Social Sciences and Allied Professions Team

2004 Work Plan 

Libraries Initiative I/II, Libraries Goal 1: Continue to provide and refine access to collections and services to respond to changes in information delivery and instructional and research needs of the university community.

Group Objective: Improve reference services by enhancing peer training.

Steps

Responsibility

Dates/Status

Meet as a group to identify and discuss what specific peer-training classes are needed and what we can offer.

Bob Garber* & all team members.

During late fall & mid-summer (i.e., prior to spring and fall semesters).  On 2004 retreat agenda.

Group Objective: Improve public's access to the collections.

Meet with the new head of Access Services to discuss public service and faculty concerns.

Barbara Lay* & Gerri Foudy* & all team members.

During late summer 2004.  On retreat agenda.

 

Libraries Initiative I/II, Libraries Goal 1A:  Address specific needs of faculty and students through cooperative programs with each college.

Group Objective: Improve departmental outreach

Steps

Responsibility

Dates/Status

Provide Ingenta training for team members and faculty.  

Travis* & all team members.

Fall 2004

Work with Gretchen Hanson to provide ResearchPort training for faculty. 

Zaida* & all team members.

November 2004

Hold brainstorming session to identify and plan possible interdisciplinary library seminars for faculty and graduate students to be held in Fall 2004 semester.

Paula* & all team members.

On 2004 retreat agenda.

Continue trying to develop ways to increase library services to CLIS students.

Paula* & Otis & Lily & all team members..

On 2004 retreat agenda.

Develop training for TS in BSOS and Allied Professions incorporating research methods

Gerri* & team members

On 2004 retreat agenda.

Libraries Initiative I/II, Library Goal 1(D):  Enhance delivery of reference and information services and inform the user population as new technologies are adopted.

Group Objective:  Participate in the development of ResearchPort.

Steps

Responsibility

Date/Status

Look at redesigning guides for inclusion in ResearchPort.

Travis* and all team members.

Ongoing.

Libraries Initiative I/II, Libraries Goal 3:  Ensure that the Libraries have, cultivate and retain the human resources essential to a research library of the first rank.

Group Objective: Continue to explore and implement best practices of self-managed teams.

Steps

Responsibility

Date/Status

Meet with Sue Baughman to schedule further team building activities.  Focus on facilitation training and team self-assessment.

Glenn * & all team members.

Late October or early November 2004.

Hold team retreat to brainstorm ideas.

All team members.

In June, 2004.

Group Objective: Increasingly share the work of the team with the Library community.

Steps

Responsibility

Date/Status

Increase input to Library Matters.

Paula* & all team members.

On retreat agenda.

Continue to enhance the Team Web Page

All team members.

Ongoing.

Incorporate peer training into team meetings.

Facilitator

Ongoing.

Group Objective: Monitor the rotation of team tasks and responsibilities.

Steps

Responsibility

Date/Status

Schedule meetings to make team rotation decisions. 

All team members.

Schedule as needed, depending rotation schedules of functional teams; schedule periodic rotation of membership on committees.   Next scheduled meeting:  December 2004.

Library Initiative I/II, Goal 4:  Research, develop, evaluate and implement best practices for acquiring, organizing, delivering and preserving information resources in all forms.

Group objective: Participate in Collection Management special projects

Steps

Responsibility

Dates/Status

Continue to reassess serials and database holdings pending changes in budget constraints.

Travis* & all team members

Ongoing.

*Designated leader of respective subgroup.