Strategic planning is a common and necessary practice in institutions of higher education, including academic libraries. It can be dry, intimidating, and confusing! However, it also creates shared vision, moves people in a common direction, and provides individual contributors with new opportunities to lead. This session will provide participants with practical experience and tools to jumpstart strategic planning. We will work together to craft model components of a strategic framework, including mission, vision, goals, objectives, and key results, utilizing The Collective at Sea as our shared example institution. We will explore the distinction between a mission and vision statement and define high-level goals and specific deliverables integral to meeting them. Additionally, we will share our strategies for creating institution-wide engagement with this new framework, as well as some challenges that accompany organizational change of this nature.
Unit Head, User Education & Engagement, University of Notre Dame
Hello! I'm happy to chat about teaching & learning, teacher identities for librarians, person-centered management, advocacy in library leadership, and strategic planning.
