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Collection & Discovery Department Goals for 2024-2025

Collection & Discovery Department Goals for 2024-2025

Goal Focus

Time horizon: July 1, 2024 through June 30th 2025

 Operational Goals

Goals managed by Collections & Discovery Department leadership

Active Operational Goals

Active Operational Goals

  • Revise and streamline workflows to develop greater inter-program and inter-departmental efficiencies

  • Revise and implement work plans to guide individual work and demonstrate impact for each individual in the department

  • Align documentation with the department structure and ensure everyone has access to the policies, procedures, and workflows developed by the department

  • Build the department metrics aligned with the library and institutional priorities as well as the pulse metrics needed to support the work of the department

  • Develop a framework for future-focused intentional collection development

 System Goals

Goals specific to systems managed by different programs/groups

Active System Goals

Active System Goals

  • Implement Preservica as the digital preservation system of record for Utah State University Libraries

  • Finish the RFP for the Library Services Platform (LSP) that will replace Sierra/Encore

  • Migrate our Integrated Library System (ILS) to a selected Library Services Platform (LSP)

 Department Goals

Goals themes resulting from the department spring meeting which align with USU’s strategic priorities focusing on student success

Active Department Goals

Active Department Goals

  • Develop formal internship program including application instructions, review, expectations, and deliverables. Include a list of current internship programs, positions, or expectations

  • Engagement with statewide campuses and how to promote collections

  • Identify opportunities to create a sense of belonging at USU through library collections, spaces, and outreach.

  • Lay the groundwork for more community outreach and engagement

 Digital Stewardship Goals

Identified goals and activities to be carried out this fiscal year as a program

Active Digital Stewardship Goals

Active Digital Stewardship Goals

  • Develop formal internship program including application instructions, review, expectations, and deliverables. Include a list of current internship programs, positions, or expectations

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  • Engagement with statewide campuses and how to promote collections

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  • Identify opportunities to create a sense of belonging at USU through library collections, spaces, and outreach

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  • Lay the groundwork for more community outreach and engagement

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 Benchmarks & Measures

 

Statewide campus engagement/promoting collections

Sense of Belonging at USU

Groundwork for Community Outreach and Engagement

 

Statewide campus engagement/promoting collections

Sense of Belonging at USU

Groundwork for Community Outreach and Engagement

Benchmarks

Indicators of progress towards goals

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Measures

Ways to measure success based in signals

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Reason for Target

Why did we choose this?

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