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Strategic Plan 2024 – 2027

Advance emerging research

  • Create an organizational structure for research services that supports innovation, partnership, and community building
  • Create a programmatic, agile, user-focused research services portfolio and service roadmap that develops areas of excellence that supports the UW-Madison research environment and is recognized by campus
  • Increase the visibility of the Libraries as partners in emerging research through improved communication and storytelling
  • Define the Libraries approach to engaging in research and advocacy to complement and advance our services portfolio

Engage in educational innovation

  • Collect and analyze data to enhance holistic library support for teaching, learning, and research
  • Foster collaborative, sustainable partnerships that enable the Libraries to broaden our reach in service of teaching, learning, and research
  • Expand instruction program capacity by investing in collaborative partnerships and supportive technology
  • Develop content and competencies to support a dynamic approach to multimodal literacies instruction
  • Identify and enhance dynamic support for learners across audiences, platforms, and spaces

Broaden and deepen access to research resources

  • Increase campus access to datasets
  • Increase access to campus scholarship and collections
  • Improve accessibility of library collections
  • Assess and improve business processes related to access
  • Assess, improve, and recalibrate Libraries Discovery services

Revitalize spaces to enable research and learning

  • Create an organizational framework to articulate and implement the Libraries space vision and priorities, recognizing coordination among centralized and partner libraries
  • Advance long-term space plan to balance collections stewardship and evolving user needs
  • Position the Libraries as a campus leader in a modern research support environment through multiple technology-rich spaces and a corresponding comprehensive suite of services that enable us to further research excellence, complement academic programs and research education, foster vibrant research communities, and showcase innovative and interdisciplinary scholarship
  • Increase awareness and discoverability of the Libraries varied spaces and space services

Develop organizational strength

  • Continue to grow as a learning organization by clarifying, supporting, and sharing opportunities for professional development and advancement
  • Intentionally create space for collaboration and reducing silos across units and portfolios
  • Promote a diverse and inclusive environment for library staff and the campus community
  • Inventory staff competencies, analyze user feedback, and evaluate the organization’s service portfolio to enable decision-making about capacity
  • Enhance connections by ensuring communication tools and strategies reflect the structure and culture of the organization
  • Build organizational strength through structural change, empowerment, and shared values

Mission

The UW-Madison Libraries lead in curating, preserving, and sharing knowledge; we provide environments that inspire engagement, discovery, and learning; and we deliver exemplary information services to advance the mission and strategic priorities of our world-class research university.

Vision

The UW-Madison Libraries aspire to be essential partners in advancing discovery and scholarship. By continuously transforming our services, we empower research, teaching, and creative endeavors that enhance the quality of life in our state, the nation, and the world.

Values

How we work together makes a difference in the quality of our work, and whether we find our work satisfying, energizing, and meaningful. Our shared values include respect, inclusion, communication, collaboration, and empowerment.

Read more about our values.

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