Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Date ______12/12/13____________
Department ____Library________________
Division _____Library______________
Goals and Recommendations from Program Plan
List the top five Goals and Recommendations from the last Program Plan and indicate whether they have been met?
Goals / Recommendations from six-year plan In progress
Goal Met
Comments
(identify source
of funding)
1. Replace open full-time librarian faculty
position (T. Smalley retirement).
2. Retain ongoing administrative Library
Director position.
3. Restore Library Computer Systems
Technician position to 100% assignment to
the library.
X
X
X
4. Establish a regular 50% librarian presence
at the Watsonville Center.
X
5. Restore Library Specialist half-time
position to full-time.
8. Initiate review of library building space, for
future expansion or remodel.
New Goals and Recommendations
Goal/Recommendation
8-A. Expand student study space.
Revised September 28, 2012
X
Instruction librarian position filled in Fall 2013, with Michelle
Morton joining Cabrillo.
Position approved by CPC, funded by Instruction VP, filled as
of July 1, 2012.
Incumbent retired in Jan 2013, position was moved to
Information Technology (IT), with BlackBoard roles absorbed
by the Teaching & Learning Center (TLC). This new
arrangement has been successfully meeting the library’s
normal ongoing needs, although occasionally still challenging
for new initiatives or specialized library technologies.
As of Fall 2013 sufficient library units were allocated to
provide for a 15 hrs/week librarian presence in Watsonville, up
from 10 hrs/week previously. Funded by existing units.
No progress. Some existing classified staff duties have been
redistributed, to allow library staff to handle existing priority
activities.
Much activity began on this goal in 2013, with several specific
initiatives (listed below) already identified and being pursued.
List any new goals and recommendations identified by the department
Cost
Explanation/Evidence of Need
TBD
The library has been at capacity for several years, with student study
spaces and tables being 100% in use. We have initiated a review of the
physical book collection, with a goal of reducing the collection by
about 1/3 and converting the space to student study carrels and tables.
Time-intensive project, but the cost involved would be in
deconstructing the impacted book stacks. We would relocate existing
tables and other furniture.
8-B. Replace existing student chairs.
$23,000
Existing student chairs are mostly 16+ years old and heavily used,
heavily stained, beginning to be non-functional. One-time funds
($13,000) are being approved by the college to replace the remaining
old computer chairs. Other old chairs (padded, non-computer) are also
tattered and worn, still needing replacement.
8-C. Construct new library classroom.
Substantial
Existing 25-seat library computer classroom is no longer sufficient to
meet library needs: well over 50% of classes using the classroom had
enrollment over 30. We will be working with Facilities to evaluate
potential 2nd floor spaces for cost and difficulty of converting to a new
40-seat library computer classroom.
SLO Assessment Progress: In a sentence or two, describe where your department should be on the Revolving Wheel of Assessment (what
assessment you should have done in the last year) and what was actually done. If you’re not sure where you should be on the Revolving Wheel
contact the SLO Coordinator (x6366). If any task was not completed, explain why.
The Library’s Revolving Wheel was reset in Fall 2012, with the conversion to an Administrative Unit Outcome.
Fill out the Assessment Results section below.
SLO Assessment Results: List SLO assessments, dialogues, and priorities identified as a result of your assessment below. Attach
Departmental Assessment Analysis Forms completed in the last two semesters.
Core Competency, Course
SLO, or CTE Program SLO
Assessed. Example: all course
SLOs for English 1A, 1B and 2
AUO focal area assessed:
Computer Services.
Library 203 course SLO assessed
Revised September 28, 2012
Date of meeting where
analysis / dialogue took
place. Example:
Department Meeting
8/27/10
2/7/2013
12/5/2013
Priorities identified for program as a result of assessment. Example:
Develop strategies for teaching research and documentation skills; share
rubrics for research papers; provide more instructional support outside of
class.
Added questions to annual services survey indicated a continuing need for
additional computers, and a wide acceptance of the new VDI technology
now in use at most student stations in the library. Additional VDI stations to
be installed in late 2013 / early 2014.
Increase student participation, update curriculum materials to reflect
increased focus on real-world tutoring situations.