Actualizing the LMDC Strategic Plan 2009 -2011
Priority
Actions/Deliverables
Updated 9/2009
Resources
Continue work on expanding access to
digital library resources by exploring
opportunities via 1946 and 21st Century
Library Project
Learn more about 1946, e.g. parameters, timeline, etc. in order to
participate and influence the outcomes of the legislation.
Develop and articulate our core principles in order to give us a
starting point for discussion with 4-yr and to utilize state resources
as open and efficient as possible.
Need legislation language, continuing
report back to LMDC
Sub-committee to bring ideas back to
LMDC
Ensure representations on 1946 sub-committee.
Incorporate into 1946 taskforce work
TB D
TBD
Travel money, planning committee
TBD
Meet with 4-yr institutions in order to continue dialog so we can
diminish barriers between our institutions.
Examine OhioLInk and other shared resource systems in order to
get ideas for governance models.
1.2 Reconfigure the $10 million 200911 “21st Century Library Project”
request for digital resources,
integrated library system for sharing
books and other resources, and
information literacy across the state.
Timeline
First report fall LMDC
meeting
Goal 1: 21st Century Library
1.1 Continue work with the State Board
on request for legislative funding for
statewide licensing of common digital
library resources.
Leadership
TBD
Maintain ties with Cable
Goal 2: Marketing the Value of Libraries, Promoting Use, Information Competency as core learning outcome
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Actions/Deliverables
Resources
2.1 Develop common talking points that
enable library directors to communicate
to VP, President, and Chancellor LMDC’s
mission and importance of participation
by individual college library.
Take advantage of the Big 6 model/language/campaign created
through SCC to create a communication tool for the LMDC/CTCs.
2.2 Document and disseminate success
in acquiring funding for information
literacy (IL) work and achievements in
integrating IL into the curriculum.
Collect and share student persistence data for those students who
receive IL instruction
Develop a collection tool
Collect information on IL assessment occurring across the state and
nationally
Collaborate with Planning
&Effectiveness to collect data from state
& national data repositories
Create a strategic marketing plan with target audience identified and
link to initiatives.
Graphic designer, printing resources,
ALA/ACRL marketing plan outline, Use
interviews collected in step II and
incorporate into marketing plan.
Conduct a literature search for case studies and practices.
Collect anecdotal information and interview students (video tape).
2.3 Representatives from LMDC and the
state universities will continue to meet
and work on Information Literacy
outcomes for CTC graduates or the rising
juniors.
2.4 Collaborate with CLAMS (College
Librarians and Media Specialists of WA
State) on mounting a statewide learning
workshop or symposium on library
resources for faculty.
2.5 Advocate for inclusion of IL as a core
competency.
Videographer, Storage and distribution
Leadership
Timeline
Goal 3: LSTA Information Literacy Grant, Library as Instructional Leader
Priority
3.1 Implement a new 4 year Information
Literacy grant from the State Library. “Library
as Instructional Leader: Transforming Pedagogy
and Curriculum with Information Literacy.” This
includes working more closely with discipline
faculty, ABE-ESL in particular.
3.2 Participating libraries have been identified;
workshop held; plans for summer workshop
and research project underway.
Actions/Deliverables
Refer to Grant timeline
Resources
Leadership
Timeline
Goal 4: Funding, Fiscal Accountability
Priority
4.1 Negotiate consortium prices for library
resources through membership in Orbis
Cascade Electronic Resources Program (ERP).
Create guidelines or a structure that will govern
LMDC consortial purchases.
Actions/Deliverables
Orbis Cascade membership in ERP
Orbis. Not every library joined Orbis; why didn’t all? Price?
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Should we say that we finished the negotiations by everyone
joining Orbis? Everyone has the opportunity to join.
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Should we provide funding for libraries who can’t afford to join
Orbis so that all can join?
Guidelines for consortial purchases: need a working group that will indentify a
model for consortial purchases that includes everyone in LMDC. Will identify
things like:
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Fiscal agent
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Ensure the consortium includes all LMDC libraries, not just subsets.
However, the purchases may play out so that not everyone
purchases all resources.
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How do we work as a group when we come from different funding
models?
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Financial model that includes everyone but allows for some to pay
less based on financial need and also lack of interested. Andrew is
willing to work with a group on this; he’s already working with Will
S. at state library, talking about a database summit.
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Do we have separate organization for database purchases?
Bylaws?
Expand group purchases to things like media (either streamed or even DVD’s).
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Negotiate prices. Some libraries are negotiating diecounts with
individual companies (like insight).
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One possibility is to group ourselves by size.
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Include negotiations for regular updates (for materials such as
nursing videos)
Futuring work towards a database purchase future where we purchase as a
system.
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Funds would be mingled
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For example, colleges could select 3 or 4 databases out of a group
purchased by the system
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The fundamental idea is a core package. It’s clear to the vendor
that we’re spending a substantial amount; gives us power to
negotiate
Resources
Leadership
Timeline
Near Completion
Priority
4.2 Provide virtual reference service 24X7
through membership in QuestionPoint.
Actions/Deliverables
Why hasn’t everyone joined? What are the barriers? Can we address them
(Like taking more ref hours for libraries who don’t feel like they can do the ref
hours).
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Will need a small committee to handle this
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Contact Ahniwa to see if he knows reasons for non-participating
libraries.
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Contact individual libraries if necessary to find out barriers
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Suggest ways to address barriers.
New goal: Assess effectiveness, reach to new population, staffing effects,
influence on other services. Survey of participating libraries? Would Ahniwa
have assessment tools we could tap into? One person could take leadership.
4.3 Identify non-legislative funding partners to
provide 21st century library instruction, services
and resources.
Consider using LMDC funds to hire a grant
writer.
Local sources:
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Companies who are “friends” of the library. There are barriers.
They are used to working with public libraries.
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Local foundation, which don’t think in terms of state-wide groups.
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Needs to happen within communities. Marketing. Talk to people
who hire our graduates.
*local leadership
System Sources:
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Companies like Bank of America who are in all of our communities.
Could be “friends” of the community college libraries.
*Designated LMDC representatives, with full knowledge and
authority.
Considerations:
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Create a list of value-added info/talking paints for library directors.
Look at what we’ve done as a group. Invest in us!
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Marketing and funding work together, can’t be done separately.
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Banks. We have community colleges in your communities. We
educate your workers. Part of community.
4.4 Additional cooperative ventures
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Establish group to examine which are the next cooperative
ventures. We want to demonstrate that we are making full use of
our existing resources.
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Federal searching as a group buy. Very expensive.
Create a friend group, involve companies like banks.
(goal is to get students to content within one or two
clocks).
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Illiad for ILL
Resources
Leadership
Timeline
Implementation
started in Winter
2009.
Goal 5: Seamless Integration and Delivery of library resources and services
Priority
Actions/Deliverables
5.1 Encourage system wide collaboration for
marketing and maximizing use of library
resources and services.
5.2 Engage in conversation on resource-based
learning and textbook learning (whether
traditional paper or open source). Consider
hiring a speaker/facilitator for discussion.
Actively participate in Gates Grant
Resources
Leadership
Timeline