Power of Tuesday Follow Up

Thank you for your participation in the Power of Tuesday Webinar Series. Please know that you can access the archived Webinars from the SUNY Librarians Association (SUNYLA) Website if you would like to view any that you missed. Click on http://www.sunyla.org/Power-of-Tuesday/schedule

Next Steps will include:
• Compiling your responses to the polls and strategic questions. Representatives from the SUNYConnect Advisory Council (SAC), SUNY Librarians Association (SUNYLA) and the SUNY Council of Library Directors (SCLD) under Logan Rath’s (Brockport/SUNYLA Past President) leadership will work with the raw data and create a report for us.
• Planning documents are available on this blog.
• SUNY library directors will meet in Corning on September 29th with a facilitator to establish strategic directions.
• On the 30th the directors will meet with their respective sectors to do more work.
• After that they will return to their constituencies and get feedback and share that feedback with the SCLD Executive Board by November. On this Executive Board there is SAC (Andrew White of Stony Brook/Chair of SAC) and SUNYLA (Angela Weiler of Onondaga Community College/President of SUNYLA) representation.
• Finally, Maryruth Glogowski (Buffalo State College/Chair of SCLD) has volunteered to draft the strategic plan with a group of Readers: Cristina Pope (SUNY Upstate Medical Center/SAC rep) and a person from SUNYLA to be named by August 5th. We will be working closely with Mary Donohue, the SCLD Vice Chair/Chair Elect.
• Polls indicate that library staff would like an update Webinar in December, and that will be scheduled.
• It is expected that The Power of SUNY Libraries will be ready in January.

Planning Document Links

Thanks to Mary Donohue , Mary Casserly, and Angela Weiler we have a variety of documents to read as we write The Power of SUNY Libraries. Here are links:

FALL 2010 PLANNING DOCUMENTS

EXTERNAL:

Academic Library In 2.0World_Wawrzaszek_2008

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERB0819.pdf

Ensuring Integrity Accessibility Stewardship of Research Data_NAS_2009

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12615

(Free PDF summary at right)

Heart or Muscle_Library in the Digital Age_Shepard_2009

http://www.newsbank.com/readex/newsletters.cfm?newsletter=22&article=24

Horizon Report_Educause_2010

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/CSD5810.pdf

Intellectual Property Pol_ELearningWeb2.0_Diaz_2009 – Unavailable via open access

Library Web Site of the Future_Bell_2009

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/02/17/bell

No Brief Candle_Reconceiving Reserach_CLIR_2008

http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub142/pub142.pdf

On the Record_Future of Bibliographic Control_LOC_2008

http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/news/lcwg-ontherecord-jan08-final.pdf

Positioning Liaison Librarians_ARL_2009

http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/rli/archive/rli265.shtml

Safeguarding Collections_Cont PreservationARL_2009

http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/safeguarding-collections.pdf

Strategy for Academic Libraries_Lewis_2007

https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/bitstream/handle/1805/953/DWLewis_Strategy.pdf?sequence=1

Students and Technology_ECAR_2009

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EKF/EKF0906.pdf

University Publishing In A Digital Age, July 26, 2007

http://www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r/strategy/Ithaka%20University%20Publishing%20Report.pdf

University’s Role in Dissemination of Research_ARL_2009

http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/disseminating-research-feb09.pdf

Wireless Internet Use_Pew_2009

http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2009/Wireless-Internet-Use.pdf

Strategic Planning/University-Wide Strategic Plans
ACRL: “Strategic Planning in Academic Libraries: A Political Perspective”  by Douglas G. Birdsall 

Academic Libraries of Indiana – Strategic Plan [draft]:

1. Increase access to electronic databases and content through collaboration …

2. Enhance quality of, access to, and curation of tangible collections …

3. Provide effective instructional support for students in partnership with faculty

4. Support professional development and educational opportunities for librarians

5. Proactively engage within our institutions, with governmental organizations, with statewide library agencies, and with schools of library and information science …

http://ali.bsu.edu/Programs/Strategic_Task_Force/200705xx_AcademicLibrariesOfIndianaStrategicPlanAgendaItems.pdf

Pennsylvania State University Libraries: “…five areas of strategic focus: services, collections, information technology, diversity, and agility. “

http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/admin/stratplanjune08.html#mission

SUNY/SCLD/SAC

• Diversifying SUNY Collections Guidelines rev. by SAC for SCLD
• NYSHEI Summit – Main Ideas – Public Policy and Advocacy Summit
• SCLD Component Discussions_Fall 2009
• SUNY Strategic Plan
• SUNY Strategic  Plan_library access workgroup-final report
• SUNY presidents report on libraries 1994_SUNY

The Power of SUNY Libraries

This year the work of the SUNY Council of Library Directors will focus on developing a strategic plan – The Power of SUNY Libraries. Planning documents will be shared through this site.

“Tuesdays with Maureen” Webinars Set for June

Okay, these webinars are actually entitled The Power of Tuesday.  The alternative title is simply a tongue-in-cheek reference to the ever-popular Tuesdays with Morrie and an homage to SUNYConnect Project Manager Maureen Zajkowski. :-)

The hour-long Power of Tuesday webinars, to be delivered via Elluminate at 10 a.m. every Tuesday in June, will explore the future directions of SUNY libraries as we plan our system-wide strategic directions for the next five years.

The topics (and facilitators) for the five webinars are:

June 1: Creating New SUNY Collaborative Collection Models (Cerise Oberman)
June 8: E-Resources: Beyond SUNYConnect (Randy Gadikian)
June 15: The Future of the Academic Librarian (Colleen Lougen & Logan Rath)
June 22: SUNY Libraries as Community Partners (Maureen Zajkowski)
June 29: Capitalizing on Expertise Across SUNY: Cataloging & Digital Initiatives (John Meador)

Please encourage your staff to attend! For more information visit the SUNYLA Web site.

Jon Grennan, SCLD Webmaster

Nylink To Close Its Doors in a Year

Many of us just learned the sad news that Nylink, which has served New York State libraries for 37 years, will dissolve itself in 12 months.  You can read the details from the Nylink press release and its Closure FAQ.

On a much lighter note, I’ve replaced the “cat’s eyes” header with SCLD’s official logo.  It’s much more professional, though it may not have quite the same panache.

Jon Grennan

Opening the SCLD Web Site

In conjuction with SCLD’s spring conference “Opening the Library” on April 19th and 20th in Saratoga Springs, we’re also “opening the SCLD Web site!” What has changed, you ask?

1) SCLD directors are now be able to post their own blog topics and entries.
2) SCLD section conveners will be able to create and manage their own SCLD section pages.
3) The Web site’s look has been freshened up a bit, but the same Council documents are available.

Although his blue eyes may not grace this Web site indefinitely, the header image above is courtesy of my cat Chaucer. I can’t decide whether the image works as a visual pun on the “vision” concept in our mission statement, or if it simply looks like a feline Big Brother looking back at us.

So, what do you think of the new site? Feel free to leave me a comment below if you think the site is an improvement (or not) from our old SCLD Web page.

Jon Grennan, SCLD Webmaster