University Libraries
Intro by Jeff Cox
- Intro on teaching and reaching visioning
- Laying out of fall work
- Role of Committee and Report
Intro to A&S Strategic Planning Process by David Brown
- History of A&S process
- Work of committee to date—draft vision statement
- Schedule for committee’s work
Comment: We need to make sure we protect education for corporatism and corporate speech.
Comment: We hope that the AF process will address scholarly communication and open access in particular. Reward faculty for engaging in open access scholarship.
Comment: Libraries support students and faculty. They support every student and the whole student. They are a key to student success.
Comment: Faculty need to recognize how universities have changed. They are no longer simply spaces in which to store books. They proceed new learning spaces for students. They are engaged in digital literacy.
Comment: Open access publications can lower student costs.
Comment: We need to highlight the arts and humanities by showing how these degrees can succeed in rewarding careers.
Comment: Libraries are inherently interdisciplinary.
Comment: Faculty should think about how to use Special Collections and Archives in their teaching. First year seminars provide an important opportunity.
Comment: The campus needs to focus on the management of digital assets.
Comment: We need to be creatively compassionate in how we approach students and colleagues. Does social media impede compassion?
Comment: Too much is spent on new buildings and not enough on supporting core activities.
Comment: Libraries may look different than they did in the past, but they are not interested in a corporate model. Don’t tell us to look like Google. Avoid homogeneity. Encourage creativity.
Comment: The AF process needs to address the public.
Comment: AF needs to be focused on inclusive excellence.
Comment: Service work needs to be valued.
- We shouldn't be thinking of students as customers.
- Open Access and transparency should be emphasized.
- The libraries should be tought of a good place to start thinking about inter-disciplinarity
- Access and cost to students should be important in this process.
- The nature of the library has changed: space, Open Access, opening opportunities for faculty and students.
- More could be given to students in the humanities on how to find jobs.
- Lots of need things are happening with FYSM and special collections.
- Libraries can help in any retention discussion.
- Process question. What about the listeners?
- Diversity is a big concern and the libraries can help when thinking about compassion and diversity.
- While the libraries may be looking more and more like Google, they're not. They are ready to help with creativity and critical thinking.
- How are the two processes going to deal with the public.
- We need to think about how to do more face-to-face.