Greenlease Library Strategic Plan & Assessment

Vision Statement - Connecting Rockhurst companions and community to each other and the world to build engaged citizenry, leaders, scholars, and communities who create a more just and equitable world.  

Mission Statement - Greenlease Library is an essential and adaptable component of Rockhurst University, strengthening the University’s learning, teaching, research, and service goals by:

• providing welcoming and flexible spaces in support of study, collaboration, and community building,
• partnering with communities to enhance services and connections as a user-centered library,
• teaching information fluency, critical evaluation, and research skills,​
• creating and maintaining robust, diverse, accessible collections and services to support curricula and research,
• modeling principles of social justice quintessential to Rockhurst’s Jesuit, Catholic mission and core values within library philosophy and services.

Improve library spaces to better support student learning and library services:

Current Space Goals

• Photo diary of space usage. (2023-2024)
• Improve ground floor and stairwell flow. (2023-2024)
• Add fiber optics to the top floor of the library (2024-2025)
• More comfortable, multifunctional furniture on main floor. (2024-2025)
• Reading room for archival research. (2024-2025)

Ongoing & Completed Space Goals

• Work with marketing on better color schemes and map to the building. (Ongoing)
• Survey of staff equipment needs to develop a replacement rotation. (Ongoing)

• Address 2nd floor ADA compliance issues. (Complete - Year 1)
• Get fiber optics into the library to improve Internet quality. (Complete - Year 1)
• Add color and new artwork to the building. (Complete - Year 1)
• Create a new headcount system to measure library usage. (Complete - Year 1)
• Move furniture into spaces vacated by shelves coming down. (Complete - Year 1)
• Host at least two events at our library with two different groups on campus.(Complete - Year 1)
• Offer outdoor chalk art and other events. (Complete - Year 1)

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   Study various feasibility options for food and beverages. (Complete - Year 2) 
• Install better staff desk that's inviting and friendly. (Complete - Year 2)
• Update M1 Computer Lab Space. (Complete - Year 2)
• Adjust headcount sheet accounting for new spaces and times. (Complete - Year 2)

Enhance library collections to fully align with learning, teaching, and research needs of students, faculty/staff, and community:

Current Collection Goals

• ID & address problematic/outdated catalog subject headings for better searching. (2023-2024)
• Begin cataloging our archives (we have this functionality in Sierra). (2023-2024)
• Clean up catalog records to prepare for Integrated Library System (ILS) migration. (2023 - 2024)
• Identify top digitization opportunities within the Greenlease collections. (2024-2025)
• Identify digitization best practices, equipment, and formal needs.(2024-2025)
• Annual review/deselection plan/process. (2024-2025)
• Prepare aspirational budget. (2024-2025)

Recurring & Completed Collection Goals

• Chart curriculum and changes for proactive collection development. Programmatic accreditation as well. Fuse curriculum knowledge with usage data to make informed decisions on resources. (Recurring)
• Consult with faculty on topic specific collection items. (Recurring)
• Find departmental style preferences - eBook/Print. (Recurring)
• Sync annual renewals to begin at start of FY but after we've been given the budget. (Recurring)
• Explore new resource models. (Recurring) 

• Regular review cycle for E.R.M., incorporating formats, CPUs, cost increases & purchase options, ILL costs.(Complete - Year 1)

Implement a user-centered philosophy within Greenlease to provide exemplary services that help companions achieve their academic and scholarly potential:

Current Service Goals

• Get training on the new Integrated Library System (ILS) to provide excellent service to the patrons of Greenlease Library (2023-2024)
• Provide and promote marketing materials via the library desk, social media, and instructional sessions regarding the new ILS (2023-2024)
• Provide and promote marketing materials via the library desk, social media, and instructional sessions regarding new Springshare products (2023-2024)
• Get new laptops for students, perhaps a laptop lending machine. (2024-2025)

Ongoing & Completed Service Goals

• Student study of study room usage. (Ongoing)
• Create assessment measures for TIPASA. (Ongoing) 

• Get new desktop computers on the 1st floor to improve printing options. (Complete - Year1)
• Create an implementation schedule for the TIPASA interlibrary loan system. (Complete - Year 1)

• Use savings from automation to purchase new Springshare products which aid library assessment and other services (Complete - Year 2)
• Compare the number of technology questions relating to printing services since the arrival of the new desktop computers (Complete - Year 2)

Increase student information fluency, critical evaluation, and research skills to be fully engaged students, professionals, and citizens:

Current Information Fluency Goals

• Develop student assessment of information fluency (2023-2024)
• Build partnerships with E-Learning and Center for Teaching and Learning (CETL) regarding library Canvas support (2023-2024)
• Prepare and present workshops to students and faculty regarding Zotero (2023-2024)

Ongoing & Completed Information Fluency Goals

• Share instructional design information for information literacy team (lesson plans, rubrics, worksheets, etc.). (Ongoing)
• Increase professional development on instructional design for librarians. (Ongoing)
• Interview faculty across academic programs on their instructional and research needs. (Ongoing)
• Market instruction and consultation sessions (Ongoing)
• Continue developing course materials for Manresa initiative at RU (Ongoing)

Create diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives integral to library philosophy, services, and spaces that support our diverse communities:

Current DEI Goals

• Plan special events with student organizations such as BSU and LSU. (2023-2024)
• Do a service point study that accounts for research on BIPOC student attitudes of library services. (2023-2024)
• Update Catalog Record Subject Headings to provide more inclusive search terms. (2023-2024)
• Highlight diversity in archival collections.(2024-2025)
• Propose the library become an ALA DEI fellowship and have a diversity fellowship position at Rockhurst University. (2024-2025)

Ongoing & Completed DEI Goals

• Update Rock Nook (leisure reading area for patrons) with social justice and DEI related materials (Ongoing)

• Explore how the library could be involved with RU current DEI Efforts. (Complete - Year 1)

Strengthen collaborative efforts to maximize resources and increase library commitment and accountability to the University:

Current Collaboration Goals

• Establish faculty talks in the library. (2023-2024)
• Work with facilities, FRUL, advancement, to visit other libraries and furniture stores for ideas on new library furniture. (2023-2024)
• Develop and modify relationships with E-Learning and faculty to learn more about the Keypath tool and its relation to online learning. (2023-2024)
• Work with IRB/other research interest groups partnering to help faculty understand trends - consuming research, creating research, and publishing research. (2024-2025)

• Join Amigos for professional development and discounts and consider Lyrisis for digitization. (2024-2025)

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  Ongoing & Completed Collaboration Goals

Improve library best practices to provide optimal services supporting Rockhurst's commitment to excellence (Magis):

Current Best Practice Goals

• Learn and develop understanding of workflow with the new ILS in the following areas (2023-2024)
  • Ordering Materials
  • Activating Materials in EDS
  • Circulation
  • Metadata
  • Analytics
  • Automation of Patron Records
• Find top professional development services for libraries. (2024-2025)
• Create an archives policy & procedures for paging materials. (2024-2025)
• Create an ideal/aspirational budget to grow, based on AJCU & CUPA peers. (2024-2025).

Ongoing & Completed Best Practice Goals

• Create uniform training materials for circulation & reference for the new ILS (Ongoing)
• Review library shared documents (J Drive). (Ongoing)
• Create a staff development plan including professional development & visits to other libraries for ideas on quality improvement. (Ongoing)

• Purchase, populate and use an Electronic Resource Management System (ERMS) to optimally track license agreements, contracts, permissions, and other data related to electronic resources. (Complete - Year 1)