Task Force Recommendations
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What do we think you should keep in mind?
Recommendation 1: Familiarize yourself with your organizations MVV
Recommendation 2: Create a Library-specific MVV that aligns with the Organization's
Recommendation 3: A MVV or Strat Plan should be a constantly referenced framework that will allow you to 'align & define' your services
Top Resources: Documents
- Standards for hospital librariesGluck, J. et al. Standards for hospital libraries. In J Med Libr Assoc., 90(4), 2002.
● Identifies standards that help to ensure hospital libraries have the resources and services to meet the needs of their clientele. - Strategically aligning a mandala of competencies to advance a transformative visionNunzia, B. et al. Strategically aligning a mandala of competencies to advance a transformative vision. In J Med Libr Assoc., 101(4), 2013.
● Identifies the processes that helped to determine one library’s strategic direction. - Surviving to thriving: Advancing the institutional missionFranklin, B. Surviving to thriving: Advancing the institutional mission. In DigitalCommons@uconn, Paper 36, 2011.
● Differentiates several approaches that libraries can adopt to advance their institutional missions. - The contributions of library and information services..."Derived from the balanced scorecard approach, the taxonomy of LIS contributions is organized on the basis of five mission-level concepts and fifteen organizational goals"
- Use of focus groups in a library’s strategic planning processHiga-Moore, M. et al. Use of focus groups in a library’s strategic planning process. In J Med Libr Assoc. 90(1), 2002.
● Documents how focus groups can be helpful in arriving at a library’s mission, goals, and activities.
Top Resources: Links
- CLA Feliciter: Strategic Planning IssueOct. 2012 issue dedicated to strategic planning
- HLWIKI International: Strategic PlanningHealth Library Wiki by Dean Giustini and his team
- Library Strategic planning resourcesResources compiled by Dr. Steve Matthews via Scoop.it about Library strat planning
- MAP: Making Alignment a Priority for health librariesA practical toolkit from the UK about aligining your health library with the priorities of your organization (in this case the NHS but still very useful)
- Wikipedia: Strategic PlanningSome useful information on the strat plan process
Image credits
Figure with Checkmark: Image courtesy of [Master isolated images] / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Strategic Plan: Major componants: Image courtesy of Dr. Steve Matthews
What is this?
This section is dedicated to quickly speaking to your value as a professional, a service or a department, using tools like Value Quips or Elevator Speeches. This paeg includes:
- What's a Strategic Plan or Mission, Vision Values?
- Give Me an Example!: Components of a Strategic Plan
- Give Me an Example!: Library MVV/MVG
- Top Resources: Documents
- Top Resources: Links
What's a Strategic Plan & Mission, Vision Values?
From the HLWIKI Strategic Planning is: described as
"It is quite simply identifying where you want to go, why you want to go there, how you will get there, what you need in order to get there and how you will know if you're there (or not)" (http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Strategic_planning)
Put very simply:
A Mission can be defined as your overall purpose, what business are you in, what do you hope to achieve?
A Vision can be seen as where you're headed, and what will your business be like in 5 years (or however long your Stragetgic plan is relevant) and how you plan on getting there
The Values are the predefined, core items that will permeate everything you do to reach your vision and fulfill your mission. Though your vision or mission might change, the core values usually remain very similar from one strategic plan to another.
In the 2013 Task Force brainstormming session on Strategic Planning we narrowed it down to some basic principles about 'What our Administrators Value'
- Our goals & objectives must support our organizations goals & objectives.
- We must support information work-flow efficiencies.
- Our services must be efficient and cost effective. We must demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
- Need to speak ‘business’ – no library lingo!
- We must demonstrate flexibility and adaptability.
- For research centres, help measure research impact. Also, market our value to practitioners.
Give Me an Example!: Components of a Strategic Plan
Check out the image below by Dr. Steve Matthews outlining the most important aspect of a strategic plan. Check out his full blog post for more informaiton. Note the inclusion of the MVV, or in this case the MVG at the top of the pyramid. Make sure to align these with yuor organizational MVV/MVG
Give Me an Example!: Library MVV/MVG
From one of the member hospitals, a Library specific MVG (Mission Vision & Goals) developed from the organizational MVG
