Strategic Plan for 2023-2024
Goals
Develop talent, resources, and experiences to facilitate an inclusive community.
Initiative: Redevelop the Libraries’ onboarding process for new employees into a year-long experience that exemplifies the Libraries’ values, supports retention and engagement, and streamlines processes across departments and staff classifications.
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Facilitators
- Rich Wisneski
- Zac Grisham
Transform the Libraries’ environment and user-centered experience to anticipate evolving modes of learning.
Initiative: Continue to transform the Libraries into an environment that is welcoming, safe, and prepared to meet the individual needs of all learners by implementing recommendations in the Libraries’ Commitment to Inclusive Excellence for collections, people, services, and spaces.
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Facilitators
- Ken Irwin
- Elizabeth Kerr
Forge meaningful partnerships that foster affordability, ensure relevancy, and cultivate life-long connections.
Initiative: Increase external funding by 10% by engaging with partners:
- University Advancement (UA) and the Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) to build resources that increase library staff and librarians’ capacity to pursue and obtain funding;
- The ASPIRE office to submit a capital request for infrastructure enhancements.
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Facilitators
- Kevin Messner
- Jason Ezell