the anmai university library new building ‧ new thinking case study—team 2

The Anmai University Library The Anmai University Library

New Building ‧ New ThinkingNew Building ‧ New Thinking

Case Study—Team 2

目录

Mission Statement

Five Goals

SWOT Analysis

New Services to Be Provided

目录

Performance Measurement

Application of Cloud Computing

Hiring of New Staff Members

Project Management Plan

The Anmai University Library aims to provide :

a facilitating learning environment,

quality services,

readily-available resources conducive to the promotion of excellence in higher education and professional development of students and preparing them as ambitious and forth-thinking individuals.

Mission Statement

Resources – Build a consortium for constructing and

sharing of digital resources; an equal balance between print and non-print/electronic collections for the library

IT –

Offer a safe platform for technological development and support

Five Goals

Library environment – Construct a new and safe library building

through application of new concepts on spatial development and technological infrastructures; incubate and build a knowledge-based environment leveraging on the advantages of digitization and networking

Services – Supports i-learning for students and i-teaching

for teaching staff through networking

Five Goals

Staff – provision the library with the sufficient number of qualified professional staff and support team; development of new and young librarians/support staff; develop a novel organizational culture in management of libraries and its resources

Five Goals

SWOT Analysis

The Anmai University Library SWOT Analysis

Strength 優勢 Weakness 劣勢Human Resources

remaining staff are core to forming strong backbone in rebuilding the library – hardworking, experienced, some receptive to new technologies, talented, ready for change and innovationExisting staff gained high regard from teachers and students

Collection ResourcesStrong base of library collection – 80% of the print collection survived

Human ResourcesDevastating shortage of both professional and support staff after the disasterreserved mindset of part of existing staff

Collection ResourcesBreakdown of air-con system aggravates damages brought to the remaining collection

SWOT Analysis

Opportunity 機會 Threat 威脅Human Resources

Will be having a new team who can be mould in the mindset to accept changes in the organization and practices

Ready usersHaving faculties of young teaching staff who will be receptive to new ideas and new mode of delivery of services

• running out of time for reconstructing the new library building

• unwillingness of the 5 universities to collaborate with the Anmai University Library

Opportunity 機會 Threat 威脅Ready users

Having faculties of young teaching staff who will be receptive to new ideas and new mode of delivery of services Having a student user group who strongly ask the library for improved e-collections and collaborative space High potential opportunity to open up Library to night school students of Sidney PolytechnicPerceived collaboration opportunity of the 5 universities with the Anmai University Library

SWOT Analysis

Take a Deep Breath

Opportunity 機會 Threat 威脅Financial Resources

Promising budget increase for the rebuilding and new acquisitions in the coming 10 years, allowing for recurrent and additional spending required on maintaining the new collectionsSupport from UNESCO in negotiating for better offers of e-resources to be provided to the Library, and infrastructure connections to the web and national library resources

Support from the toppatronage of the President and Director for the new library

SWOT Analysis

Automated circulation service by means of RFIDWeb reference servicesDiscussion/Research Room for study and researchRemote access services for night school studentsUser education and training courses/sessions for (1) students, (2) teaching staff, (3) university staff of the 5 universities in the same province, on web

New Services to Be Provided

E-book service

Knowledge Integration and Navigation Services

Institutional Repository

Old ones to be ceased

Conventional manual circulation system

New Services to Be Provided

The following are examples only• Measurable Indicators:• Input Measures: staff strength, revenue and

expenditure, collection growth, user base statistics

• Process Measures: time per transaction, per reference enquiry, system uptime

• Output Measures: Use count of library attendance, e-services, no. of user education and training courses/hours held for different user groups

Performance Measurement

• Quality Assessment• User perspective• Staff perspective• Visible academic and research achievements• Collaborative efforts

Performance Measurement

What: Integrated OCLC World CatLocal ServiceWhy:

Minimize staff, costing and space resources, (no hardware and software involved) High capability and durability of information acquiredConcurrent and multiple use at the same timeUnlimited accessOne single, simple search of all types of information stored in various resources to access and display of information

Application of Cloud Computing

Project Manager (1)

CIO (1)

Administration (1)

Technical Services for acquisition(6), cataloguing(1)

Reference (15)

System design and control, networking (3)

HRM for recruitment and management (1)

Support team (6)

Hiring of New Staff Members

Project Management Plan

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