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The VALID Value Proposition. Anne Ciliberti and Marianne Gaunt VALID Steering Committee Co-Chairs VALE Users’ Conference January 4, 2013. VALID Vision.
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The VALID Value Proposition Anne Ciliberti and Marianne Gaunt VALID Steering Committee Co-Chairs VALE Users’ Conference January 4, 2013
VALID Vision • To be the catalyst in transforming the role of libraries in higher education in New Jersey through the use of a shared information technology infrastructure
VALID Strategies • Reduce duplicative efforts • Eliminate information/service silos • Engage in enterprise-level collaboration
VALID Deliverables • Easy access to state-wide collections • A more comprehensive research collection through reduced duplication • Freed-up space for new transformative uses through weeding and a last copy retention plan • State-wide academic library borrower card • State-wide institutional repository for unique state-wide resources
VALID Deliverables • Reduced cost of library operations in : • Resource sharing (ILL) • Cataloging • Acquisitions • Reference • Systems (software, hardware, maintenance)
VALID Deliverables • Free-up resources (staff and financial) for more strategic/transformative services: • Support for MOOCS • Faculty research support (data preservation, open access journals, digital humanities, etc) • Industry-university partnerships • Student learning enhancements