Library strategic direction, January 2021 – June 2024.

Abstract

The University Library has undertaken a streamlined strategic planning process in order to identify objectives and initiatives to be pursued between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2023 as the Library is undergoing significant leadership transitions, capacity development for existing library staff, increasing collections, and recruitment of new librarians. The purpose of this Strategic Framework is to provide guidance to the decisions that Library Management must make during this period on the allocation of financial and human resources in order to ensure that these decisions are informed by a strategic view of the long-term goals of the library. The primary strategic areas identified for pursuit by the library during the Period January 2021 – December 2022 are to:  Strengthen the Library's e-infrastructure to support teaching, learning, innovation, and community engagement in the new normal (caused by Covid-19) – ODeL;  Improve user access to, and discovery of, library content and collections by implementing an e-infrastructure and associated policies and procedures;  Maximize the use and impact of library services, collections, and spaces;  Ensure an integrated and coherent user experience of library services focused on user success in information retrieval and use;  Complete processing of all library collections at all the 6 Campus Libraries;  Renovate library public and staff service spaces at Nagongera and Namasagali Campuses;  Promote individual research, group collaboration, and opportunities for Library users to consult with Library Staff;  Support the development of a new Library Strategic Plan that reflect emerging technologies, new service models, changes in scholarly communications, user preferences, and address library infrastructure challenges;  Promote a vibrant and dynamic library organizational culture and structure that is supportive of and benefits from diversity and inclusion;  Enhance the research library workforce through education and training programmes.