1. Library Staff Update Wednesday, April 16, 2008 DC Conference Room Grow @ Your Library

2. Spring

3. Growing... As a theme and a purpose Accomplishments Current projects Future directions

4. Library Video Contest

5. 3 rd place video

6. Accomplishments Campaign Waterloo – raised close to $7 M

7. Accomplishments Constructed the RBC Information Commons and the new look of the Davis main floor Created the Sims Silent Study area in Davis and added new study carrels and chairs

8. Accomplishments Provided new public and staff workstations in all locations Renovated the 3 rd floor of Porter including replacing all study carrels and creating the Betty Sims Reading Room

9. Accomplishments Created the Musagetes Library

10. Accomplishments Installed an RFID and Collection Management System in both Davis and Porter

11. And we took some time to celebrate

12. Accomplishments Equipped the Adaptive Technology Centre with new furnishings and equipment Enhanced accessibility by retrofitting the Porter public elevators and beginning to replace range end signs Installed glass display cabinets in the entrance to Special Collections

13. Accomplishments Kresge Challenge – received the largest grant ever awarded to a Canadian Library

14. Your accomplishments… Have allowed us to grow And provide campus-wide benefits For years to come Despite it being a period of ongoing annual cuts

15. 2 nd place video

16. Dana Porter Main Floor Renovations

17. 1st place video

18. What’s ahead... UW Financial Situation Staffing Acquisitions Budget Sixth Decade Plans

19. Financial situation Operating budget – Annual cuts – One-time only (OTO) supplements Acquisitions budget – OTO – Base budget Fund raising – Growing differently

20. Budget cuts 2001/02:3.5% 2002/03:2% 2003/04:2% 2004/05:2% 2005/06:1% 2006/07:1.5% 2007/08:2% 2008/09:2% 2009/10:3 – 3.5%???

21. OTO supplements “Matching” dollars – 3M RFID initiative – IBM workstations & servers – Porter renovation health & safety requirements Leveraging our dollars through partnerships

22. New appointments 2005-2006 – Jennifer Haas, Alison Hitchens, Tim Ireland, Maria Reinhard 2006-2007 – Allan Bell, Zsuzsanna Lancsak, Stef Voichita, Liz Wehner 2007-2008 – Nancy Collins, Linda Finn, Leeanne Romane, Jonathan Sutherland, Carolyn Vincent – Debbie Loney (Apr 21), Kathy MacDonald (May 5) – Sunanda Brouwer, Gladys Torres, Christine Reilly, Yi-Mei Wang, Elzbieta Kucharska

23. Acquisitions Budgets OTO supplements Annual “OTO ongoing” supplement Increase to base in 2007/08 and 2008/09 Fluctuations in the Canadian currency Leveraging our dollars – Latest CRKN CFI Humanities & Social Sciences $350,000 worth of e-resources for $75,000 i.e. > $1 million for $225,000 over three years

24. UW’s 6th Decade Plans A strong and vibrant library is a vital component of an excellent teaching and research intensive university. The UW Library will continue to foster and be a model of collaboration, connectedness, and partnerships.

25. Sixth Decade Plans We will concentrate our efforts on three key themes: 1) Student experience 2) Space 3) E-initiatives

26. UW Executive Committee Several working groups established last fall: – Space – Online learning – Student engagement

27. Three themes Student experience – Engaging with students in the libraries and in the faculties – “Commons” areas Space – Porter renovations – Davis lab – A major campus issue

28. Three themes – cont’d. E-Initiatives – Verde – Primo – Electronic theses UW-Space – Pre-print server pilot – E-content, e.g. latest CRKN CFI Humanities & Social Sciences

29. Growing in different ways Sustaining and nurturing what we have done to date Seeding new initiatives and pilot projects Leveraging growth opportunities as they arise

30. Questions?

31. Other video submissions...