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Strategic Priorities: A Roadmap Through Change For Library Leaders, Anne M. Casey Oct 2015

Strategic Priorities: A Roadmap Through Change For Library Leaders, Anne M. Casey

Anne Marie Casey

Twenty-first century academic libraries need to adapt on a regular basis because external forces such as increased pressures from the institution and accreditation organizations, emerging technologies, or budget reductions create new conditions. In a twenty-year period ending in 2008, academic library spending shifted substantially from physical to electronic resources and from staff and student salary lines to professionals, signaling profound changes in the way libraries do business. “Then just as academic … libraries were settling into these new behaviors, the worst recession in seventy-five years occurred, forcing many … to concern themselves with survival and making difficult decisions based on …


Visions, Missions, And Strategic Plans 101, M. J. Caro, Anne Marie Casey Jan 2015

Visions, Missions, And Strategic Plans 101, M. J. Caro, Anne Marie Casey

Anne Marie Casey

This presentation outlines a basic method to identify the tasks, functions and outcomes of a department or division in order to craft meaningful vision and mission statements, and suggest questions to ask and methods to use in designing a strategic plan.