1. Provost’s Library Advisory Committee
UConn Library
Budget Hearing Report
Martha Bedard
Vice Provost
Provost’s Library Advisory Committee
February 16, 2017

2. Financial Health of the UConn Library
UConn Library FY Budget Recissions and One-time Fund Sweeps

3. Financial Health of the UConn Library
Comparison of ARL Rank of UConn Peer, Aspirant and ARL Similars Libraries

4. FY 17-18 Hiring Plan Positions In Process Communications Designer
Digital Repository Analyst
Instructional Designer/Social Sciences
IT Support Coordinator
Special Collections Assistant
STEM Librarians (2 positions)
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Librarian/Business (under review)
Licensing & Acquisitions Head (under review)

5. FY 17-18 Hiring Plan Newly Approved Positions
Associate University Librarian for Research, Curriculum & Access Services
Conservator
Six planned positions in the areas of Archives & Special Collections, digital innovations & digital presence, financial services, and resource management
Library organizational structure under review

6. Areas for Strategic Investment and Transition
Collective & Selective Collections
Recently hired a head of Metadata and Discovery
Increasing integration of One UConn Library discovery systems (Alma & Primo)
Innovation & Digital Scholarly Initiatives
Launching Greenhouse Studios
Designing spaces for optimizing research, curriculum services, and scholarly communications staff

7. Areas for Strategic Investment and Transition
Enhancing the Community Experience
Refocusing efforts and creating positions to improve our online user experience
Increasing Efficiencies
Aligning more services across the One UConn Library system
Addressing barriers to further One UConn Library integration including budgeting and differing union requirements
Reframing our information technology infrastructure to advance specialized library applications and systems
One UConn Library Service integration - ILL & Licensing and Acquisitions and off-site access (ez-proxy)

8. Summary – Key Messages Continue to Work Within Fiscal Realities
Audit services we provide, internally and externally
Reorganize and reassign staff to strategic areas
Hire the right staff
Gain Momentum in Strategic Initiatives
Develop, maintain, and make discoverable collections that support the research and learning needs of the UConn and global community
Implement Greenhouse Studios with partners to uncover and address issues which impede interdisciplinary work
Prioritize the coordination of constituent interaction and satisfaction with our digital and physical services, collections and assistance provided regardless of platform