Planning Efforts
The New Library
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Discharging the punch list
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Relocating some members of the Information Services faculty to new quarters
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Creating a catalog of the Library’s art collection
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Launching the Artists Talk About Art lecture series
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Offering a new series f cultural events, including a panel discussion about Soft Skull Press’ America’s Mayor:
The Hidden History of Rudy Giuliani’s New York
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Determining the best uses for the booklet that introduces the new Library
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Dedicating the plaque for the Hess collection
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Celebrating the Esterow gift
Planning
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Analyzing and acting on the results of the LibQual+ survey, spring 2005
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Forging a plan for meeting the annual “match”
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Continuing to develop the Brooklyn Studies Project @ Brooklyn College
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Continuing to participate in the College’s strategic planning process
Collections
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Rethinking collection spending patterns, in a time of decreased resources
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Marketing our e-journal collections to members of the College community
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Preparing and implementing a digitization plan for our archival collections (print, still image, and moving image), including standards for quality control, benchmarking, and metadata
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Developing a plan to acquire the Phoenix back files and associated documents
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Creating an oral history for the Alfred Collection
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Seeking further funds to process the Dershowitz collection
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Finalizing the Esterow book plate
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With other CUNY libraries, re-examining the formula for the allocation of “match” money
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With other CUNY libraries, re-examining the pricing formula for shared e-resources
Information Services
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Completing the revision of the Library Web site
Instruction
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Proposing information literacy/critical thinking skill sets to be integrated with the curriculum
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Conducting a trial of the International Computer Driving License (ICDL)
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Assessing and refining the faculty survey used with English 1 classes
Copyright & Electronic Reserves
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Completing and implementing copyright guidelines for music
Technology for Teaching & Learning
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Launching the beaming stations for use with handheld devices
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Competing the redesign of the Library Web site
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Building a partnership with the Learning Center for supplemental learning tools
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Achieving our 2004-2005 performance indicators goals
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Completing the Web site for the Brooklyn Studies Project @ Brooklyn College
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Developing a handout on computing to be distributed at registration
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Developing a handout about configuring PCs and handhelds for Wi-Fi access
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Developing a flyer about the Faculty Training and Development Laboratory for inclusion in the binder HR provides to new faculty
Technical Services
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With other CUNY libraries, resolving the questions related to the display of bibliographic records in Aleph/CUNY+
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Evaluating ILLiad against CLIO
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Implementing the Slipstream new-title notification service
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Implementing new cataloging practices designed to save on OCLC costs
