1. Increase students' use of the Libraries...
2. Improve faculty understanding of how the Libraries and librarians can enhance student learning...
3. Integrate library information resources and services...
4. Digitize appropriate Libraries materials...
5. Extend bibliographic control ... in the online catalog.
6. Preserve the Libraries collections...
7. Ensure that the Library Buildings are comfortable, inviting places...
8. Formalize the College Archive function of the Libraries.
9. Provide the management ... to achieve strategic objectives.

GOAL 1. Increase students' use of the Libraries to enhance all facets of their academic life.

1. Design a survey of the graduate students in biology in order to determine how well we meet their needs and provide a baseline for future surveys.
2. Promote and increase use of email reference services.
3. Explore the possibility of establishing a 24/7 program to enhance reference services.
4. Develop electronic rolodex (database) of useful information for use at all reference service points to be shared by and added to by all librarians.
5. Develop a plan to identify and implement potential improvements to reference services.
6. Publicize multimedia room to increase use of resources.
7. Implement a pilot project in the Honnold/Mudd Search Center to determine the feasibility of making Microsoft Office and listening capabilities available to our users.
8. Investigate ways to improve our library orientation program for first-year students.
9. Identify the library instruction needs of graduate students/adult learners in order to provide instruction services that target those needs.
10. Investigate web technologies and solicit suggestions from students, faculty, and Libraries staff in order to write a charge for a web review team.
11. Determine how to create effective advertisements to be used around the campuses for Libraries' services, resources, and events. (Copy Center, Claremont Discourse, library workshops, Bio 43)
12. Plan for multi-media presentation for orientation to use of special collections.
13. Reorder and relocate materials on second floor stacks and Oxford Room.
14. Identify correct locations of archive/manuscript collections, i.e. not classified.
15. Publicize special collections materials to students.

GOAL 2. Improve faculty understanding of how the Libraries and librarians can enhance student learning throughout the curriculum.

1. Librarians will communicate to faculty their interest in participating in online class discussion lists, e.g. WebCT.
2. Begin to integrate the concepts of information/research literacy into the consciousness of The Colleges.
3. Inform faculty of special collections materials useful to their teaching.
4. Encourage faculty who curate exhibitions in Claremont Colleges galleries to utilize special collections items.

GOAL 3. Integrate library information resources and services with academic program planning at each of The Colleges.

1. Contact faculty to discuss library resources for new courses or assignments.
2. Prepare model policy (and accompanying procedures) on incorporating assessment of library resources into curriculum planning.
3. Work with the colleges to integrate model policy into their approval process for new courses, programs, and curriculum changes.

GOAL 4. Digitize appropriate Libraries materials to enhance access to their content for library users and preserve the physical object.

1. Make progress on scanning volumes of the Wheeler scrapbooks.
2. Begin the project to scan student newspaper files.
3. Identify collections to be considered for digitization, building on progress already made.

GOAL 5. Extend bibliographic control to those titles in the Libraries' collections that lack records in the online catalog.

1. Develop guidelines for access and selection of periodicals. Include a clearly stated policy with processes for preventing unintended duplication of formats and for identifying electronic journals available to the Libraries at minimal or no cost.
2. Review and update existing information that identifies titles and collections that have no or substandard records in Blais.
3. Prioritize collections identified in 5b and identify appropriate method for processing, i.e., in-house, outsourced, etc.
4. Identify and select reliable cataloging and retrospective conversion vendor as well as staff to be assigned to the projects prioritized in 5c.
5. Improve staff proficiency in and increase staff use of Blais' Millennium modules.

GOAL 6. Preserve the Libraries collections for current and future library users.

