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Organizational Chart. Dean of Libraries: Karen Estlund. Assistant to the Dean: Lani Williams. Library Technology Services (LTS): Suzi White, Director. LTS Team: Frank Aragon. Amy Ball Wicklund. Tom Diehl. Ed Hill.
- About The Libraries
Principles of Community in Action at the Libraries;...
- Strategic Planning Process
What informed the Libraries’ strategic planning? Creation of...
- About The Libraries
Library Space & User Experience Will Dickerson Access Services Jimena Sagàs (Interim) Student Success Amy Hoseth User Services & Assessment Mark Shelstad Digital & Archives Services Michelle Wilde Research Support & Open Scholarship Matt Ross Geospatial Centroid Meg Brown-Sica Research Support & Community Engagement Don Zimmerman Research Projects
- Strategic Plan Overview
- Vision & Mission
- Strategic Goal: Boost Equitable Access to Knowledge
- Strategic Goal: Empower Interdisciplinary Research, Scholarship, and Artistry
- Strategic Goal: Align The Libraries’ Services and Spaces with User Needs
- Strategic Goal: Center People in Employee Culture
- Strategic Goal: Bolster Information Literacy at CSU and Life-Long Learning
The strategic plan was implemented in 2020 as a continuous improvement model. The Libraries’ 2023 Strategic Plan Advisory Group is working on an assessment of progress and recommendations for updates to goals and priorities.
Vision
Equitable access to knowledges that empower expansive learning, intellectual growth, and joyful discovery for a sustainable, thriving planet and flourishing communities.
Mission
We partner with people on their journey to academic success, community engagement, and excellence in research, creative artistry, and scholarship. Together we navigate and evaluate information and knowledge systems, illuminate varied lived experiences, discover possibilities, and labor toward a more equitable and just society.
Eliminate barriers to discovering library resources to improve user experienceDesign library-created materials according to accessibility requirements and universal design principlesExpand training and opportunities for instructors to increase the use of affordable and open educational resourcesAdvance the CSU Libraries’ unique contributions to the University-wide coordination of Research IT access and data, as tools for research reproducibility and knowledge buildingEnhance Geospatial Centroid services and training for open-source geospatial technologies to support approaches to environmental and social justice issuesElevate open access and sustainable scholarship principles to increase CSU researchers’ impact in interdisciplinary health and environmental researchIdentify and promote services for meeting users at point of need in digital and physical spacesDesign outreach with and for marginalized-identifying studentsPartner with University- and college-level initiatives and programs to close student equity gapsEstablish onboarding processes for all employee classifications that integrate with University best practicesTransition CSU Libraries into a Culturally Relevant Academic Library and serve as a model for academic librariesSupport student employees’ professional development and career aspirationsEnhance support of All-University Core Curriculum courses that meet Colorado state requirements for information literacyAdvance life-long learning and information literacy and related literacies programs across ColoradoIntegrate inclusive pedagogy into library instruction practicess TATE co 7870 . Author: Olsen,Nik Created Date: 3/24/2021 5:44:57 PM
Team Director. Thea Lindquist Exec. Director, Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship. Carolyn Moreau Assistant Dean, Communications & External Relations. Vanessa Seals Assistant Dean, Organizational Development & Inclusive Practice. Robert McDonald. Leslie Reynolds.