Mission Statement
Support teaching, learning and research of the university community
Facilitate knowledge exchange in scholarly community
Goals
Provide the best service
Adopt the most advanced technology
Build the best collection
Provide the most effective staff development program
Provide the most flexible space usage
SWOT Analysis--Strengths
Hard-working and energetic staff
New library building
80% of print collection intact
Budget increase in the next 10 years
Well regarded by students
SWOT Analysis--Weaknesses
Short of library staff 1 million volumes of print collection
need attention – mold problem Lack of study space Have no change for a long time—no
experience for change and may not be ready for changes psychologically
Lack of e-resources
SWOT Analysis--Opportunities Hire new staff to provide new services Build a green earthquake resisted library Potential demand from Sidney Poly Adopt new technologies, including cloud co
mputing Build a new collection with more emphasis
on e-resources by taking advantage of UNESCO special offer
Work with young professors
SWOT Analysis--Threats Existing staff may resist changes Lack of resources sharing opportunity and
partners Short of experienced librarians and two of
the experienced librarians are retiring soon
Half of the existing librarians are not service-oriented
The 1-million volume print collection may be in danger
Services to be offered Information literacy training E-resources training Build a virtual library Implement RFID to enable self check-out
and tracking of space usage Electronic 24/7 reference Outsource cataloging Use WorldCat Local
Services to Stop or Reduce
Reduce manual check out
No ILS – use Cloud Computing Service
Reduce IT staff and infrastructure maintenance work
Reduce desk reference hours
Measurement Number of Self Check out Usage data of e-resources Bi-annual user survey on satisfaction Enrollment and attendance of training
courses Test students’ ability to find information
for their research needs before and after the training courses
Investigate space utilization by RFID
New Staff
Professional Staff
Director + Administration + Management
Circulation
Reference + Instruction + Collection development
Learning commons
Outreach + Marketing
Webmaster
E-resources
Acquisitions + Serials
Cataloging + Metadata
Total
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
10
1
51
31
9
5
25