SECTION VII: PLANNING EFFORTS, 2004-2005
The New Library:
Discharging the punch list
Relocating some members of the Information Services faculty to new quarters
Continuing to select art for the new Library
Creating a catalog of the Library's art collection
Improving photocopy services throughout the building
Offering a fall and spring concert series
Planning:
Analyzing and acting on the results of the student survey, spring 2004
Launching a fall fund-raising campaign with College faculty and professional staff
Continuing to develop the Brooklyn Studies Program at Brooklyn College
Collections:
Rethinking collection spending patterns, in a time of significantly decreased resources
Marketing our e-journal collections
Preparing and implementing a digitization plan for our archival collections (print, still image, and moving image), including standards for quality control, benchmarking, and metadata
Creating an oral history for the Alfred Collection
Seeking funds to process the Dershowitz collection
Evaluating the Hess collection
Information Services:
Migrating to a new electronic reference service
Completing the revision of the Library Web page
Updating the Access Services & Circulation Policy & Procedures Manual
Instruction:
Proposing information literacy/critical thinking skill sets to be integrated with the curriculum
Copyright & Electronic Reserves:
Completing and implementing copyright guidelines for music
Technology for Teaching & Learning:
Implementing Blackboard's Enterprise edition
Implementing handheld applications for Library services
Redesigning the Library Web site
Creating Flash templates for the plasma screens
Promoting the DSI super-sites
Launching the new lower-level student lab
Continuing to support the College's Learning Communities and Foundations of Excellence initiatives
Introducing software that simplifies the maintenance and updating of departmental Web pages
Achieving our 2004-2005 performance indicators goals
Building a Web site for the Brooklyn Studies Program at Brooklyn College
Systems & Networking:
Completing the installation of wireless technology throughout the building
Recruitment:
Recruiting and hiring a head of reference services, conservator, reference librarian/subject specialist, programmer, head of acquisitions, and Library Cafe manager