1. Identify fragile or damaged materials in Government Documents and take appropriate steps to protect the collection.
2. Eradicate mold that currently exists in the collections.
3. Provide low temp/low humidity environment for specific collections.
4. Perform conservation work on damaged materials in the collections identified in the 2001 Site Survey.
5. Provide proper, archival enclosures for the collections identified in the 2001 Site Survey.
6. Repair roof leaks on Mudd side of H/M to preserve collections, equipment, and carpet.
7. Train staff in recovering wet/damaged books.
8. Develop an action plan for conserving paper periodicals identified in 2001 Site Survey.
9. Write guidelines for determining the format in which periodicals will be retained (archived.).
10. Create and implement Preservation plan with assistance from consultant.
11. Provide proper storage of maps and plans in Special Collections mezzanine.

GOAL 7. Ensure that the Library Buildings are comfortable, inviting places for students, faculty, and staff and that they provide accessible accommodations for our collections and services.

1. Obtain current floor plans, including furniture and shelving layouts for Honnold/Mudd, Seeley G. Mudd, Sprague and Denison Libraries.
2. Review Current Use of Space to determine unique characteristics and use.
3. Advertise and promote safety procedures and evacuation plan for libraries, to students, faculty and staff.
4. Develop a better understanding of how and why students use the Libraries physical spaces.
5. Improve exterior signage for Honnold/Mudd and the campus libraries.
6. Place new interior signage in Honnold/Mudd.
7. Redesign H/M Circulation and Info. Desk Areas to provide better patron service and to allow more efficient use of staff space and upgrade equipment and furnishings.
8. Inventory furniture in all libraries being careful to identify those pieces belonging to entities other than CUC.
9. Prepare schedule of CUC furniture to be reupholstered and refinished. Determine cost.
10. Colleges providing furniture in the campus libraries need to be contacted to schedule refurbishing, replacement or upgrading current furnishings and equipment.
11. Upgrade all staff and public computers to Windows 2000and Office 2000.
12. Review and revise current three-year replacement cycle for staff computers.
13. Develop a three -year replacement cycle for public computers.
14. Plan for replacement of current MDI/Safenet system incorporating plans for access to other secure areas (e.g. Special Collections and Hon Gov).
15. Implement wireless network functionality in appropriate H/M public areas.
16. Upgrade multimedia room equipment.
17. Replace search center printers in Honnold/Mudd Search Center with network printing option.
18. Replace search center printers in campus libraries.
19. Furnish and redecorate Founders Room.
20. Explore installing turnstiles to restrict access to Seeley G. Mudd Library.
21. Plan for contingencies (e.g. compact shelving on ground level floors in all libraries and/or offsite storage) based on shelving capacity being reached within five years.
22. Based on 2001 Site Survey and other documents, identify critical facilities needs in Sprague Library.
23. Complete collection shifts in Campus Libraries and collection shifts for Asian Studies, periodicals, Special Collections, and Government Publications in H/M.
24. Plan for the auto-updating of patron records into Blais, for Fall 2002 implementation.
25. Migrate library authentication services off PI in order to facilitate user access to services that require authentication and authorization.
26. Improve Blais' performance and data integrity by upgrading server hardware.

GOAL 8. Formalize the College Archive function of the Libraries.

1. Survey existing policies and practices at each of the Colleges for their archives and records management.
2. Ascertain the expectations of each college for future accommodation and governance of its records.
3. Build awareness and expertise of libraries staff on the issue of managing electronic institutional records and digital archival objects.
4. Plan for survey of existing archives and records at each college to determine space and staffing needs to most efficiently house and provide access to archival materials.

GOAL 9. Provide the management and other support necessary to achieve strategic objectives.

1. Analyze policies/procedures for part-time temporary hourly employees and develop a plan that clarifies responsibilities of library and other staff and that fairly compensates these staff.
2. Review salaries of all staff for appropriate place in salary scale and target specific positions for review for market-competitive salary.
3. Implement promotion process for librarians.
4. Review the results of all recent staff surveys on training needs, update information, and plan appropriate follow-up.
5. Redesign SDN (intranet).
6. Host special training session(s) on assessment.