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VIRGINIA TECH
Strategic Plan 2012–2018 (excerpts)
http://www.lib.vt.edu/strategicplan/2012-2018.pdf
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Strategic Plan 2012-2018 |University Libraries |Virginia Tech
Introduction
Our mission is to invent the future of libraries at Virginia Tech. We honor tradition as we excel in our core mission
to provide access to information. We acknowledge change as we adapt to address the new information needs and
Open Web’s reframing of the academic and research enterprises in higher education. We embrace a diversity of
thought and culture as we find solutions to information challenges when meeting user needs.
Over the next decade we anticipate seismic shifts in the nature of libraries across the globe. The form, function and
overall identity of the library as an institution will evolve. At Virginia Tech, we envision the library of the future
emerging as:
• a platform for student success and faculty innovation in a global context.
• a hub for strategic partnerships.
• a regenerating entity that adapts to changing user needs and expectations.
Platform
The library of the future is designed as a conduit for innovation, creativity, productivity, collaboration, and
knowledge in a global context. We imagine the Virginia Tech Libraries as a connection to limitless pedagogy,
research, and learning possibilities for students and faculty.
Strategic Partnerships
The library of the future is engagement-centered and reinforced by joint ventures and programmatic
partnerships. We imagine the Libraries as an outwardly engaged organization that creates partnerships and
provides leadership in the pursuit of excellence in research and learning.
Transformation
The library of the future is constantly changing both physically and virtually. We imagine the Libraries’ core
functions evolving through emerging expertise in curation, community development, and knowledge
production. We curate digital research data and scholarship we develop and optimize communities for
collaboration and the exchange of ideas and discoveries and we help our users create new knowledge and provide
access to the world’s digital scholarship.
To be a place where learning and research thrive, the Libraries must adopt new outlooks and practices. The
Libraries look to become a learning lab, where student employees gain valuable pre-professional work experience.
Students will help design learning spaces, create literacy/skills acquisition programs, develop and manage new
technologies, conduct market research and create business plans, and produce domain-specific digital resources
through informatics initiatives.
The transformation of the Virginia Tech Libraries will focus on reinventing itself in four areas: learning spaces,
research and curation, teaching, learning and literacies, and collections access.
VIRGINIA TECH
Strategic Plan 2012–2018 (excerpts)
http://www.lib.vt.edu/strategicplan/2012-2018.pdf
1
Strategic Plan 2012-2018 |University Libraries |Virginia Tech
Introduction
Our mission is to invent the future of libraries at Virginia Tech. We honor tradition as we excel in our core mission
to provide access to information. We acknowledge change as we adapt to address the new information needs and
Open Web’s reframing of the academic and research enterprises in higher education. We embrace a diversity of
thought and culture as we find solutions to information challenges when meeting user needs.
Over the next decade we anticipate seismic shifts in the nature of libraries across the globe. The form, function and
overall identity of the library as an institution will evolve. At Virginia Tech, we envision the library of the future
emerging as:
• a platform for student success and faculty innovation in a global context.
• a hub for strategic partnerships.
• a regenerating entity that adapts to changing user needs and expectations.
Platform
The library of the future is designed as a conduit for innovation, creativity, productivity, collaboration, and
knowledge in a global context. We imagine the Virginia Tech Libraries as a connection to limitless pedagogy,
research, and learning possibilities for students and faculty.
Strategic Partnerships
The library of the future is engagement-centered and reinforced by joint ventures and programmatic
partnerships. We imagine the Libraries as an outwardly engaged organization that creates partnerships and
provides leadership in the pursuit of excellence in research and learning.
Transformation
The library of the future is constantly changing both physically and virtually. We imagine the Libraries’ core
functions evolving through emerging expertise in curation, community development, and knowledge
production. We curate digital research data and scholarship we develop and optimize communities for
collaboration and the exchange of ideas and discoveries and we help our users create new knowledge and provide
access to the world’s digital scholarship.
To be a place where learning and research thrive, the Libraries must adopt new outlooks and practices. The
Libraries look to become a learning lab, where student employees gain valuable pre-professional work experience.
Students will help design learning spaces, create literacy/skills acquisition programs, develop and manage new
technologies, conduct market research and create business plans, and produce domain-specific digital resources
through informatics initiatives.
The transformation of the Virginia Tech Libraries will focus on reinventing itself in four areas: learning spaces,
research and curation, teaching, learning and literacies, and collections access.
