- Introduction to the Strategic
Plan by former Dean Brice Hobrock
- K-State Libraries Mission and Vision
- Seven Strategic Goals
- Areas of Emphasis 2002-2003
In February of 2002, staff from K-State Libraries met to discuss our strategic initiatives for 2002-2003, with an eye towards the more distant future of ten years out. At this meeting we affirmed our Seven Strategic Goals.
To assist us in attaining these goals, we selected benchmarks established by our profession to help us focus and show us our ideal, how we compare to that ideal, and begin discussing strategies for progress toward that ideal.
The following links give ideas of what we are striving for, how we plan to get there, and what progress we have made to date.
Benchmarks for Progress
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About Selection of Benchmarks: Strategic Goal 1 is about customer
service. Goal 2 is about our collections. Collections and Services
in the library environment go hand in hand: one without the other
means little. We chose to select one benchmark primarily for services
and one primarily for collections.
- Association of Research Libraries
(ARL): Emphasis on Collections
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Attaining ARL status is a strategic
goal for Kansas State University. Achieving ARL status will
place us in good standing with our peers and give credibility
to Kansas State University. ARL's focus is mainly on collections
and statistics, important to achieving Goal
2, although there are some service components involved.
- ARL Membership
Criteria
- ARL Membership
Criteria
- Baldrige National
Quality Program: Emphasis on Service
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While ARL focuses on collections and statistics to a certain extent,
Baldrige focuses specifically on public service, the other important
component of libraries and relating to our Strategic
Goal 1. For this reason, library staff selected Baldrige as
the primary benchmarks relating to public service.
- Baldrige
Education Criteria for Performance Excellence
- Baldrige
Education Criteria for Performance Excellence
What about our other goals? All our goals pertain to creating an environment to enhance services and collections, by offering access (Goal 3), partnering with other entities (Goal 4), providing a diverse and well trained staff (Goal 5), enhancing our image to the university and public (Goal 6), and securing funding (Goal 7).
Representation of how our goals fit together
Project Management Methodologies
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We have begun to use the State of Kansas Project Management Methodology
(PMM) to enhance the organization of large tasks such as establishing
our standing in relation to our benchmarks. Listed here are a few
projects underway as a result of Strategic Planning.
- Service Assessment (Goal 1)
- Patron Instruction Program
- Specialized Services Assessment
- Virtual Reference
- Collection Analysis (Goal 2)
- Reporting Statistics of library use and collections
- Special Collections Assessment
- Cataloging the Uncataloged
- ENCompass Interface/Digital Library (Goal 3)
Background Information
