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 newsletter) Workshops focusing on particular topics and questions Comments via blog and For the latest updates, visit

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