DECISION MATRIX
FY 2004
I STUDENTS
A. Enhance Learning Goals
·
Acquire
and maintain up-to-date, relevant, and retrospective library collections in
print, electronic and other formats, representative of the world’s store of information,
and that support instruction, student learning, intellectual growth, and
development of research skills.
·
Provide
highly effective and user-centered instruction in the use of information
sources, internal and external to WSU, relevant to the basic and specialized
information needs of students.
·
Develop
and maintain comprehensive reference and research services that are responsive
to the information needs of students.
1. Action Plans
a. Develop
and maintain core collections of print journals to support undergraduate
education.
b. Develop
and maintain access to a core of high demand bibliographic and full-text
electronic resources to support undergraduate education.
c. Maintain
a core of the latest printed and digital monographic and multimedia resources
to support undergraduate education.
d. Maintain
current and retrospective printed collections to support graduate programs at
WSU.
e. Develop
and maintain access to electronic resources to support graduate programs at
WSU.
f. Initiate
evaluation of the existing Bibliographic Instruction Program. Examine present instructional methods and
strategies in light of recognized standards for Information Literacy.
g. Evaluate
and consider implementing ACRL Information Literacy Standards as a component of
the Libraries’ Information Literacy Implementation Plan.
h. Recruit
and hire a Bibliographic Instruction Librarian when feasible, and funding
permits, to evaluate and further expand the teaching role of the library in
information literacy to undergraduate students and graduate students.
i. Maintain
effective and timely liaisons with academic programs to correlate library
investments with institutional priorities and new program goals.
j. Maintain
efficient turn-around time and quality of results in acquiring, cataloging and
making available resources acquired or licensed by the Libraries.
k. Effectively
manage the library information system, the online catalog, and other information
resources using national and international bibliographic standards to provide
effective and current access to the Libraries’ entire collection.
l. Continue
developing the framework for providing guided and easy access to Internet and
web-based resources to undergraduate and graduate students, remotely and
on-site.
m. Develop
and annually update a strategic plan for delivery of reference services in the
new information environment, including goals for staffing, technology, access, print, and electronic resources requirements.
n. Provide
electronic access to unique manuscript and archival materials housed in the
Special Collections Department in support of student primary research.
2. Evaluation
a. Assessment
of undergraduate and graduate student satisfaction with library services, e.g.,
reference, circulation, reserve, and interlibrary loan.
b. Assessment
of undergraduate and graduate student satisfaction and needs related to the
quality and relevance of the library collections.
c. Analysis
of use statistics of print, multimedia, digital, and instructional resources.
d. Assessment
of relative investments in the library knowledge base in relation to program
enrollments, degree levels, national/international publication output, and cost
of materials to maintain a balance between investments and institutional goals
and priorities.
e. Number
of Internet web sites, e-journals, and other full-text resources cataloged and
linked to the library information system.
f. Number
of electronic finding aids and digital collections made available by the
Department of Special Collections to student clientele to support access to
primary resources that enhance the development of research skills.
g. Assessment
of methods of delivering Information Literacy and Bibliographic Instruction
program, its content, number of sessions conducted, and number of students
taught in relation to the size of student body and relevant disciplinary needs
and requirements. Incorporate teaching assessment tools, for example, student
evaluations measuring undergraduate and graduate student satisfaction.
3. Decisions
a. Continuing
development of electronic finding aids to support Internet access to the
resources of the Special Collections Department.
b. Continue
participating in new multi-state consortial efforts
to acquire access to electronic resources, with initial emphasis on the
sciences, medical science, engineering, and technology.
c. Continue
strengthening of monographic collections which support undergraduate and
graduate education.
During FY 2004 this amount may be
reduced, pending final budget cuts.
d. Continue
charge of Technology
Implementation Committee to coordinate the development of digital services.
e. Purchase
an additional 1,100 e-books to enhance existing e-book collection.
f. Work
with the two major library vendors, Blackwell North America and EBSCO, to set
up Electronic Data Interface (EDI) procedures to electronically receive
purchasing orders from the vendors and thus receive materials more quickly.
g. Continue
contract with
authority control vendor to automatically update name, title,
series, and subject headings of the cataloged materials on a weekly basis to
improve student access to the collections through more effective OPAC searches.
h. Convene Library Collections
Task Force and Disciplinary Teams as part of a strategic planning effort to
develop a targeted model for delivering scholarly information to various
disciplines. Conduct a serials review
and deselection process in response to budget cuts
and inflation in FY04 and FY05. Identify
and tag journals that are core to teaching and research needs in Periodicals
Analysis Database.
