72 · Representative Documents: Strategies to Support Innovation and Research
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
UBC Library Strategic Plan 2010–2015 (excerpts)
http://about.library.ubc.ca/strategic-plan/
GOALS
Actively partner with faculty in curriculum
design, teaching critical thinking, digital literacy and
information fluency
Provide new technologies to enhance student
learning and productivity, wherever users are
Develop user-centered spaces and services to promote
informal learning, study and reflection, collaboration
and dialogue
Expand support for Aboriginal students and encourage
all students to learn about Aboriginal issues and
perspectives
GOALS
Increase the impact of UBC research by making it widely
available in open access digital repositories
Be a leader in developing and promoting open access and
open source methods and tools
Establish a research commons, including specialized
services to enhance research productivity
Involve Library staff more fully as partners in the research
process, applying their expertise and promoting
connection between disciplines
Build research capacity within the Library
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STRATEGIC
As a key campus and community partner, UBC Library endorses
the vision, values and commitments in Place and Promise:
The UBC Plan. The following plan is the Library’s promise to UBC.
ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING
Students’ evolving needs demand that we deliver a
responsive, integrated program of services and create
exceptional learning and research environments.
The Library’s extensive teaching programs equip
students with skills for lifelong success in an
information-intensive world.
ACCELERATE RESEARCH
The Library is critical to the research endeavour.
Our expertise connects faculty and students with
local and global information resources and enables
new forms of knowledge creation, dissemination
and exchange.
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