Strategic Plan
The UNCG Department of Library and Information Studies Strategic Plan, September 2010 to August 2015
Approved by the LIS Faculty Council 8/18/2010, endorsed by the LIS Advisory Committee 8/27/2010, revised 11/19/2010.
Introduction
The UNCG Department of Library and Information Studies (LIS) has undertaken an informed and collaborative process to develop its strategic plan for the years 2010 to 2015. This five-year plan was based on qualitative and quantitative data gathered during the last three years from students, alumni, instructors and the local professional community, and an environmental scan. It was developed by the LIS Faculty Council, including student representatives, and in consultation with the LIS Advisory Committee. The UNCG LIS Strategic 2010-15 was approved on August 27, 2010 after a yearlong development process.
LIS is looking forward to continuing to provide the highest quality education in its programs, to share its scholarship with the global community, and to engage with our communities in order to create capacity and enhance professional practice. The 2010-15 strategic plan charts our path to advancing our leadership and social commitment through research, teaching and service. It begins with our vision, which focuses on our evolving direction. This long-term view of LIS is complemented by our mission, which states our fundamental purpose, that is, what we do, for whom, and how and why we do it.
Vision
An intellectually rich, community-centered program leading future-oriented library and information education, innovation, and service.
Values
The LIS core values characterize our departmental culture and constitute the foundation for our actions. They remain constant and are reflected in our priorities as well as modeled in our work, in our interactions within and without, and the strategies we use to fulfill our mission.
- Advocacy – We believe information is power, and act and speak on behalf of equity of access to information resources and services.
- Authentic Practice – We critically engage interdisciplinary perspectives that constitute relevant and credible library and information activities.
- Collaboration – We build vital connections in our research, teaching/learning and service.
- Creativity – We inspire originality and imagination that inform and energize the library and information professions.
- Diversity and Inclusiveness – We include diverse communities and points of view to enrich and inform research, teaching, and practice to ensure full representation, participation, value and access by students, faculty and staff, and to challenge all forms of inequity and bias.
- Entrepreneurship – We identify and create opportunities to excel, take risks in designing innovative solutions and lead in inspiring change.
Mission
The UNCG Department of Library and Information Studies (LIS) connects people, libraries, and information through research, teaching, and service to enrich living and working in a global environment.
Goals
1. Access and Empowerment. LIS advocates the professional responsibility of information access.
Objectives:
1.1 Increase critical thinking about information access issues in a 21st Century technological, global environment.
1.2 Connect research to learning and practice.
1.3 Increase information availability for recruitment.
1.4 Support library and information organizations with their information access and delivery efforts.
2. Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Leadership. LIS develops critical thinking, innovative solutions and leadership skills.
Objectives:
2.1 Create and support opportunities for leadership roles.
2.2 Improve the ability to discover, analyze, and appraise research findings from multiple lenses.
2.3 Increase the ability to evaluate policies, programs, and environments within the library and information field.
2.4 Expand our visibility.
2.5 Increase development efforts.
3. Educational Success and Lifelong Learning. LIS educates students to become successful professionals and promotes lifelong learning.
Objectives:
3.1 Nurture and recognize teaching excellence.
3.2 Review and implement professional growth plans.
3.3 Expand professional development/continuing education activities.
3.4 Enhance quality of placement services.
3.5 Increase connections with alumni.
4. Cultural and Community Engagement (incl. internationalization). LIS educates professionals who will be catalysts for cultural expression, community development and global citizenship.
Objectives:
4.1 Develop an international learning and research program.
4.2 Recognize and incorporate service learning in all relevant coursework.
4.3 Support cultural and community engagement with constituencies.
5. Research Excellence. LIS conducts research that informs the library and information field and other fields of knowledge.
Objectives:
5.1 Conduct research that is recognized.
5.2 Disseminate scholarly activity to professional communities.
5.3 Publicize research conducted by the department.
5.4 Enhance the culture of scholarship.
5.5 Enhance support for funded research.
5.6 Create a research center.
Student Learning Outcomes
2. The student identifies, evaluates, conducts and applies current research and thought in library and information studies and in other fields.
3. The student applies and values user education principles in the teaching of information literacy.
4. The student designs services to meet the information needs of all users and communities.
5. The student engages in professional development and service and identifies specializations and related professional organizations as relevant to individual interests.
6. The student applies appropriate technology for effective information services.
7. The student applies advocacy, marketing, and communication principles for entrepreneurial leadership.
8. The student effectively collaborates for the achievement of individual, organizational, professional, and societal goals.
2010-2015 Strategic Plan
Download the LIS Department 2010-2015 Strategic Plan. (doc) (pdf)
