1. WELCOME SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

2. THE MODERN RESEARCH UNIVERSITY AND THE LIBRARY Supporting research and teaching in a hybrid print and electronic publishing environment Keeping up with vendor and publisher pricing increases and changing technology Satisfying student and faculty expectations for resources and services 24/7 For the smaller university like Clark: high- touch, high-tech, high-teach

3. ASSISTING FACULTY AND STUDENT RESEARCH Main goal: To connect students and faculty to best and most up-to-date information in their fields To help students and faculty develop skills to navigate the complex print and digital environ- ment effectively Evolving and increasing information content and technology Resource sharing Legacy print collections

4. COLLECTION ISSUES Hyper-inflationary journal costs Print vs. digital (varies by discipline) Licensing vs. owning Identifying key academic programs Future of Consortia and resource sharing Document delivery Preservation and aging collections

5. Budgeting from the University Librarian’s Perspective Developing a balanced budget in a no- or low-growth budget environment with hyper-inflationary journal costs Ongoing analyses of service statistics like ILL, and reserves; online usage statistics; and changes in technology and staffing Library priorities for budgeting should support University priorities: University Librarian works with Provost Targeting most cost-effective ways of maintaining necessary services: cross-training staff; using vendors; sharing resources; emphasizing access not ownership for high-priced titles

6. FACILITY AND SERVICE ISSUES Library architecture and evolving use of library facilities (Clark’s Academic Commons) Demand for digital and print resources 24/7 Services and spaces Centralize or de-centralized? Remote service and online instruction Recruitment and professional development on new librarians

7. SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS & TEACHING Developmental approach both in academic coursework and in Library Educational outcomes can vary from discipline to discipline Main goal: to provide foundation of information-seeking skills to support students’ academic work at Clark and afterwards, for life-long learning in professions.

8. INFORMATION/RESEARCH SKILLS AND OUTCOMES NEASC Standard for Information Literacy Clark’s Library User Education programs Identifying Tiers of Information Skills Assessing Student Information Skills

9. NEASC Standard #7 Information and Technological Literacy 7.9 The institution demonstrates that students use information resources and technology as an integral part of their education, attaining levels of proficiency appropriate to their degree and subject or professional field of study. 7.10 The institution ensures that throughout their program of study students acquire increasingly sophisticated skills in evaluating the quality of information sources appropriate to their field of study and the level of the degree program. (See also 4.7)4.7

10. Clark Library User Education First-Year class instruction and “personal librarians” IDND 101 class orientations Course- and subject-oriented classes at mid- and upper-levels CLIPS: personalized, in-depth reference consultations Reference desk (walk-in consultations)

11. Developing Information Skills at Clark Collaborating with faculty within departments in teaching Connecting to the University’s LEEP developmental emphasis Creating subject-oriented “outcomes tiers” with Library Committee

12. LIBRARY SKILLS ASSESSMENT Determined by faculty assessment of substantive, culminating student projects for essential learning outcomes Work in progress: optional computer tutorial for library skills Considering Project SAILS participation: standardized testing for student information skills https://www.projectsails.org/national

13. CONCLUSION Identifying Library priorities in conjunction with University goals Ongoing analyses of services and resources across all variables CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE: Keeping up-to-date on latest library technology and publishing trends Focusing on targeting most cost-effective way to deliver services and content Outreach to students and collaboration with faculty as means to develop students’ information skills and appropriate assessment