i. Conduct survey of students about
their preferences and needs related to print and electronic collections.
j. Update Libraries’
collection development policies and evaluate collections in all disciplines to
continue building relevant and up-to-date collections that meet student classroom
and research needs to provide online access.
k. Contribute to development
of the KANnswer state-wide virtual reference pilot
project sponsored by the State Library Networking Board. WSU Libraries participates in the library
consortium delivering chat-based reference services to students and the general
public.
l. Appoint Information
Literacy Task Force to develop Information Literacy assessment tool.
m. Appoint Reference Task Force
to develop Bibliographic Instruction teaching evaluation form.
n. Continue to review the
Reference Computer Workshops offered through the Libraries’ own program each
semester. Enhance publicity for
workshops by advertising on the Campus Events Calendar, the WSU Campus
Television, in The Sunflower, and
through other outlets.
B. Support Goals
·
Support
students’ educational goals and priorities by providing a safe, secure,
flexible, and user friendly environment in which they can study and conduct
research individually or in case-based learning groups and in accordance with
their class and work schedules.
·
Support
the students’ education mission by providing logical and easy access to the
Libraries’ collections and other physical resources.
·
Maintain
and make available for student use a state-of-the art information technology
infrastructure as an integral component of the student learning and career
preparation process.
1. Action Plans
a. Enhance
existing user space with a variety of study venues to support comfortable use
of library facilities.
b. Maintain
public services, reference, technical services, and special collections staff
of sufficient size and appropriate subject expertise to support maximal library
hours and information access.
c. Maintain
a technology base to support undergraduate and graduate education.
d. Continue
support and enhancement of the 24-Hour Study Room to provide students with a
secure study facility and computer access during hours the main library
facility is closed.
e. Function
as a viable partner in the national information network to support universal
information access by providing efficient interlibrary loan and electronic
document delivery services to students for needed materials not owned by WSU.
f.
Develop
two high-technology seminar rooms for student use using OneOK
grant funds.
g. Work
with University Computing and Telecommunication Services to make wireless
Internet access available outdoors on campus.
h. Enhance
speed and coverage of initial existing wireless network.
i. Cooperate with University Computing and Telecommunication Services to support authentication service to the campus network for patron-owned laptops.
2. Evaluation
a. Availability
of state-of the art technology to support the learning and study needs of
students.
b. Number
of users entering the library facilities during normal operating hours.
c. Number
of clientele using the 24-Hour Study Room facility.
d. Measurement
of use statistics of physical library resources, in-house and external.
e. Number
of annual transactions for use of electronic resources and the library
information system.
f. Number
of interlibrary loan and document delivery requests successfully filled. Assessment of turn-around
time of interlibrary loan requests.
g. Assessment
of user satisfaction with library facilities and technological infrastructure.
3. Decisions
a. Use
Riley funds to enhance Music Library facility.
Enhancements to include carpeting, painting, wire
management, carpentry work, and new PC with printer.
b. Purchase
spill-proof keyboards for the 24-Hour Study Room.
c. Work
with University Computing to schedule repartitioning of the Voyager server to
improve space use and speed.
d. Implement
next Voyager release. Next release has
additional patron empowerment services.
e. Implement
LinkFinder Plus software. This product uses open-URL technologies to
provide linkings between the Libraries’ electronic indexing/abstracting
services and the Libraries’ digital content.
f. Improve
student access to various computer functions by replacing current security software with an enhanced
product.
g. Continue
public technology goal of replacing one-third of the public workstations each
year. This may be reduced due to budget constraints in FY 2004.
h. Enhance
instruction capabilities of Room 217 by replacing outdated PCs and adding
installed digital display.
i. Purchase
and install additional wireless access points to improve wireless network
coverage and speed.
j. Provide
Internet access to Library CD-Rom resources through purchase and installation
of Citrix server.
k. Use
gift funds to provide additional shelving and display cases for Special
Collections.
l. Update
and improve library public signage.
m. Coordinate
with MRC for greater integration of electronic reserves and other library
resources with Blackboard.
II FACULTY
A. Honoring Excellence Goals
·
Provide
opportunities for library faculty development and learning in areas of
specialization/job responsibility to support a high level of productivity in
job performance.
·
Provide
a venue for Library faculty to share new knowledge with other WSU Libraries
faculty members.
