Strategic Planning for Academic Libraries
Language: English
Published by John Wiley and Sons, 2019
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- Title
- Strategic Planning for Academic Libraries
- Author
- Gregory C. Thompson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- PAP
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 083891893X
- ISBN 13
- 9780838918937
- Item weight
- 239 grams
- outlines a step-by-step method that helps readers prepare for a successful strategic planning process, create and implement a strategic plan, and assess the effectiveness of both the process and the resulting plan;
- discusses the differences between scenario planning and strategic planning, with pointers on determining which would be best in a given organization;
- offers expert advice for communicating a strategic plan clearly and compellingly to the library’s many stakeholders at every stage of the process;
- shares ways to bring library staff as well as users into the planning process;
- teaches how to use surveys and focus groups to inform strategic planning, complete with sample survey questions and a consent cover letter;
- addresses whether and how to hire consultants;
- concludes with a summary of the essential elements of a successful planning process, ideal for quick reference; and
- includes an appendix with numerous useful templates, from an Executive Council Strategic Planning Retreat Agenda to a Final Report.
Written by a team of authors with decades of library administration experience between them, this powerful resource enables academic libraries to produce plans that will offer directional guidance to employees while also demonstrating the library’s power to meet institutional goals.
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About the Author
Harish Maringanti is Associate Dean for IT and Digital Library Services at the J. Willard Marriott Library. He is responsible for advancing the library’s technology initiatives, including strategy, policies, compliance, business processes, and infrastructure. Previously, he served in various roles at Kansas State University Libraries, where he led several technology initiatives. He holds an MS in computing and information sciences and a graduate certificate in organizational leadership from Kansas State University, in addition to a BE from Osmania University, India. Harish is the lead Principal Investigator on an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant. He has also received grants from the Office of Vice President for Research at the University of Utah. While at Kansas State, he was the lead technical architect on a Targeted Excellence grant from the K-State Office of the Provost. His research has appeared in journals including the Journal of Agricultural and Food Information, Proceedings of TDWG, and Proceedings of the 2016 ACM on SIGUCCS Annual Conference.
Rick Anderson is associate dean for collections and scholarly communication in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. He has worked previously as a bibliographer for YBP, Inc.; as head acquisitions librarian for the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; and as director of resource acquisition at the University of Nevada, Reno. He serves on numerous editorial and advisory boards, is a regular contributor to The Scholarly Kitchen, and has been a regular contributor to Library Journal's Academic Newswire. His book Buying and Contracting for Resources and Services: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Librarians was published in 2004 by Neal-Schuman. In 2005, he was identified by Library Journal as a “Mover & Shaker”―one of the “50 people shaping the future of libraries.” In 2008, he was elected president of the North American Serials Interest Group, and he was named an ARL Research Library Leadership Fellow for 2009–2010. In 2013, he was the recipient of the HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award and was invited to give the Gould Distinguished Lecture on Technology and the Quality of Life at the University of Utah. In 2015, he was elected president of the Society for Scholarly Publishing. He is a popular speaker on subjects related to the future of scholarly communication and research libraries.
Catherine B. Soehner is the Associate Dean for Research and User Services at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library. She is responsible for most public services in the Library with a focus on faculty outreach, student services, and campus collaborations. Catherine has served as a manager and leader of libraries for 20 years at the University of California in Santa Cruz and the University of Michigan. Her recent publications and presentations have focused on crisis communication, holding effective difficult conversations, and change management.
Alberta Comer holds an MLS from Indiana University-Bloomington. She has served as Dean and University Librarian at the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah since 2013 and has served as an officer on the Salt Lake City Public Library’s Board of Trustees. Alberta is co-Principal Investigator on a Mellon Foundation grant. She was formerly Library Dean at Cunningham Memorial Library, Indiana State University. Alberta has served as editor of Indiana Libraries as well as editor of Cognotes, the daily paper of the American Library Association Conference.
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