The document summarizes a staff retreat at Milner Library to identify goals and priorities for the next few years. The agenda included examining the library's mission and vision, conducting an environmental scan of trends impacting their work, and identifying implications and short-term goals. Staff discussed expenditures, resource usage trends, and a proposed reorganization timeline. The retreat aimed to create clearly defined, concrete, and achievable priority projects in areas like digitization, technology, instruction and collections to promote learning and advance knowledge.

1. Milner Library Staff Retreat (2)December 6, 2010

2. Purpose of Today’s Retreat To take the next steps in identifying tangible and compelling goals for the next few years that move the library forward in addressing changing user needs.

3. AgendaExamine Milner’s mission and visionConduct an environmental scan of local trends and issues that will increasingly impact our work Review the compiled observations of the doing less/doing more exerciseIdentifying implications and short-term library goals

4. VisionMilner Library is an essential, integrated element of an Illinois State University education. The faculty and staff of the Library creatively engage students and faculty in the exploration and evaluation of the full spectrum of information resources, fostering faculty research and developing students’ skills and competencies to guide their journey through lifelong learning and innovative scholarship.This should be the big picture of what we want for the future & should encompasses our mission, values, goals and objectives.

5. Vision Vs. Mission

6. March of DimesTo improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, infant mortality, and premature birthIntuit Our key goal is to revolutionize the way people do financial work.Outback Steakhouse, Inc. Our key goal is to create a world-class casual dining company that endures.Robert Mondavi Corp. Our key goal is to be the world’s preeminent fine wine producer.VF Corporation Our key goal is to be the world’s largest supplier of fashionable apparel for consumers.Harley-DavidsonOur key goal is to fulfill dreams through the experiences of motorcycling.

7. Vision Statement (New)To be the preeminent center of learning, information, culture, and technology in higher education.Milner Library is an essential, integrated element of an Illinois State University education. The faculty and staff of the Library creatively engage students and faculty in the exploration and evaluation of the full spectrum of information resources, fostering faculty research and developing students’ skills and competencies to guide their journey through lifelong learning and innovative scholarship.

8. Our mission is the nuts and bolts of the vision. Mission is the who, what and why of our business existence.Mission Milner Library engages the Illinois State University community in its pursuit of knowledge by advancing virtual and physical access to information and providing its students, faculty, and staff with personal attention, expertise, and services. As an information crossroads that fosters the growth of students and faculty as scholars and citizens, Milner Library’s faculty and staff enrich the university, the community, and the field of librarianship, as well, through meaningful service and scholarship.

9. Mission (Re-phrased)The mission of the ISU libraries is to create and sustain an intuitive, trusted information, cultural, & technological environment that enables learning & the advancement of knowledge. ISU library staff are committed to developing innovative services, programs, space, strategies, and systems that promote discovery, dialogue, learning, the human spirit and empower our students, faculty, staff and community.

10. GoalsEnables seamless discovery and access to scholarly information sources.Provides faculty, students, and staff with expert support and training to find, evaluate, manage, and use resources.Creates high-quality spaces for both reflective and collaborative work and study.Leads initiatives to inform and shape the future of libraries as places of learning, culture, and technology.

11. Reading the Tea Leaves!Ted Schwitzner & Dallas Long

12. Environmental Scan of Local TrendsThe following slides provide raw data concerning trends in use of library resources and costs of resources over the last five years.What are the implications?

13. Expenditures for Information Resources

14. Percentages Expenditure for Info Resources

15. E-Journal Trends

16. In House Use

17. Top article discovery databases*included in WebFeat (aka Search It) Quick Search set

18. Reference Questions

20. Where Do We Go From Here?Dane Ward

21. How Do We Get There?Our Task Today: To create priorities for the coming year that are clearly defined concreteachievable and respond to emerging needs

22. Discussion/Activity Each table talks for 10 minutes and identifies 3-4 priority projects. The projects can be in any of the 14 categories. In the end, each table will have a list of priority projects which can be placed in one of those categories. We will then collect the results and identify priorities based on the previous categories.

23. To be the preeminent center of learning, information, culture, and technology in higher education.CategoriesDigitizationCollaboration/Communication/CommunityTechnologyPatron Self-ServiceInstructionCataloguing/Processing/WorkflowSpaceInnovationTraining/Cross TrainingSpecial CollectionsStaffingLogonsCollectionsWeedingOthers

24. Group Discussion

25. ISU Library Re-Organization TimetableSummer 2010Articulate need for new organization al structureAugust 2010Dept Heads discuss their perspective on a new structureSept 2010Dept Heads submit draft of a new structureOct 2010First draft of a new organizational structureNov 2010All staff RetreatIdentification of strategic issuesDec 2010All Staff retreat identifying priorities & exploring choicesFeb 20113rd all staff retreatDiscussion of new structure at workJan 2011Beginning trial year for new structure/ definition of new rolesJuly/Dec 2011Complete implementation of new organizational structure5th retreatMarch/April 2011Structure adjustments & action plan implementationMay/July2011Complete transition plan/hiring/priority setting – 4th retreat