Enrich the campus environment by improving student recruitment and the mechanisms that foster student growth. This is a re-affirmation of Duke as an undergraduate institution and the need to commit to the undergraduate experience. Extend our global reach and influence. The Library has a lot to contribute to this. Library staff will be notified when the plan is made public.
Some objectives are vague, but there are resource dollars attached to each.
The Board of Trustees has approved a template, which maps to departments rather than goals. There is a library slot under both programs and facilities. Dollars for the digital library initiative are also included. Steve Hensen remarked that tenure here was not dependent on teaching, which Ferriero says was recognized. Tim West asked if there was any concern that the Humanities and Social Sciences were being de-emphasized.