Portland State University Library
Priorities, Goals & Initiatives 2008-2009

See Mission, Vision & Values

Priority 1: To collaboratively develop the Library as a vital intellectual and cultural resource

Priority 2:To advance and improve the Library's ability to implement successfully the Library's goals in support of campus priorities.

Priority 3:To extend user services and information resources to foster student opportunity and success, sound research, new knowledge, and critical thinking.

Goal 1: Strategically develop and preserve collections in support of the University's mission.

Initiatives

1. Increase online access to resources
2. Collaborative collection and space analysis
3. Develop plans for digital information infrastructure (institutional repository) which preserves Portland State's unique scholarly and research output

Goal 2: Identify, collect, preserve, organize, and make accessible University archives, significant collections, and rare or unique materials relevant to Portland State's research, teaching, or engagement mission.

Initiatives

1. Review, revise, and/or develop policies, staffing plans, and operational procedures for accepting donations of special materials and collections; accessioning, organizing and preserving the material; and managing the Library Special Collections
2. Working with relevant campus organizations and State of Oregon institutions, review, revise, and/or develop policies, staffing plans, operational procedures for accessioning, organizing and preserving the University’s archives material
3. Process archival and manuscript collections
4. Develop the infrastructure for purchasing Special Collections materials through the Gordon Hunter Endowment and work with Development Officer to solicit additional gifts and establish additional endowments

Goal 3: Enhance engagement with internal and external partners to extend University services and collections.

Initiatives

1. Produce and support programs and exhibits that contribute to campus and community intellectual and cultural life
2. Strengthen campus partnerships by fostering local, regional, national, and international relationships
3. Enhance professional partnerships
4. Pursue external sources of funding including private grants, government grants, major gifts, pledge payments, and endowments
5. Work with campus units such as OIT, the Center of Academic Excellence, the Instructional Design Team, and Extended Studies to integrate library resources and services within campus systems

Goal 4: Expand information literacy efforts on campus, within the Portland community, and the state to strengthen student success by increasing learning opportunities/abilities.

Initiatives

1. Prioritize instructional activities within the broader context of Reference and Instructional services
2. Develop and implement strategy to work with academic departments to integrate information literacy skills into their curricula; continue to increase teaching and learning opportunities
3. Participate in initiatives to develop information literacy goals
4. Integrate information literacy into campus distributed education
5. Participate in University's "Learner Web" (LW) Project

Goal 5: Provide sustainable environments that adapt to changing academic needs, and provide inviting spaces and services for research, study, teaching, working, social interactions, and engagement.

Initiatives

1. Improve Library learning spaces
2. Continually improve cost effectiveness of operations
3. Sustainable Technology initiatives
4. Pursue additional sources of revenue