·
Provide
equitable merit opportunities to award library faculty for excellence in job
performance in accordance with university guidelines.
1. Action Plans
a. Develop
opportunities for sharing of expertise within the Libraries
b. Increase
opportunities and funding for library faculty to participate in faculty
development activities, including regional and national programs and
conferences. Funding in this area may be
reduced in FY 2004 due to budget constraints.
2. Evaluation
a. Number
of library faculty participating in faculty development and professional
activities in support of library functions and advancement of the discipline.
b. Number
of library faculty recommended for merit
increases and regional/national recognition for excellence in job performance
and professional activities.
3. Decisions
a. Increase
the percentage of library faculty presenting papers and participating in key
national and regional conferences/workshops related to job responsibilities by
committing additional support for faculty development. Reduction may occur in FY 2004 due to
anticipated budget cuts.
b. Develop
an expectation of faculty receiving faculty development support that
proceedings of conferences and workshops attended will be shared with
departments, faculty, and staff colleagues upon their return.
c. Institute informal
“brown-bag” sessions where library faculty give short presentations on their
research projects.
B. Intellectual Exploration Goals
· Create and maintain a library environment and level of support to enhance opportunities of all university faculty to contribute to research and advancement of their disciplines.
1. Action Plans
a. Acquire
and maintain printed resources, core journal collections, and electronic
resources basic to the research and teaching needs of faculty at WSU.
b. Acquire
and maintain manuscript and archival resources to support research and teaching
needs of WSU faculty.
c. Maintain
sufficient interlibrary loan and document delivery services, staffing, and
funding to efficiently deliver to faculty research resources not owned by WSU.
d. Continue
to build intellectual exploration into the evaluation guidelines for library
faculty in support of
research.
2. Evaluation
a. Assessment
of collection strengths in comparison with peer institutions and programs.
b. Assessment
of collection acquisitions in comparison with national and international
publication output and WSU’s program profiles.
c. Assessment of faculty
satisfaction related to the quality and relevance of the library collections
that support research.
3. Decisions
a. Increased
fiscal support provided by the Libraries to assist the library faculty in
achieving professional development goals. Although increases occurred in FY
2001-03, a reduction may occur in FY 2004 due to anticipated budget cuts.
b. Continued
exploring strategies to stabilize funding that support monographic and journal research
collections.
c. Draft
document of Libraries’ Tenure and Promotion Policies and Procedures to be
reviewed by the new dean, the Advisory Council, and the Library faculty in FY04.
d. Convene Library Collections
Task Force and Disciplinary Teams as part of a strategic planning effort to
develop a targeted model for delivering scholarly information to various
disciplines.
e. Conduct a serials review
and deselection process in response to budget cuts
and inflation in FY04 and FY05. Identify
and tag journals that are core to teaching and research needs in Periodicals
Analysis Database.
f. Conduct survey of faculty
about their preferences and needs related to print and electronic collections.
g.
Analyze the
results of collection preference survey and report results to university
community.
h. Update
Libraries’ collection development policies and evaluate collections in all
disciplines to continue building relevant and up-to-date collections that meet
faculty teaching and research needs to provide online access
i. Explore options to enhance
the Libraries’ role in preserving, organizing and facilitating university-wide
access to knowledge resources created in the university’s colleges and other
academic divisions. Explore technologies
to facilitate the Libraries’ role in relation to such local knowledge
resources
C. Enhanced Learning Goals
·
Provide
rapid and timely access to research materials unavailable from the Wichita
State University Libraries’ collections, on behalf of faculty, through partnerships with other research libraries and
commercial document delivery services in the
·
Work
collaboratively with the faculty, University Computing, and Media Resources to
identify and provide information access services reflective of the changing
technology environment.
·
Assist
in the research and advancement by WSU faculty by provision of services which
instruct in the use of library technologies and access to digital information.
1. Action Plans
a. Subsidize
and provide efficient access to faculty for research resources not owned by
WSU.
b. Keep
faculty apprised of new resources added in their specialties; hold special sessions
and workshops as appropriate in the use of electronic resources in the
specialties, particularly when new databases are added.
c. Continue
to maintain in the library information system timely acquisitions information
identifying new materials on order, in process, and received.
d. Provide
Internet access to all faculty carrels within the Libraries.
e. Pursue
as a long-range goal provision of desk-top access to electronic resources where
ever faculty work, study, and conduct research.
