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Taylor Family Digital Library. Implementation Planning Teams: What’s been happening?. TFDL Vision. Learner centered Dynamic and interactive Research and Teaching collaborations Create, produce new knowledge Technology rich Expert Support available. Six Implementation Planning Teams. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Taylor Family Digital Library
Implementation Planning Teams: What’s been happening?
TFDL Vision
Learner centered Dynamic and
interactive Research and
Teaching collaborations
Create, produce new knowledge
Technology rich Expert Support
available
Six Implementation Planning Teams
Collections - Helen Clarke Learning Services - Darlene Warren Media Technology - Mary Westell, Shawna
Sadler Outreach and Community Involvement -
Renee Reaume Research Support - John Cole Staffing - Justine Wheeler Director of Implementation Planning - Peggy
White
Mandates
Creative and innovative Report and recommendations due
June 30 2009 In place by 2010 In place by 2015
Collections Mandate
Recommend collections planning directions, priorities and actions.
Consider both the TFDL environment and the wider implications.
Learning Services Mandate
Identify learner needs and describe services to enable learning.
Develop learning services implementation plan for TFDL for opening day.
Media Technology Mandate
Develop a framework for using new and emerging technologies in the TFDL.
Assist teams to identify appropriate technologies.
Help define priorities for integrating new technology-based services with existing LCR services and technologies.
Look beyond 2010 to recommend a path for continued technology-based services over five years.
Outreach and Community Involvement Mandate
Identify and consult with possible partners to determine the potential for collaboration.
Recommend services and a potential governance structure.
Liaise with the other TFDL teams to ensure an integrated five year outreach and community program development plan is created.
Research Support Mandate
Determine research support needs, recommend and prioritize services.
Provide recommendations for virtual support using existing and emerging technologies.
Make all research collections visible and relevant.
Consider the scholarly communication process, and the dissemination and publication of the results of research at the University of Calgary.
Staffing Mandate
Review current staffing trends and practices both externally and internally.
Identify current and future skill sets. Recommend future directions for
staffing in the TFDL and LCR. Recommend staff development
opportunities Diversity
Moving forward
Basecamp Developing a common understanding
TFDL Teams website http://lcr.ucalgary.ca/tfdl-teams
Key literature posted Mandate of teams posted Brief monthly progress reports Information on possible technologies
Literature reviews and Environmental Scans
Extensive review by all teams
Key literature read, posted and summarized
Best practice sites identified
Gaps in understanding identified
Visioning
Encapsulate vision of various members from different parts of the organization
Who are our users? What are their attributes?
Claims analysis and Scenarios
Develops deeper understanding
Helps in the analysis
Forms the basis for further discussion
Will help guide questions in the interviews
Seeking User Input
Validate, inform, engage Focus groups
External and internal Individual and group interviews “question of the day’ Presentations to formalized campus
groups Online survey for staff
Yet to come or just begun
Obtain and analyse user input Firm up the vision Evaluating the recommendations from
our technology consultants Investigation of discovery tools Draft recommendations Final report and recommendations
Notable Progress
Questions?