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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Penn Libraries Strategic Plan, 2011–2013 (excerpts)
https://project.library.upenn.edu/confluence/display/libstratplan/Penn+Libraries+Strategic+Plan+2011-2013
Penn Libraries Strategic Plan, 2011-2013
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The Penn Libraries’ strategic agenda for the next three fiscal cycles is set against this background of
change and opportunity. Within a brief and demanding timeframe, we will achieve concrete,
measureable service improvement in areas amenable to rapid development. Where circumstances
require a longer implementation cycle, our aim through 2013 is to position the Libraries’ to effect
lasting improvements. Commitment to continuous strategic planning and outreach to our service
communities will ensure sustained progress toward these improvements.
Over the next three years, the Penn Libraries will:
• increase support for teaching, learning, and research
• reduce barriers that separate library users from information and service
• build distinctive collections and provide information resources aligned with Penn’s needs
• develop, deliver, and orchestrate useful technology tools, promoting high-quality academic
outcomes
• partner with campus and research library communities to achieve new visions for teaching
and scholarship and
• optimize the use of University resources, relying on strategic partnerships and evidence-
based decision making.
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STRATEGIC PLAN 2011-‐2013
This Plan is organized around a set of four interdependent emphases.
I. Excellence in Learning Management &Research Support
The missions of the University and its Libraries intersect in the support of teaching, learning, and
research. When the Libraries were assigned responsibility for the Blackboard courseware system
nearly a decade ago, the University broadened our union with Penn’s academic life through this
Plan we will broaden it further still. In the coming years, we expect Penn’s reliance on courseware
technology and related services to increase. Penn faculty and students will require more powerful
tools for resource discovery those tools will need to integrate smoothly with an individual’s
workflow and to supply information rapidly in any format desired. Collaborative research and
scholarly investigation will demand of librarian’s greater subject-matter and IT expertise. And the
academy will further embrace technology and information competencies as basic requirements of
higher learning.
Priority: Enrich teaching, learning, research, and professional practice through scalable,
reliable, cost-efficient technologies and high-quality research and instructional services.
Goals: The Libraries will increase support for teaching—including the teaching skills of
faculty—and for the enrichment of learning outcomes. In pursuit of this goal, we will step
up collaboration with faculty, academic support programs, and School administrators to
provide ergonomic, well-integrated technologies and services to the classroom.
Courseware technology and learning management services will be better adapted to user
work styles and preferences, providing an enhanced, expandable suite of features, such as
streaming media grade administration distribution of syllabi, readings, and assignments,
and flexible communication between faculty and students. For more efficient and
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Penn Libraries Strategic Plan, 2011–2013 (excerpts)
https://project.library.upenn.edu/confluence/display/libstratplan/Penn+Libraries+Strategic+Plan+2011-2013
Penn Libraries Strategic Plan, 2011-2013
2
The Penn Libraries’ strategic agenda for the next three fiscal cycles is set against this background of
change and opportunity. Within a brief and demanding timeframe, we will achieve concrete,
measureable service improvement in areas amenable to rapid development. Where circumstances
require a longer implementation cycle, our aim through 2013 is to position the Libraries’ to effect
lasting improvements. Commitment to continuous strategic planning and outreach to our service
communities will ensure sustained progress toward these improvements.
Over the next three years, the Penn Libraries will:
• increase support for teaching, learning, and research
• reduce barriers that separate library users from information and service
• build distinctive collections and provide information resources aligned with Penn’s needs
• develop, deliver, and orchestrate useful technology tools, promoting high-quality academic
outcomes
• partner with campus and research library communities to achieve new visions for teaching
and scholarship and
• optimize the use of University resources, relying on strategic partnerships and evidence-
based decision making.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
STRATEGIC PLAN 2011-‐2013
This Plan is organized around a set of four interdependent emphases.
I. Excellence in Learning Management &Research Support
The missions of the University and its Libraries intersect in the support of teaching, learning, and
research. When the Libraries were assigned responsibility for the Blackboard courseware system
nearly a decade ago, the University broadened our union with Penn’s academic life through this
Plan we will broaden it further still. In the coming years, we expect Penn’s reliance on courseware
technology and related services to increase. Penn faculty and students will require more powerful
tools for resource discovery those tools will need to integrate smoothly with an individual’s
workflow and to supply information rapidly in any format desired. Collaborative research and
scholarly investigation will demand of librarian’s greater subject-matter and IT expertise. And the
academy will further embrace technology and information competencies as basic requirements of
higher learning.
Priority: Enrich teaching, learning, research, and professional practice through scalable,
reliable, cost-efficient technologies and high-quality research and instructional services.
Goals: The Libraries will increase support for teaching—including the teaching skills of
faculty—and for the enrichment of learning outcomes. In pursuit of this goal, we will step
up collaboration with faculty, academic support programs, and School administrators to
provide ergonomic, well-integrated technologies and services to the classroom.
Courseware technology and learning management services will be better adapted to user
work styles and preferences, providing an enhanced, expandable suite of features, such as
streaming media grade administration distribution of syllabi, readings, and assignments,
and flexible communication between faculty and students. For more efficient and