2. Evaluation
a. Assessment
of faculty satisfaction with efficiency of interlibrary loan services.
b. Assessment
of faculty satisfaction with quality
of collections and electronic resources.
c. Number
of faculty workshops developed and offered.
d. Number
of faculty participating in workshops.
e. Assessment
of faculty satisfaction with
bibliographic instruction and workshop sessions.
f. Capability
of the library information system to provide access to resources to the desktop
to faculty where ever they work, study, or conduct research.
3. Decisions
a. Target
interlibrary loan and document delivery services as a component of planned
faculty assessment survey.
b. Add
overall faculty satisfaction with collections and services as a component of planned
faculty survey.
c. Delay
decision on installing docking stations in key points of the Libraries to
support use of personal laptops by faculty and students until UCATS has been
able to resolve major security issues.
d. Work
with the two major library vendors, Blackwell North America and EBSCO, to set
up Electronic Data Interface (EDI) procedures to electronically receive
purchasing orders from the vendors and thus receive materials more quickly.
e. Continue contract with
authority control vendor to automatically update name, title, series, and
subject headings of the cataloged materials on a weekly basis to improve
faculty access to the collections through more effective OPAC searches.
f. Implement desktop delivery
of Interlibrary Loan journal articles through Ariel.
g. Participate in the Media
Resources Center Essential Technology Series and continue to cooperate with
Center for Teaching and Research Excellence as a way of informing more faculty.
D. Support Goals
·
Develop
and maintain library collections and services, which will effectively support
the instruction and research needs of all faculty.
·
Provide
user-friendly and effective on-site and remote access to information resources.
·
Serve as
full partners with faculty in enhancing the student learning process and in
imparting critical thinking and information literacy skills to students through
use and analysis of information resources.
1. Action Plans
a. Select,
acquire, and make available sufficient printed and electronic resources to
support faculty excellence in instruction and research.
b. Negotiate
networked licensing agreements for high demand electronic resources to ensure delivery
of access to the desktops in faculty offices and faculty residences.
c. Collaborate
with faculty to determine student needs and to teach students use of the
literature and bibliography of their disciplines (print and electronic).
d. Fund
library faculty and unclassified professionals travel and development to
support key library initiatives as funding permits.
2. Evaluation
a. Number
of full-text electronic resources with licensing agreements to deliver to the
desktop whereever faculty teach and do research.
b. Results
of library survey to assess faculty satisfaction with library services and
research support, research support, and quality and relevance of the libraries’
collections.
3. Decisions
a. Continue
initiatives to deliver full-text e-journals to the desktops of faculty as
previously described.
b. Implement
strategies to evaluate future directions of the Libraries’ collaborative role
in teaching information literacy as a component of the Information Literacy
Implementation Plan.
c. Implement
strategies to minimize the impact of budget reductions on the Libraries’
collections and core titles.
d. Explore
the options to convert the library’s character-based Periodical Analysis
Database (PAD) to a web-interfaced, real-time, and easy-to-use system for
library faculty to evaluate the cost per use of library journals and to provide
needed data for serials reviews.
e. Develop
a web-interface Voyager Online Administrative Reports system that provides
library faculty with real-time statistics on acquisitions, cataloging,
collections development, and national standardized reports. The web-based project
has enabled the library faculty to construct various queries for needed
statistics in a timely fashion.
E. Retention Goals
·
Develop
and maintain an organizational environment that will support retention of a
competent, committed and diversified library and university faculty.
1. Action Plans
a. Continue
as a viable partner in the national and international exchange of information
to support faculty research priorities at WSU.
b. Provide
administrative leadership to advance library development, faculty development,
and services of WSU.
c. Annually evaluate activities of library faculty as a component of
establishing library, departmental, and faculty goals and priorities.
2. Evaluation
a. Assessment
of faculty satisfaction with quality and quantity of library services at WSU.
b. Annual
and continuous review of library faculty needs and goals at all review levels.
c.
Exit interviews with library faculty.
3. Decision
a. Develop
tools for assessing faculty satisfaction with quality and quantity of library
services at WSU.
·
The
University Libraries is committed to equality of opportunity in
employment. The University shall seek to
encourage and promote recognition and appreciation of the realities and
benefits of multiculturalism and diversity, and work to foster an atmosphere
within the University which provides equal employment opportunity and upward
mobility for all qualified persons.
·
Develop
and maintain an organizational environment which will support recruitment of a
competent and diversified library faculty committed to provision of excellent
and responsive library services, and in sufficient number to fully support the
metropolitan mission of WSU.
