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Components of a Technical Plan:
Service mandate
External environment
Current operations / service gaps
Service / leadership objectives
Decision structures and strategies
Supporting Strategies
Technological trends
Components of a Technical Plan:
Assume that data security/redundancy, evergreen, disruption management, funding, asset management, training, expertise are covered
Assume the mission is in line with VIU objectives
Assume that current gaps in service can or will be met
Signposts Snapshot
The Vancouver Island University Library supports the mission of Vancouver Island University to assist students in developing their full potential by providing lifelong learning opportunities. It facilitates this objective by being proactive in providing appropriate learning resources and services which assist users in developing specific information retrieval and analytical thinking skills to meet the changes and challenges of a rapidly evolving society.
Library Services and the library space will be key strategies employed by Vancouver Island University to attract and retain students and faculty, and to ensure their success at Vancouver Island University.
Our Vision for the next three years:
The Vancouver Island University Library environment will continue to undergo fundamental change over the next three years. The library staff participating in various collaborations will continue to develop and design services in response to rapidly changing teaching and learning styles, the extremely volatile publishing environment, the development and delivery of electronic library content, higher expectations by all users and a renewed mission to provide an enriched information environment for teaching and learning. The library has become the undisputed heart of the university without regard to physical location, and it will continue to develop collections and services to take its place at the centre of all teaching, learning, and research activities at Vancouver Island University
Planning Context
Local prioritization / decision structures
Campus standards (financial, infrastructure, technology)
Consortium standards (content, carrier , contracts)
Regional and national initiatives (content and carrier)
Information marketplace (content)
Information technology (carrier, controls, authentication)
Information ecology, rationalization between partners, Govt.
Shifts in information policy – privacy, copyright, FOIPOP
Media and cross platform shifts (news)
The Shift Books/paper to electronic
Controlled environment to unconfined environment
Ownership to access
From doctrine of first purchase to terms and conditions
Managing objects to management contracts
Expectations of “anytime, anywhere”
From information scarcity to abundance
Real competition
The Shift Move from a transaction business to an access and
authentication business
The gatekeeper recedes from view…
A manager of experiences emerges
Integration with all learning environments
Flexible learning
Finding our users where they are, not where we are…and providing the service
Current Technical Backdrop Integrated Library Management System (SIRSI)
Purchasing/Finance
Cataloguing
Circulation and Services
Public Catalogue
Print and media database
Web Interface
Video Booking
Equipment Loans
Current Technical Backdrop ReLAIS – interlibrary lending management
ARIEL – networked document delivery
Handle Server – for stable web addresses
EZProxy – authentication server
DSpace – open source web base digital resources presentation and preservation system
GODOT – open source link resolver
CUFTS – electronic resources knowledge base
Researcher – open source broadcast searching
RefWorks – integrated citation manager
Bibliofile/Bookwhere – automated cataloguing utility and database
Ebsconet – serials management
LibGuides – Instructional publishing and linking
Desktracker – reference management system
FAQ – frequently asked questions knowledge management
Several web authoring packages and utilities
Core360, Summon – knowledgebaseERM/Discovery tool
Current Technical BackdropHardware
6 Macintosh video/audio editing suites
35 instruction computers
10 laptops for instruction and loans
54 commons computers (Nan), 35(COW in 2010), 8 (POW)
8 scanning stations
18 public catalogue stations
3 authoring stations
35 staff computers
Several servers in IT and IS
IP phone system – soon mobile integration
4 analogue and one digital microform reader/printers
12 networked printers (including pay per print system)
7 photocopiers
3M security system
Sound masking system
High-end scanner/authoring station
Objectives Support flexible learning online and on-site
Better discovery of resources
Better linking of resources
Better assistance and expert support alternatives
Quality information alternatives
Un-tether staff assistance from physical locations
Move resources from managing objects to managing user experiences
Create physical and virtual spaces to support social and independent learning with appropriate tools
Objectives contd. Building collections and resources for flexible learning
Develop collections that are relevant to study and research available to the greatest number of learners irrespective of location and schedule
Develop data resources and tools for analysis, visualization and presentation
Develop information resources unique to the learning experience of VIU and develop tools to access and preserve this information
Develop access agreements and technical passports to access world-wide information and collections
Objectives contd. Present tools for learners, instructors and researchers to
find, develop, enrich and present knowledge
Video capture, editing and streaming
Digital photography
High-end scanning
Software for editing, authoring and publishing
Software for data access, visualization, analysis and preservation
Productivity tools, and learning tools
Specific Strategies Re-skill and renew library workforce for non-print support
Develop and deliver a response to mobile platforms and other new devices
Communications strategy
Content configuration
New services, SMS reference
New architecture for navigation
Simplify access while masking background sophistication and complexity
Specific Strategies Prepare for new content formats
Digital collection building for research
Data, GIS
Discovery Tools
Electronic Resource Manager
More inter-sector content purchase
Specific Strategies Reconfigure physical spaces, create virtual spaces
Group study workrooms with digital tools
Skype zones, video conferencing
Virtual learning spaces
IssuesLocal information policy (records, archives, copyright,
intellectual property)
Input into regional and national networking (Canarie etc.)
National input into research library initiatives (open source publishing suites (PKP), Scholarly Communication Policy, digitization funding)
Last mile initiatives in networking
On-line learning policy and strategy
Hybrid environment and collections