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Growing Our Library: Accomplishments and Future Directions (April 2008 Update)

Join us for the April 2008 library staff update, where we celebrate our accomplishments and share our vision for the future. Highlights include the successful completion of the RBC Information Commons, the renovation of the Porter Library's third floor, and the integration of new RFID technology. We'll discuss our ongoing financial challenges, staffing updates, and the Sixth Decade Plans focusing on enhancing the student experience, improving library spaces, and initiating e-initiatives. Together, we will continue to grow and adapt to support our campus community.

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Growing Our Library: Accomplishments and Future Directions (April 2008 Update)

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  1. Grow @ Your Library Library Staff Update Wednesday, April 16, 2008 DC Conference Room

  2. Spring

  3. Growing... As a theme and a purpose • Accomplishments • Current projects • Future directions

  4. Library Video Contest

  5. 3rd place video

  6. Accomplishments • Campaign Waterloo – raised close to $7 M

  7. Accomplishments • Constructed the RBC Information Commons and the new look of the Davis main floor • Created the Sims Silent Study area in Davis and added new study carrels and chairs

  8. Accomplishments • Provided new public and staff workstations in all locations • Renovated the 3rd floor of Porter including replacing all study carrels and creating the Betty Sims Reading Room

  9. Accomplishments • Created the Musagetes Library

  10. Accomplishments • Installed an RFID and Collection Management System in both Davis and Porter

  11. And we took some time to celebrate

  12. Accomplishments • Equipped the Adaptive Technology Centre with new furnishings and equipment • Enhanced accessibility by retrofitting the Porter public elevators and beginning to replace range end signs • Installed glass display cabinets in the entrance to Special Collections

  13. Accomplishments • Kresge Challenge – received the largest grant ever awarded to a Canadian Library

  14. Your accomplishments… • Have allowed us to grow • And provide campus-wide benefits • For years to come • Despite it being a period of ongoing annual cuts

  15. 2nd place video

  16. Dana Porter Main Floor Renovations

  17. 1st place video

  18. What’s ahead... • UW Financial Situation • Staffing • Acquisitions Budget • Sixth Decade Plans

  19. Financial situation • Operating budget • Annual cuts • One-time only (OTO) supplements • Acquisitions budget • OTO • Base budget • Fund raising • Growing differently

  20. Budget cuts • 2001/02: 3.5% • 2002/03: 2% • 2003/04: 2% • 2004/05: 2% • 2005/06: 1% • 2006/07: 1.5% • 2007/08: 2% • 2008/09: 2% • 2009/10: 3 – 3.5%???

  21. OTO supplements • “Matching” dollars • 3M RFID initiative • IBM workstations & servers • Porter renovation health & safety requirements • Leveraging our dollars through partnerships

  22. New appointments • 2005-2006 • Jennifer Haas, Alison Hitchens, Tim Ireland, Maria Reinhard • 2006-2007 • Allan Bell, Zsuzsanna Lancsak, Stef Voichita, Liz Wehner • 2007-2008 • Nancy Collins, Linda Finn, Leeanne Romane, Jonathan Sutherland, Carolyn Vincent • Debbie Loney (Apr 21), Kathy MacDonald (May 5) • Sunanda Brouwer, Gladys Torres, Christine Reilly, Yi-Mei Wang, Elzbieta Kucharska

  23. Acquisitions Budgets • OTO supplements • Annual “OTO ongoing” supplement • Increase to base in 2007/08 and 2008/09 • Fluctuations in the Canadian currency • Leveraging our dollars • Latest CRKN CFI Humanities & Social Sciences • $350,000 worth of e-resources for $75,000 • i.e. > $1 million for $225,000 over three years

  24. UW’s 6th Decade Plans A strong and vibrant library is a vital component of an excellent teaching and research intensive university. The UW Library will continue to foster and be a model of collaboration, connectedness, and partnerships.

  25. Sixth Decade Plans • We will concentrate our efforts on three key themes: 1) Student experience 2) Space 3) E-initiatives

  26. UW Executive Committee • Several working groups established last fall: • Space • Online learning • Student engagement

  27. Three themes • Student experience • Engaging with students in the libraries and in the faculties • “Commons” areas • Space • Porter renovations • Davis lab • A major campus issue

  28. Three themes – cont’d. • E-Initiatives • Verde • Primo • Electronic theses • UW-Space • Pre-print server pilot • E-content, e.g. latest CRKN CFI Humanities & Social Sciences

  29. Growing in different ways • Sustaining and nurturing what we have done to date • Seeding new initiatives and pilot projects • Leveraging growth opportunities as they arise

  30. Questions?

  31. Other video submissions...

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