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UConn Library Budget Hearing Report

This report provides an overview of the financial health of the UConn Library and highlights the strategic initiatives for FY 15-18. It includes information on the library's budget, hiring plan, organizational structure, areas for strategic investment and transition, and key messages.

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UConn Library Budget Hearing Report

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  1. UConn Library Budget Hearing Report Martha Bedard Vice Provost Provost’s Library Advisory Committee February 16, 2017

  2. Financial Health of the UConn Library UConn Library FY 15-18 Budget Recissions and One-time Fund Sweeps

  3. Financial Health of the UConn Library Comparison of ARL Rank of UConn Peer, Aspirant and ARL Similars Libraries

  4. FY 17-18 Hiring Plan Positions In Process • Communications Designer • Digital Repository Analyst • Instructional Designer/Social Sciences • IT Support Coordinator • Special Collections Assistant • STEM Librarians (2 positions) • Entrepreneurship & Innovation Librarian/Business (under review) • Licensing & Acquisitions Head (under review)

  5. FY 17-18 Hiring Plan • Newly Approved Positions • Associate University Librarian for Research, Curriculum & Access Services • Conservator • Six planned positions in the areas of Archives & Special Collections, digital innovations & digital presence, financial services, and resource management • Library organizational structure under review

  6. Areas for Strategic Investment and Transition • Collective & Selective Collections • Recently hired a head of Metadata and Discovery • Increasing integration of One UConn Library discovery systems (Alma & Primo) • Innovation & Digital Scholarly Initiatives • Launching Greenhouse Studios • Designing spaces for optimizing research, curriculum services, and scholarly communications staff

  7. Areas for Strategic Investment and Transition • Enhancing the Community Experience • Refocusing efforts and creating positions to improve our online user experience • Increasing Efficiencies • Aligning more services across the One UConn Library system • Addressing barriers to further One UConn Library integration including budgeting and differing union requirements • Reframing our information technology infrastructure to advance specialized library applications and systems

  8. Summary – Key Messages • Continue to Work Within Fiscal Realities • Audit services we provide, internally and externally • Reorganize and reassign staff to strategic areas • Hire the right staff • Gain Momentum in Strategic Initiatives • Develop, maintain, and make discoverable collections that support the research and learning needs of the UConn and global community • Implement Greenhouse Studios with partners to uncover and address issues which impede interdisciplinary work • Prioritize the coordination of constituent interaction and satisfaction with our digital and physical services, collections and assistance provided regardless of platform

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