Strategic Plan

Goals

• Meet the scholarly, clinical, creative information needs of UCR’s diverse communities

  OBJECTIVE	PROGRESS
  Build world-class collections
  Support open access publishing
  Improve the discoverability of local UCR and UC systemwide library information resources, online subscriptions, and open access content worldwide
  Build capacity for preservation and access	Created a Conservator position - August 1, 2023

• Enhance the Library's role as a dynamic learning space for the UCR community and the peoples of Inland Southern California

  OBJECTIVE	PROGRESS
  Remodel and enhance UCR Library buildings to ensure they serve as a welcoming, safe, and enriching environment for UCR’s diverse student body
  Improve access to UCR Library services
  Enhance access to UCR Library resources

• Increase the role of the UCR Library as a key hub for the inclusive dissemination of information, digital, and other literacies on campus and for the peoples of Inland Southern California

  OBJECTIVE	PROGRESS
  Position the library and its divisions as key sources of expertise in information, data, visual, geospatial, primary source, and emerging literacies on campus to meet requirements for improved information literacy
  Develop the necessary assessment resources, services, and infrastructure to enable excellence in information literacy teaching and learning

• Serve as a key research partner for UCR's diverse faculty and student population and the peoples of Inland Southern California

  INITIATIVE	PROGRESS
  Develop a robust Digital Scholarship Program to serve the needs of UCR’s diverse student population and the research agendas of the UCR faculty
  Create tighter integration of technology and research services
  Expand experiential learning spaces in the UCR Library buildings

• Invest in the professional growth and success of the UCR Library staff

  OBJECTIVE	PROGRESS
  Promote high morale, wellbeing, and success for all library employees
  Cultivate a culture of trust and positive interpersonal dynamics throughout the library workforce at all levels and at all locations
  Continue commitment to hiring, empowering, and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the diverse UCR communities
  Provide and support growth opportunities for all library employees around diversity, equity and inclusion