Priority Sponsor Project/Deliverable Group/Team Timeline Develop a discovery and access strategic plan. Dace Freivalds Discovery and Access Strategic Plan including timeline and implementation plan Discovery and access strategy team Appointed by June 30, 2015 Update due by Dec 1, 2015 Investigate and make recommendations on a new Library Management System Dace Freivalds Investigate landscape and make recommendation for next steps LMS Investigation Team Appointed by June 30, 2015 Report by Dec 1, 2015 Develop a conservation and preservation strategic plan and proposal for Conservation Lab Sue Kellerman Step 1: Conservation and Preservation Strategic Plan including timeline and implementation plan Conservation and Preservation Strategic Planning Group (Should include 1 or 2 stakeholders external to preservation/special collections etc.) Appointed by June 30, 2015 Strategic plan due by Dec 1, 2015 Step 2: Detailed facilities and staffing proposal for fully functional Conservation Lab Conservation and Preservation Strategic Planning Group Proposal for lab by May, 2016 Develop a clearly defined digital repository strategy AD for TEDS Digital Repository Strategic Plan Digital Repository Strategy Team? Appointed by October 1, 2015. Plan by March 1, 2016. Develop a center for humanities information with the college of liberal arts including a digital humanities lab Anne Langley Step 1: Status report PCS and Arts and Humanities (Dawn and James) Status Report due by July 1, 2015 Anne Langley Step 2: Digital Humanities Strategic Plan including timeline and implementation plan DH Strategy Group- Members from College of Liberal Arts, Facilities/resources and Libraries DH people Appointed by October 1, 2015 Strategic plan due by March 1, 2016 Hire a Collections Strategist Anne Langley Hire a Collections Strategist Collections Strategist Search Committee under leadership of AD for Collections TBD
Compile information and discuss Libraries-wide June-July 2015 Prepare summary report on Libraries instructional activities with action plan and identifiable metrics June-August 2015 Distribute plan to Unit Heads – discuss implementation of action items August 2015- Repeat survey, track progress Ongoing 1 to 2 years Note: Assessment of instructional activities is a vital objective and is currently a work in progress. Under the direction of Joseph Salem, Associate Dean for Learning, Undergraduate Services, and Commonwealth Campus Libraries, a Libraries-wide approach is under development. An example of the approach follows. Example Assessment Plan for Teaching and Learning Action Item: Create a Baseline of Current Learning Partnerships Specific metric – n/a (assessment project) Data collection method - survey Data collection frequency - once Person responsible for data collection – implementation team Person responsible for analysis / assessment - tbd Programmatic Area Goal Action AY Responsible for Action Item Responsible for Data Collection Responsible for Analysis Teaching and Learning Goal 1 Create a baseline of current learning partnerships 2014-2015 Implementation team Implementation team TBD PROGRAMMATIC AREA - ADVANCING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH The working group has identified several preliminary tactical goals for the objectives below. In doing so, the group used the SMART convention. This approach uses the following criteria: S--specific in terms of results to be achieved M--measureable A--ambitious R--but realistic R--time bound The Assessment and Metrics plan currently developed (see attached example) will be applied to each tactic. This is work currently in progress. GOAL 1: Provide scholarly collections and services needed for cross-disciplinary research by undergraduate, graduate and faculty researchers. Objective: Create a research services model that crosses organizational boundaries and provides deeper support for interdisciplinary research and emerging researcher needs