Composed By:Jessie Edwards Zoe Luderitz

Amanda Harter Veneza PablicoDiana Larkin Eric Robinson

Shelley Svensen

The Welsh Library of the NewSchool of Architecture and Design, through its need to support students and faculty in their

intellectual and research needs, wishes to encourage lifelong learners and foster creativity and design among its users.

We value:

• The promotion of information competence

• The use of technology to increase information access

• Close collaboration of staff and faculty

• Support of knowledgeable staff

• Development of technological infrastructure

• Useful expansion of library collections

• Improved information literacy programs

• Increased opportunities for professional development of staff

• Greater course-integrated library instruction

• Collaborate with faculty, students, and other team members when drafting mission and vision statements

• Make vision and mission statements inspirational to promote success

• Vision statements are specific so goals can be measured and achieved

• Mission, values, and vision are intimately linked. Clearly found vision on values.

• Vision statements influences daily decision making

• Link vision statement to action strategic planning process

• Maintain 3–5 year timeline for goal achievement

• Competes with architecture libraries at large universities

• Serves as an attractive element of the school to draw new students

• Libraries at competing schools command greater funding for information resources

• Library’s small size allows for personalized services not available at other institutions

• Library not affected directly by state and local budget cuts affecting public institutions

• Decreased demand for architects due to current housing market may have long-term effects on student enrollment

• Economic crisis strains discretional spending for higher education

• Students and faculty at higher educational institutions expect Web resources and full-text databases

• Full-text access not supported by subject specific database for architecture, The Avery Index

• Network infrastructure at library weak; unable to support high demand for access

• Online access to Welsh Library currently unsupported

• Funding entirely dependent upon tuition revenue and enrollment

• No fixed budget allocation for library operations and development at present

• Newly added Landscape Architecture program will increase demands on library

• Flat structure of the NewSchool allows for rapid communication among library staff and to highest administrative levels

• Potential for resource sharing with other local institutions

• Specialized collection suitable to the curriculum of the NewSchool of Architecture and Design

• Additional collections of 20th Century Architects and Latin American titles

• Dedicated staff provide personalized service to students and faculty

• Knowledgeable staff are devoted to improving selves professionally through continuing education in both the field of architecture and library science

• Limited book collection and periodical subscriptions, particularly international journals and materials on landscape architecture

• Uncataloged materials and bibliographic records that do not conform to AACR2 rules

• Limited physical space

• Inadequate technological resources

• Deteriorating materials; lack of ability on staff’s part to repair damaged materials

• Web technologies provide possibilities for expanding library’s resources and outreach efforts

• Library’s affiliations with other institutions and professional organizations offer numerous opportunities for enhancing library services and developing materials and staff

• Small sizes of library and school offer excellent structure for rapid communication and coordination among staff and faculty; allows for more effective linking of library resources to instruction

• Campus possesses unused building space; potential for utilization by library as it goes through expansion

• Dependence on surrounding libraries to support broader curricular needs of students

• Insufficient funding from exterior sources; no secured budget material allocation

• Lack of formal committees and advisory boards; all planning and development left solely to head librarian

Develop collections and increase accessibility• Secure funding to implement open-source web-based

ILS and OPAC– Allocate $5,000 as initial outlay in 2010

– Decrease annual budget 5% for 5 years

• Broaden periodical coverage and provide full-text access– Assess coverage as a percentage of those

recommended as core journals

– Assess full-text as percentage of collection with full-text access

• Update substandard catalog records to AACR2 compliance– Implement policy to log staff hours spent on this task

• Continue to expand collection usefully– Implement ILS/e-metrics to track collection/periodical

usage statistics

– Invest in development of most utilized subjects

Increase communication and collaboration with faculty

• Keep informed of ongoing projects to ensure availability of resources

• Implement course-integrated library instruction

• Assess number of total faculty participating in programs

Increase information literacy skills among students

• Introduce requirement for library skills course into curriculum

• Ensure pedagogical competency by student surveys

• Provide development opportunities for staff– Increase staff participation in continuing education,

seminars, and conventions

– Partial-reimbursement for memberships and professional subscriptions

– Expand knowledge of database tools

• Achieve these goals by:– Allocate 3% of budget for staff education; minimum

of 4 hours of training per staff member per year

– Allocate $300 per employee for subscriptions and professional memberships

• Develop funding partnerships to increase budget:– Contact alumni and local AIA members to support library

– Solicit corporations for support and give recognition within the community

– Seek out grant opportunities

• Achieve these goals by:– Evaluate prior years donations and send alumni

donation forms at end of fiscal year to ensure set amount of donations

– Targeting new and upcoming firms looking for recognition within the community

– Implement research for grants from ALA, SLA, etc.

• Develop library study spaces according to student needs– Survey students in attempts to find out amount of

students who will be utilizing the extra study space and computer stations

– 75% of student body must support goal

– A portion of budget will be set aside along with donations from alumni in support of this goal

– Depending on need and size, construction of addition or new building might be needed

• Purchase privileges for students at UCSD Geisel Library to provide broader access– Increase in student fees to cover

cost of privileges and access

– Limit cost per student if purchased individually

– Budget increase in order to partially relieve the cost of students

– Track number of student memberships and activation by monitoring student logins through IP address

UCSD Geisel Library