·
Maintain
a high level of quality in library and information services to assist the
University in recruiting and retaining excellent teaching and research faculty.
1. Action Plans
a. Recruit
competent library faculty internally and externally as appropriate and as funding permits.
b. Affirmatively
and actively support the University’s diversity goals in all recruitment
efforts.
2. Evaluation
a. The
number of vacant positions successfully filled with qualified candidates.
b. Development
of recruitment strategies that recognize and encompass the University’s goals
of diversity and multiculturalism.
3. Decision
a. Continue
to actively support the University’s commitment to recruit and retain a
competent and diversified faculty.
III STAFF
·
Provide
opportunities for relevant and timely staff development which will enhance library
services and contribute to the professional growth of library staff.
·
Provide
opportunities for recognizing/rewarding excellence in staff accomplishments and
in job performance.
1. Action Plans
a. Fund
library staff travel and on site workshops for training related to job
performance.
b. Schedule
training opportunities annually to assist the library staff in keeping abreast
of national library issues.
c. Reward
excellence in job performance through performance appraisals
2. Evaluation
a. Number
of staff pursuing job-related training.
b. Feedback
from library staff and department heads on the value of training opportunities.
c. Results
of survey and focus groups with library staff.
·
Develop
and maintain the Libraries’ information technology infrastructure to fully
support the staff in accomplishing the Libraries’ mission of teaching,
research, and service.
·
Develop
and maintain a positive work environment which will assist the staff in meeting
productivity goals in the identification and bibliographic control of library
and information resources; and in provision of user services.
1. Action Plans
a. Provide
technology to support the staff with functions related to information access,
collections, services and electronic resources based on principle of ease of
use.
b. Develop
effective channels and opportunities to communicate with and solicit input from
library staff.
2. Evaluation
a. Productivity
level of staff in meeting library service goals.
b. Results
of feedback from library staff, department chairs, and program coordinators
regarding effectiveness of support environment.
3. Decision
a. Needed
technology upgrades may be delayed due to FY 2004 budget constraints.
b. Develop
equipment and software control database to assist in evaluating technology
needs.
c. Implement
Voyager 2001.2 upgrade. This upgrade has
several staff production workflow enhancements.
·
Develop
and maintain an organizational environment which is conducive to retention of a
competent, committed, and diversified staff relevant to the mission of the
University and the Libraries.
1. Action Plans
a. Create
a hospitable environment within the library with appropriate work and other
space to retain a qualified staff.
b. Annually
evaluate work loads of staff as a component of establishing library and
departmental goals and priorities.
2. Evaluation
a. Annual
and continuous review of staff needs and goals at the departmental and library
system level.
b. Exit
interviews with library staff.
3. Decisions
a. Continue
Dean meetings with classified staff at regular
meetings to review and discuss first-hand library activities, problems, and
status of library goals.
b. Pursue
needed upgrades in technology classified support positions that were delayed
due to budget constraints.
·
Develop
and maintain an organizational environment which will support recruitment of a
competent and diversified library staff committed to provision of excellent
library services, and in sufficient number to fully support programs of the
Libraries and the metropolitan mission of WSU.
1. Action Plans
a. On-going
review of recruitment process for classified staff to ensure that pools are of
sufficient size and quality to secure employment of competent and committed
staff to support library programs and the missions of WSU.
2. Evaluation
a. Annual
monitoring of recruitment process to ensure that diversity goals are being met.
b. Review
of each vacant position to determine if job description and requirements are
compatible with the programmatic and service needs of the Libraries.
3. Decisions
a. Establish
mechanism to review each vacant staff position within the context of
programmatic and service needs of the Libraries.
b. Accommodate
continuing education schedule of staff.
IV ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY
A. Enhance Learning Goals
·
Provide
access to the Libraries’ collections within the guidelines of the University’s
role as a metropolitan University.
·
Provide
access to the Libraries’ collections within the guidelines of state, national,
and international interlibrary loan codes, for clientele in public, academic,
school, and special libraries throughout
·
Responsively
serve as the Patent and Trademark resource library for the state of
·
Provide
responsive on site public access to all major resources of the WSU Libraries.
1. Action Plans
a. Maintain
responsive lending services to the community and to area libraries from the
library collections.
b. Maintain
status as a federal Patent and Trademark Depository Library.
c. Continue
partnership with the U.S. Government Printing Office to enhance and maintain
Project DOCUMENTS DATA MINER, a national database developed by the WSU
Libraries, NIAR, and UCATS.
d. Maintain
investments in Special Collections to document the history and culture of
e. Provide
experience in using the university libraries to public school and community
college students.
