The June 30, 2016, action plan update of the Libraries’ 2014-2019 Strategic Plan Steering Committee is now available as a PDF. The document includes group leaders and committee members for each objective in addition to a timeline for each action, expected deliverables, a leadership sponsor, and the action’s reflection of the Penn State Strategic Plan thematic priority or supporting element.
The 33 objectives on the list include 11 for Advancing University Research (one objective of the original 12 was moved earlier to the agenda of the associate deans); nine for Discovery, Access, and Preservation; and 13 for Teaching and Learning. Three actions are listed as substantially completed, one action is the refinement/assessment phase, 20 are in progress, five are in the planning phase, and four are to be initiated between now and June 30, 2017.
At the end of this yearlong action plan, the University Libraries’ roles in University-level initiatives like engaged scholarship, Invent Penn State, and research data management will be better defined. We also will have advanced Libraries’ work in support of outcomes-based assessment of student learning, digital preservation, and digital scholarship.
The Strategic Plan Steering Committee (link on the staff site) has established a communication strategy to keep everyone updated on our progress on each action item and to continue to involve University Libraries faculty and staff in advancing the strategic plan. Each quarter, we will update the status of each action item. To continue to advance the strategic plan, an action plan will be completed during the early part of each spring semester. In the fall of each year, a small group will be charged to gather feedback on the current action items and to brainstorm additional action items for the upcoming action plan.
In addition, we are seeking your perspectives for a new Library News blog series. What does the Libraries’ Strategic Plan mean to you? We are seeking contributors to write blog posts that reflect your individual thoughts about the plan and how you see it in practice in your work. Submissions can be sent via the Library News – Submit an Article form on the staff site using the working title “What the Strategic Plan Means to Me.” Those with additional questions (about how and what to write, etc.) can email Joe Salem.
We welcome your feedback on the current update of the action plan, process for updating the action plan, communication strategy, and revisions to the strategic plan. Please feel free to send your comments or questions to any member of the Strategic Plan Steering Committee:
Chris Avery (cca2@psu.edu)
Matt Ciszek (mpc16@psu.edu)
Karen Estlund (kme20@psu.edu)
Jennifer Gilley (jrg15@psu.edu)
Anne Langley (ael22@psu.edu)
Lana Munip (lzm10@psu.edu)
Rob Olendorf (rko5039@psu.edu)
Kimlyn Patishnock (kjp2@psu.edu)
Sheila Sager (sss2@psu.edu)
Joe Salem (jas1218@psu.edu)
Diane Zabel (dxz2@psu.edu)
