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Team 7 Cathy, Qu, Sin-yee, Xiao, Yang, Peony

Team 7 Cathy, Qu, Sin-yee, Xiao, Yang, Peony. Building a New Library. Mission Statement. Support teaching, learning and research of the university community. Facilitate knowledge exchange in scholarly community. Goals. Provide the best service Adopt the most advanced technology

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Team 7 Cathy, Qu, Sin-yee, Xiao, Yang, Peony

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  1. Team 7Cathy, Qu, Sin-yee, Xiao, Yang, Peony Building a New Library

  2. Mission Statement • Support teaching, learning and research of the university community • Facilitate knowledge exchange in scholarly community

  3. Goals • Provide the best service • Adopt the most advanced technology • Build the best collection • Provide the most effective staff development program • Provide the most flexible space usage

  4. SWOT Analysis--Strengths • Hard-working and energetic staff • New library building • 80% of print collection intact • Budget increase in the next 10 years • Well regarded by students

  5. SWOT Analysis--Weaknesses • Short of library staff • 1 million volumes of print collection need attention – mold problem • Lack of study space • Have no change for a long time—no experience for change and may not be ready for changes psychologically • Lack of e-resources

  6. SWOT Analysis--Opportunities • Hire new staff to provide new services • Build a green earthquake resisted library • Potential demand from Sidney Poly • Adopt new technologies, including cloud computing • Build a new collection with more emphasis on e-resources by taking advantage of UNESCO special offer • Work with young professors

  7. SWOT Analysis--Threats • Existing staff may resist changes • Lack of resources sharing opportunity and partners • Short of experienced librarians and two of the experienced librarians are retiring soon • Half of the existing librarians are not service-oriented • The 1-million volume print collection may be in danger

  8. Services to be offered • Information literacy training • E-resources training • Build a virtual library • Implement RFID to enable self check-out and tracking of space usage • Electronic 24/7 reference • Outsource cataloging • Use WorldCat Local

  9. Services to Stop or Reduce • Reduce manual check out • No ILS – use Cloud Computing Service • Reduce IT staff and infrastructure maintenance work • Reduce desk reference hours

  10. Measurement • Number of Self Check out • Usage data of e-resources • Bi-annual user survey on satisfaction • Enrollment and attendance of training courses • Test students’ ability to find information for their research needs before and after the training courses • Investigate space utilization by RFID

  11. New Staff 1 1 5 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 5 10 25

  12. Thank you!

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