2012 Program Initiatives / Service Goals
Current Working Document
Planning Meeting – 5/24/12
(Henshaw, Gilbert, Koch, Dunham-LaGree, Davis, & Fink)
Background – Impacts on FY13 planning
1. New leadership (June 11th meeting with the Provost)
2. Budget uncertainty ($5K increase for FY13)
Administration
7/2/12 – Cowles Foundation Meeting update
· Current project
· Next phases
5/29/12 – Breakout group to plan for Cowles Foundation Meeting
Other breakout meetings needed:
· Provost Meeting
· All Staff Engagement [summer]
· Main floor planning [summer/fall]
· Budget planning [ASAP]
· Faculty/Staff Goals [summer]
· Faculty Position Case Statement – Library Faculty develop during FY13
Organizational Effectiveness
· Ipad deployment – begin in June; outcome – behavior change with use of technology/tool
o Potentially use projects to help see application of ipads
· Staff position review
o Staff positions alignment with needs
o Flexibility for needs
o Methodology – program areas matrix to show tasks needs; analysis of all positions; alignment with core responsibilities; look for flexibility in program areas and across organization
§ Peer driven process
§ LOC to create objectives then left to staff to implement
§ Areas for additional consideration
· HR Conversation
· Law overlap
· Blurry area between some tasks – is it for librarians or staff
· Exercise for all to participate in to push innovation/transition
o Need special session to develop outcomes/timeline
· Communication – initiatives
o New area renovation
o Engagement of students with projects
· New Tools – are there other tools we need to begin training with/on
Facility – Main Floor Project – Learning Commons and Classroom – #1 PRIORITY
· Begin breakout sessions in June for the design process
· Need community engagement
Knowledge/Collections
· Sirsi SaaS – June – Andrew is working with it
· EDS (SuperSearch) – 3rd year – so decision needed mid-year about renewal
· Librarian group – strategic direction for collections (collections futures)
o Need a session for discussion of factors and implications
o East Side collection weeding
· PDA – pilot expansion
· Scholarly communication – awareness/dialog
o Use of partner’s group
· Cancellation Project
· Partners Group
o Include student involvement
o Contact student body president – Amanda C Laurent amanda.laurent@drake.edu
Learning/Service
· Expand CCC
· Service Prospectus/packet – archive file and share with librarians
· Extended Hours
· STEM initiative – limited
· Renovation of New Space (Communication)
· Pharmacy/Science Position – embed
· FYS research project
o Promote Web of Science
· Information Literacy Program
Development/Fundraising
· Engage advancement and president about alternatives
