LAUC-SB Meeting 2/20/98



Announcements:

--The LAUC systemwide Spring Executive Board Meeting will be held 3/4/98 at the 

office of the President. 

--Annette Goodheart will speak on "Humor in the Workplace" at the LAUC Program 

meeting 3/11/98.

--Another LAUC-SB meeting will be called within two weeks of this meeting.



The purpose of this meeting was to gather comment from LAUC-SB members on recommended 

vision and goals for the UCSB Library, as drafted 2/18/98 by the LAUC-SB Task Force on 

Library Long Range Plan.   Key comments were recorded by Sherry DeDecker and the LAUC-SB

 Secretary; the Secretary's are below.  John Vasi, Sherry DeDecker and David Howarter 

will also meet with staff in various library departments to gather input.



Comments on "Draft Vision and Goals for UCSB Library", LAUC-SB Task Force on Library 

Long Range Plan, 2/18/98.



 General Comments

*Should each Vision statement be a single statement?

*Each vision statement needs a key concept label.

*Each statement should be approximately the same length.

*Eliminate the word "vision" for each statement; statements compose a single vision.

*There is no statement related to planning; there should be.



Vision 1

*Lumps several concepts together in one statement; reduce this to a single concept.

*Add the word research, as in "knowledge exchange, research and creativity".

*Change "rewards" to "fairly rewards".

*Add to the end of the last sentence "within the University of California".

*Remove the phrase "It is committed to excellence in user-centered services;" 

move this concept to Vision 6.

*Hone this vision more specifically. 

*Add a goal related to adequate staffing.



Vision 2

*Emphasize technology focus.

*Change term "technologies" to "resources".

*Change "its use and itegration" to "its use and critical integration."

*Drop sentence 2 and make this the first goal related to Vision 1; drop goal 2.

*Drop goal 4; it is redundant.



Vision 3

*Is this vision statement meant to encompass collection management, 

cataloging, acquisitions and facilities?

*Goal 1: "To build a collection that integrates information in all formats."

*Add the concept of barrier free access. 



Vision 4

*This statement needs to be better conceptualized and focused; there are 

"a bunch of things going on here."

*Some discussion as to whether "market" is an appropriate term.

*Change "aggressively market" to "aggressively market and promote."

*Add the concept of the library as a commons.



Vision 5

*Goal 1: Employ a term stronger than "ensure."

*Goal 2: Change "integration of new technology" to "integration

 of new technology and traditional resources."

*Remove the phrase "develop a new paradigm;" add another goal related to developing a new model.

 

Vision 6

*Lose the term "delight" in Goal 3 (and Vision 1); change it to "satisfy" or "excite".

*Keep the term "delight."



Vision 7

*Add a goal related to adaptive technologies.

*Goal related to campus outreach programs.

*Goal 2: eliminate "more".



Vision 8

*Goal 1: Add "and national research institutions.

*Goal 2: Change "information delivery" to "information access and delivery."