University Libraries Strategic Planning Retreat

Sponsored by the USD Faculty Senate  University Libraries Committee

Invitation
The USD University Libraries value your input…  You are invited to attend a Strategic Planning Retreat for the University Libraries on Friday, November 20, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Muenster University Center Ballroom.
 While enjoying brunch,
• Learn about the University Libraries’ current services and future plans;
• Help develop a new mission and vision for the Libraries along with broad goals for the next 3 years.

Stay for the door prize drawing!
To make the most of this experience, please join one of the 30-minute tours of the I.D. Weeks building that will meet inside the front door on Thursday, November 19 at 4:30 p.m. or Friday, November 20 at 8:15 a.m. (immediately preceding the event).  

Please R.S.V.P.  to Kim Miller by November 11 at kim.miller@usd.edu.

Agenda
Thursday, November 19
4:30 Tour of I.D. Weeks building  

Friday, November 20
8:15 Tour of I.D. Weeks building; coffee and pastries
9:00 Welcome (Randall Waldron, Chair, University Libraries Committee)
9:05 Introduction to the day’s agenda by co-facilitators (Jill Tyler and Betty Smith)
9:15 Virtual tour of libraries’ web site and plans for Academic Commons (Anne Moore)
9:40 Overview of Dream Library Project findings (Betty Smith)
9:45 What do people value about the University Libraries? (All-room activity)
10:00 Review and update mission and vision statements
10:15 Develop vision for the future
10:45 Brunch and tables discuss libraries’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
11:30 Set goals
12:30 Prioritize goals
1:00 Adjourn
 
 
 USD University Libraries Mission The Libraries support the educational mission of The University of South Dakota encompassing instruction, research and service by assuring ready access to a wide range of information resources held locally and worldwide; teaching information literacy, research and critical thinking skills for academic endeavors and lifelong learning; and providing an aesthetic, congenial and stimulating learning and working environment.
 
USD University Libraries Vision The Libraries strive to support the University vision "to be the best small publicly supported University in the country" while serving as an intellectual and cultural center for the University. It functions as a place for research, exploration, and collegiality where the tools and techniques of scholarship are stored, taught and renewed. The Libraries must evolve to invigorate individual and group research as well as public interaction and discussion.
 
Wegner Health Science Information Center Mission Providing quality information services to its partners and their constituents by maintaining and delivering relevant information that supports healthcare, education, and research.