UCSC Library Mission Statement

 

The University Library strengthens the UCSC academic enterprise by providing, presenting, and preserving a wide range of information resources.  We utilize innovative approaches in working with faculty and students to help them discover, use, manage, and share the array of information that supports their research, teaching, and learning.

 

 

 

UCSC Library Strategic Directions

 

Upon completion of an LMG retreat on 8/18/09 and identifying the constraints due to budgetary cuts, the following highlighted strategic direction tasks remain priorities for the 09-10 fiscal year.

1.      The University Library pushes information services beyond our physical boundaries to serve our constituencies where they are and to educate them to become effectively self-sufficient.

 

•        Offer on-site services in departments, colleges, and elsewhere, experimenting with approaches and services depending on the clientele.

 

•        Enhance student preparedness to do research to write papers and handle other information-intensive responsibilities.

 

•        Reach more current and future undergraduates to transform them into proficient information users by partnering with Student Affairs and other campus units.

 

•        Deliver assistance and information anytime, anywhere by offering  digital public services.

 

•        Familiarize graduate students with the key resources in their disciplinary/interdisciplinary areas so that they have the skills they need to finish their programs.

 

2.      The University Library deploys innovative tools and services to provide, present,  preserve, and share a broad and deep array of information resources.

 

•        Explore disciplinary and interdisciplinary information needs and develop support structures offered by the library by partnering with faculty.

 

•        Bring a richer universe of scholarly information to the campus community by making intensive use of Tier One partnerships and UC collaborative arrangements, building and providing ready access to special collections, and determining the best strategies for local collection development.

 

•        Facilitate campus progress toward the capture, use, and preservation of scholarly output.

 

•        Develop innovative websites and web-based tools to enhance discovery and access and to embed academic resources in campus learning management systems.

 

3.      The University Library’s facilities offer a variety of spaces and tools that enhance teaching, learning, and research for members of the UCSC community, either individually or in groups.

 

Specifically planning for the McHenry Renovation completion. Bringing constituents into programming discussions. Focusing on both Libraries as “space” and destinations for our users.

•        Enhance and support the student educational experience by creating a “learning commons” and inviting other campus units to partner on this.

 

•        Offer different types of space conducive to different study and library use styles (e.g., areas for group study, quiet-only areas, areas for informal gatherings and socializing).

 

•        Enhance student and faculty opportunities to create new media objects for teaching, learning, and research by establishing “creativity commons” equipped with a wide range of tools and spaces.

 

•        Simplify the user experience by providing a unified help desk environment in collaboration with ITS and other campus units, as appropriate.

 

•        Increase user self-sufficiency by improving wayfinding.

 

4.      The University Library is a model for the campus on efficient use of our resources.

 

•        Create a flexible organizational structure.

 

•        Utilize strategies that are both scalable and sustainable.

 

•        Establish succession plans for key positions.

 

•        Budget effectively, with resources dedicated to the highest priorities and sufficient flexibility to reallocate as needed.

 

•        Decrease costs associated with providing basic services (e.g., reference desks, cataloging and processing of new books).

 

•        Fundraise aggressively.

 

•        Communicate effectively to both internal and external audiences.

 

•        Grow the assessment program.

 

 

August 31, 2009