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UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Forging the Future, Preserving the Past: A Strategic Plan for the Great Research Library (excerpts)
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/aboutus/mission/Library_Strategic-Plan-2012-2016.pdf
30 Forging the Future, Preserving the Past: A Strategic Plan for the Great Research Library |2012-2016
4.1 Priority: Undertaking the Libraries’
Institutional Research Agenda
4.1.1 Strategic Questions
4.1.1.1 Will the outcome of the research provide information that will help
the Libraries meets its strategic priorities?
4.1.1.2 Does library institutional research align with the strategic priorities?
4.1.1.3 Does the policy, service, initiative, or decision include appropriate,
systematic evaluation?
4.1.2 Distinguishing outcomes
4.1.2.1 the Libraries’ initiatives are designed and delivered incorporating
the best available evidence.
4.1.2.2 initiatives include an assessment component from their inception.
4.1.2.3 Staff are given support, resources, and opportunities to participate
in and/or conduct research.
4.1.2.4 research informs decision-making in the Libraries.
4.1.3 Strategic initiatives
4.1.3.1 Openly share results of assessment activities with all units within
the Libraries.
4.1.3.2 actively involve faculty and students in assessment activities
and projects.
4.1.3.3 undertake systematic assessment of products, collections and
services on an ongoing basis use such assessments to inform
changes to service and collection policies and activities.
4.1.3.4 make use of research initiated or directed by the Libraries.
4.1.3.5 incorporate research generated by other library and information
science (LiS) professionals and by professionals in other disciplines.
4.1.3.6 Disseminate the results of research broadly, both within the LiS sphere
and beyond.
4.1.3.7 Seek out opportunities for collaborative research projects within the
university Libraries and beyond.
4.1.3.8 Provide ongoing training and development opportunities to build and
enhance assessment and research skills.
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