the appropriate organization for collection development activities. Develop and strengthen cooperative agreements for resource sharing and preservation. Continue the development of collection endowments to enhance research collections. Undoubtedly the single most important factor for success is the library staff and faculty. Only by recruiting and retaining a superior staff can the University Libraries succeed in fulfilling its mission.
All organizations require good management and communication.
The University Libraries seek improvement in a number of important areas. Seek to keep committees at a manageable level to reduce the amount of time staff and faculty members spend in committee meetings. Create an Information Technology Advisory Council to discuss both the broad issues and specific mechanisms for applying technology in the Libraries in areas other than the catalog proper. Involve line staff in activities that will expose them to the broad issues facing the Libraries. Enforce eating, drinking, and smoking prohibitions in the libraries.