These increases have allowed UCSB to join in a UC-wide license for the Web of Science, the web version of the ISI Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index , plus a five year backfile. Upon the arrival of the new University Librarian, the Chancellor will make available additional funds for the Library. The Long Range Plan Steering Committee has begun to address the final portion of the Library's planning effort. There are about 25 goals now listed in the Plan. We need to identify objectives for each of those goals.
Objectives are measurable, short-term tasks that contribue to the achievement of our goals.
The Committee has asked all library employees to participate in setting objectives by meeting within their departments to formulate objectives appropriate to their areas. The Committee will meet with departments later this month to collect the thoughts of employees on objectives for the Plan. We hope that many employees will participate in this process because setting objectives will benefit greately from in-depth knowledge of activities, policies, and activites at the department or section level. Please contact any member of the committee if you have questions or comments. The California Digital Library, having made a great deal of progress in developing a Science, Technology and Industry Collectioni, is now working on strategies for building collections in other academic disciplines.