2. Evaluation
a. Number
of Wichitans, businesses, agencies, public schools,
and academic libraries using our direct lending, interlibrary loan services,
and Special Collections materials.
b. Number
of
c. Number
of high school tours and classes conducted.
d. Success
of project DOCUMENTS DATA MINER in resolving the issues of collection
development for government documents with libraries nationally.
3. Decisions
a. Annually
review the number and variety of external clientele using the Libraries’ services
and collections
b. Develop
mechanisms to annually collect and review the number of libraries nationally
accessing project DOCUMENTS DATA MINER.
c. Revise
building use policy and develop unattended minors policy
e. Reduce
investments in new historical and scholarly collection for Special Collections
due to endowment allocation cuts.
·
Support
information and research needs of the Greater Wichita Metropolitan Area
community through on
site access to library resources.
·
Develop liaisons
with schools for student tours and learning opportunities.
·
Provide
leadership role in initiatives to digitize unique resources which support
access to the history and culture of
1. Action Plans
a. Negotiate
licensing agreements for electronic resources that will support on-site-walk-in
use by community users.
b. Clearly
identify all electronic resources in the new library information system that are not restricted to WSU affiliated users for
remote access.
c. Digitize
unique resources related to the history and culture of
d. Support
efforts to develop state-wide virtual reference service.
2. Evaluation
a. Extent
to which the Libraries are successful in providing open access to most
resources acquired by WSU for on-site users.
b. Extent
to which the Libraries maintain policies and procedures which provide a welcoming,
easy to use, and responsive intellectual environment for Greater Wichita
Metropolitan Area community users.
c. Progress
made in the digitizing of resources unique to the history and culture of
d. Developing
user-friendly web sites to support easy access to the external community.
3. Decisions
a. Continue
pressing vendors for the greatest flexibility in providing on-site access to
electronic resources for walk-in users.
b. Continue
digitization of resources unique to the history and culture of
c. Continue
redesign and enhancement of the Libraries’ web site.
d. Participate
in KANAnswer state-wide virtual
reference pilot project sponsored by the State Library Networking Board.
·
Work
with local citizens, historical groups, libraries, and other organizations to
identify, collect, preserve, and make available unique resources which document
the history and culture of the Wichita Area, surrounding counties,
1. Action Plans
a. Maintain
liaisons with local museums and libraries toward developing a Wichita Digital
Library.
b. Collaborate
in multi-state digital library projects.
c. Present
public programming to citizens’ groups which highlights collections.
d. Explore opportunities to revitalize a library friends group for fund raising and developing community outreach services.
2.
Evaluation
a. Number
of new and unique collections related to the history of
b. Results
of meetings with area museums and libraries concerning a Wichita Digital
Library.
c. Success
in collaborating with multi-state initiatives to include WSU special
collections in digital projects.
d. Number
and success of public programs presented.
e. Library
success in revitalizing an active support group.
f. Number
of
3. Decision
a. Continue
to cultivate citizens of
b. Continue
to work toward collaborative creation of Wichita Digital Library.
c. Continue
to seek opportunities to involve the Libraries in multi-state digital library
development.
d. Work
with the WSU Foundation and new dean to
revitalize a library support group.
e. Add
over 1,000 images to Wichita Photo Archives.
Received $15,000 grant from the Kansas Library Network Board to enhance
Wichita Photo Archives in cooperation with the Wichita Public Library and the
Wichita/Sedgwick County Historical Museum
f. Participate
in Western Trails Digitization Project.
Received $5,000 grant to digitize trading post journals and travel
journals as part of a multi-state project.
·
Fully
support the goals of WSU as a metropolitan research university in the provision
of library services to the
·
Preserve
and maintain the quality of library collections so that they can be frequently
used by faculty, students, and community users for generations to come.
1. Action Plans
a. Enhance
community awareness of access to the library resources of WSU (schools,
businesses, citizens, etc.)
2. Evaluation
a. Number
of external users.
b. Number
of donors.
c. Total
external funding received
3. Decision
a. Increase
the number of significant donors.
Originally Submitted
Unanimously Endorsed by the Library Faculty
Revised
And Submitted to Academic Affairs by
Kathy A. Downes
Interim Dean of University Libraries
file name: 2003April Final Matrix.2.doc
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