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Collections
Taskforce Goals and Objectives:
Develop, organize, preserve,
promote, assess, and provide access to the library's collections.
- Organize
a timely review of the library's collections in all formats.
- Establish
weeding procedures to include a process for the distribution of withdrawn
items.
- Provide
greater access to the collections of the Archives & Special Collections
Department.
- Expand
the current collection development policy.
- Develop
a volunteer program to assist in collection projects.
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Instruction/Information
Fluency Task Force Goals and Objectives:
Strengthen
and assess information fluency skills throughout campus.
- Develop
guidelines for library instruction and information literacy programs.
- Assess
students' information fluency skills:
- Ongoing
implementation and assessment of information fluency testing of first year
students
- Standardized
pre-test assessment of IFT 106 students
- Teach
students information fluency skills (including critical thinking, computer,
and information literacy skills) through formal instruction classes and
informally through reference desk service.
- Identify
methods for integrating information fluency into the college curriculum.
- Continue
to develop innovative workshops, seminars, and opportunities for
collaboration with faculty.
- Assess
faculty needs for information fluency through surveys and/or focus groups to
determine integration of IF into the curriculum.
- Develop
online resources for the encouraging information fluency.
Develop
library personnel skills.
- Provide
training for technological changes in software and hardware to include SIRSI
upgrades, OCLC, and other relevant tools.
- Provide
ongoing professional development through workshops and courses.
Communicate
about library resources, services, and events to the campus and local community.
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Technology
Taskforce Goals and Objectives
Provide
remote access to Library online databases by all students, faculty, and staff
of Rollins College.
- Make
use of referring URL and other forms of access where offered by database
providers.
- Investigate
using a proxy server or other technology to make databases accessible
off-campus. I.T. representative and electronic resource librarian will
work with database contractors to determine methods and estimate costs by
May 2004.
Review
and revise the Olin Library Web page.
- Weekly
maintenance of site coordinated by electronic resource librarian.
- Library
departmental representatives determine needs and generate content as
appropriate.
- Evaluate
site as a whole annually, using hit statistics and user feedback, to
determine needs.
- Maintain
budget for training or outside contracting to make use of new Web
technologies.
Regularly
assess technology needs and implement upgrades.
- Upgrade
and evaluate OPAC regularly based on technical service needs, public
services needs, and available releases.
- Electronic
resources librarian monitors needs for library hardware and software.
- Maintain
budget for technological upgrades and future needs.
Maintain
and improve peak-time access to subscription online databases.
- Observe
access speeds at peak times of the day, semester, and year.
- Obtain
recommendation from Information Technology department by May 2004.
Possible solutions: to install a separate line for the Library, costing
approximately $1,000 per month plus initial installation, or
architecturally isolate Olin traffic from mainstream traffic.
Explore
and implement digitization projects to improve access to library materials and
to increase awareness and preservation of special collections.
- Develop
and maintain standards of digitalization and procedures.
- Organize
project team to seek grant support for digitization.
- Promote
the use of electronic reserves by instructors.
Maintain
representation to and from the Information Technology department.
- Electronic
resources librarian acts as liaison to I.T. department.
- I.T.
representative to Olin will be kept aware of Library needs and issues.
Standardize
terminology and records in the online catalog.
- Encourage
library faculty and staff to report cataloging errors and problems.
- Rebuild
the catalog at least twice yearly.
- Update
subject headings every five years-estimated cost:
$20,000.
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Space
& Facilities Taskforce Goals:
Provide
an adequate facility for the housing of collections, instructional, and study
areas, and informal intellectual spaces.
Priorities
- Adequate
shelving for the long-term growth of the collection
- Informal
social and intellectual space to encourage a sense of community
- Professional,
inviting, and well organized entrance floor
- Space
appropriate to the size and use of particular collections
Potential
strategies for achievement of our goal:
- Re-evaluate
all collections (General Collections, Government Documents, Periodicals,
etc.) for relevance to the curriculum
- Consider
access to, rather than ownership of, some scholarly information
- Consider
hiring a consultant to conduct a space utilization study
- Work
with other departments on campus to create a cooperative storage facility
on or off-site for little-used materials
- Evaluate
signage regularly to improve navigation and make services and collections
more accessible
- Evaluate
comfort, temperature, and privacy issues for all offices and public spaces
on a regular basis
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