Libraries' Strategic Plan: Catalyst | AY 23-24 Strategic Plan
Catalyst '24 final products
With Catalyst '24 now completed, you can click below to see some of the final products from our workgroups:
Library staff grant writing LibGuide
Library staff grant pre-proposal form
A dedicated page for Catalyst ’24 outcomes with more information on initiative outcomes can be found here.
Strategic Plan Overview
In AY24, the Libraries will continue working on the three goals developed in AY21, which have driven the work done over the past three years. Three action-oriented initiatives are aligned with these three goals.
Goal 1: Develop talent, resources, and experiences to facilitate an inclusive community.
- Talent Management - Onboarding - Redevelop the Libraries’ onboarding process for new employees into a year-long experience that exemplifies the Libraries’ values, supports retention and engagement, and streamlines processes across departments and staff classifications.
- Facilitators: Zac Grisham and Rich Wisneski
- Workgroup Members: Mike Bomholt, Alea Henle, Megan Jaskowiak, and Lissa Martin
- Action Plan
Goal 2: Transform the Libraries’ environment and user-centered experience to anticipate evolving modes of learning.
- Libraries' Commitment to Inclusive Excellence - Continue to transform the Libraries into an environment that is welcoming, safe, and prepared to meet the individual needs of all learners by implementing recommendations in the Libraries' Commitment to Inclusive Excellence for collections, people, services, and spaces.
- Facilitator: Ken Irwin and Elizabeth Kerr
- Workgroup Members: Katie Gibson, Stefanie Hilles, John Millard, and Mike Smith
- Action Plan
Goal 3: Forge meaningful partnerships that foster affordability, ensure relevancy, and cultivate life-long connections.
- External Funding - Increase external funding by 10% by engaging with partners: 1) University Advancement (UA) and the Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) to build resources that increase library staff and librarians’ capacity to pursue and obtain funding; 2) The ASPIRE office to submit a capital request for infrastructure enhancements.
- Facilitator: Jason Ezell and Kevin Messner
- Workgroup Members: Eric Harrelson, Roger Justus, Abi Morgan, and Sarah Nagle
- Action Plan
Teams will continue to take intentional steps to align the work they are completing with MiamiRISE as well as support DEI initiatives.
Catalyst '23 Outcomes
Last year's iteration of the Strategic Plan produced amazing outcomes! To learn more, visit the AY23 Strategic Plan Outcomes page (https://libguides.lib.miamioh.edu/strategic-planning/AY23-outcomes).
You can also learn more in the Catalyst AY23 Final Report.
- MUL Values Libraries Value Sheet (PDF), which are welcoming, curious, collaborative, and trailblazing
Strategic Plan Initiatives Progress Dashboard
The strategic plan progress dashboard is maintained monthly. It is a visual representation of how each workgroup is progressing.
Overall Progress represents the cumulative progress for every action on the strategic plan.
Goal Progress represents the progress for all aspects of that goal.
Initiative Progress represents the progress for all aspects of that initiative. This year, initiative progress will match goal progress as there is one initiative per goal.
Each initiative is broken into objectives, or smaller tasks, to help achieve the initiative. Objective Progress (found in the Dashboard document, not pictured below) represents the progress for all tasks within an initiative objective.
AY24 Catalyst Progress Dashboard
Catalyst progress as of July 1.
September 17, 2024 Business Review #3/Wrap-Up Meeting
I want to thank everyone who attended the meeting in-person or virtually and everyone who contributed to this past year of strategic planning. As this was the last business review of the year, we primarily focused on discussing this past year’s accomplishments. Workgroups shared their final products and discussed plans for wrapping up or continuing their initiatives.
Here is a brief summary of just some of the workgroups’ accomplishments:
Talent Management - On-Boarding
- Created a LibGuide for Onboarding that includes New to the Area information; a list of frequently used library terminology, acronyms, and listservs; and information for classified and unclassified staff and librarians.
- Launched the Buddy Program pilot which is a voluntary program to provide new library employees with a means to feel welcomed and get to know the Libraries, campus, and community.
Libraries’ Commitment to Inclusive Excellence
- Completed policy research and an outline for updating the Libraries’ collection policy.
- Created a list of recruitment and hiring documents to be updated or created and formed a working group to draft needed documents.
- Made progress towards building standardized accessibility training and documentation that will be incorporated into library staff onboarding.
- Completed a review of library directory signage and wayfinding maps.
- Planned and acquired funding for two sensory study rooms with expected construction completion in fall 2024; and installed adjustable height workstations and high weight-limit chairs.
External Funding
- Cooperated with ORI on workshops for GrantForward and SciEnCV tools for grant searches and applications.
- Created a Library staff grant writing LibGuide and pre-proposal form.
You can learn more about our Catalyst ‘24 accomplishments by viewing the presentation slides, meeting recording, or by viewing the outcomes page on this LibGuide.
December 12, 2023 Business Review #1
Resources:
Links and resources related to Catalyst:
Top Takeaways;
- The initiative teams are ROCKSTARS! Each team has a plan of action and has already made significant progress toward completing their action plans.
- We have made such great strides with Catalyst over the past four years. This year's initiatives connect to previous Catalyst iterations and will have an impact on future iterations. Strong procedures are in place to keep Catalyst moving forward.
September 6, 2023 Participant Training Recap
Resources:
- Presentation Slides
- Presentation Video Recording
- MUL Strategic Plan Shared Drive > AY2023-2024 Folder
- Commitment Guidelines
- Action Plan folder
- Catalyst AY24 Timeline
Top Takeaways:
- The three goals remain the same
- Two NEW initiatives and one continuing initiative: 1) Talent Management - Onboarding, 2) Libraries' Commitment to Inclusive Excellence, and 3) External Funding
- This year we are building off of initiatives from AY23
- Timeline runs from now (September) through June
- THANK YOU! This work would not be possible without YOU!
Questions, feedback, concerns?
Provide anonymous feedback here at any time.
You can also reach out to Chris Smith with questions, comments, or concerns.