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Strategic Initiatives, 2011/2012

Submitted by debbie on September 21, 2010 - 11:00

 

# Initiative Description
1 Accessibility Audit Conduct a broad-based audit of the Library’s facilities and practices to ensure compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
2 Blended Learning Strike a working group to review the delivery models for library instruction with an intent to dramatically increase the use of online (versus face-to-face) delivery.
3 Blended Service Consolidate the Access Services (circulation, reserve, ILL) and Research Help desks in Mills into a single Blended Service Desk (modeled after successful implementations in Thode and Innis). Focus on assessment and ongoing professional development of Blended Services staff in all libraries.
4 Digitization Develop a leading-edge digitization program in collaboration with campus and commercial partners. 
5 Good Ideas Incubator Create a database for staff to log suggestions regarding new ideas / cost saving measures.
6 Institutional Repository Secure broad-based campus support and use of the Institutional Repository. 
7 Library Development Web Presence Create an enhanced web presence for library development to encourage and facilitate donations.
8 Organizational Climate Prepare the organization for conducting ClimateQUAL in February 2012.  Analyze results.  Prepare action plan.  
9 Ron Joyce Centre (RJC)  Review and refine the suite of library services offered at the Ron Joyce Centre.
10 Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship Create a state-of-the-art facility to support interdisciplinary research into digital scholarship.
11 Training Plans Pilot the creation of individual training plans for one unit or group of staff.
12 Teaching Commons

Identify opportunities for CLL / Library information sharing and joint initiatives.  (NOTE:  Work to begin following results from Blended Learning Pilot.) 
13 Transform Physical Collections Identify and cost approaches for reducing the footprint of the Library's physical collections.  
14 Web Site Re-Engineering Enhance unmediated discovery / access by rethinking and restructuring the library web site.