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REFINING OUR STRATEGY:Growing Esteem and Melbourne’s Scholarly Information Future
Philip G Kent, University Librarian
Donna McRostie, Director Information Management
Jenny Ellis, Deputy Librarian and Director Scholarly Information
Outline of today’s forum
Why are we here?
Where did Growing Esteem come from?
Why is Growing Esteem being reviewed?
How does Growing Esteem relate to us?
Group activity
What next?
Why are we here?
• Opportunity to contribute to University
directions, values
• Collaborative, whole-of-Library response
• Consultation with staff and stakeholders
• Encourage colleagues to participate
• Short timeline
Where did Growing Esteem come from?
• Growing Esteem is Melbourne University’s 10-year strategy
• Consultation process during 2005– Discussion paper– Written submissions– Students, academic and professional staff– Alumni, employers, government, industry– Forums, workshops, focus groups
• Adopted in December 2005
Why is Growing Esteem being reviewed?
In the last three years:
• Melbourne Model implemented
• Research infrastructure investments
• Scholarly Information Future strategy
• Change of Federal Government
• Global financial crisis
How does Growing Esteem relate to us?
• Growing Esteem is the ‘big picture’
• Scholarly Information Future strategy -- a 10-year vision for:
– Collections: library, archive, museum, cultural, special…
– Research data and records– Research outputs and products– Learning and teaching materials
How does Growing Esteem relate to us?
Operational plan:
• Identifies Library’s 12-month goals
• Progress towards goals is reviewed quarterly
• Operational plan is revised annually
• Forms basis of work-group plans, individual staff (PDF) plans
The story so far…
Why are we here?
Where did Growing Esteem come from?
Why is Growing Esteem being reviewed?
How does Growing Esteem relate to us?
Any questions…?
Shaping our response
Group activity
What next?
• Announcements in Library News (Friday email newsletter)
• Workshops focusing on particular topics and questions
• Comments via blog and email
For the latest updates, visit www.informationfutures.unimelb.edu.au
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