goal 1

Long Range Plan. Goal 1 - To strengthen informational resources in support of academic needs of the college community

(MA1,2,3; EC 1; IC 1,4; ES 1)

• Objective 1: Increase library materials collection to a minimum of 100,000 titles by the year 2007-08.

   

  • Task: Increase materials budget
  • Task: Increase technical services staff
  • Task: Increase processing budget
  • Task: Review selection tools to purchase a minimum of 1500 titles annually
  • Task: Hire cataloger
  • Task: Catalog gift materials
• Objective 2: Provide access to sufficient numbers of electronic full-text and print periodicals to adequately support all academic disciplines.
  • Task: Identify subject areas that the library should be supporting with periodical literature.
  • Task: Identify and purchase specific databases/indexes that provide coverage in those subject areas
  • Task: Identify vendors of specific databases/indexes that allow for the best access (linking)
  • Task: Identify and purchase periodicals to which the library should subscribe individually (those not included in proprietary databases/indexes)
  • Task: Identify and purchase electronic serials management software that will facilitate management and access
  • Task: To review serials collection annually with the collection management policy to assess whether or not this objective is being meet.
• Objective 3: Organize and provide access to Carroll College’s archival materials by 2006.
  • Task: Locate retired records currently housed at Carroll
  • Task: Evaluate those records and identify records of permanent value
  • Task: Identify records currently being generated that are of permanent historic value
  • Task: Set up record schedules to regulate destruction of records and transfer to the archives
  • Task: Educate the Carroll community in how to properly handle records
  • Task: Promote the role of the archives in serving the needs of the Carroll community
  • Task: Build and maintain a repository suitable for archival records
  • Task: Hire archival staff
  • Task: Solicit records from alumni, past staff and administration, etc.
• Objective 4: Review and update the collection management policy each year giving attention to subject areas and format of materials.
  • Task: Put “collection management policy” on staff meeting agenda for action
• Objective 5: Write a new Long Range Plan for the years 2003-08 by 2003.
• Objective 6: Begin writing new Long Range Plan in the year 2006.