{"id":12552,"date":"2023-07-31T09:16:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/?p=12552"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:18:01","slug":"library-strategic-plan-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/library-strategic-plan-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Strategic Plan Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/introducing-clark-college-libraries-equity-focused-strategic-plan-for-2022-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As promised<\/a>, here&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve been working on when it comes to our Equity-Focused Strategic Plan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Goal 1: Improve accessibility of library materials and spaces (Abolitionist Framework, Inclusive Practices)\n<ul>\n<li>Strategy 1: Propose an accessibility project as one of the Alliance Strategic Initiatives.\n<ul>\n<li>While we talked a lot about accessibility and what it means for our consortium, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbiscascade.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orbis Cascade Alliance<\/a>, and many library staff and faculty worked on accessibility projects (some related to the Alliance) this year, proposing an accessibility project as a Strategic Initiative didn&#8217;t ultimately seem like the best way to support this work. We&#8217;re continuing to explore how we can leverage the power of a larger organization to make resources more accessible for all users and to advocate for advancing impactful accessibility efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Strategy 2: At our Library Leadership Team meetings, identify areas for improvement in library policies related to accessibility.\n<ul>\n<li>Our Access Services department is in the process of reviewing all of their policies.<\/li>\n<li>Librarians focused on our Collection Development policy, which led to the creation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/library.clark.edu\/content\/statement-harmful-language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statement on Harmful Language<\/a> to contextualize the way our collection is classified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Goal 2: Improve communication between library colleagues (Collective Care, Inclusive Practices)\n<ul>\n<li>Strategy 1: Unit Dean will work with the Administrative Services Manager and Acquisitions Specialist on a library budget report to share with the library. The Unit Dean will share the library budget report with the library at least once a term to help inform budget decisions and keep complete transparency.\n<ul>\n<li>Done! Having a comprehensive library budget report helps all library workers understand our resources and make informed decisions as we face budget cuts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Strategy 2: Establish meeting agreements and use at meetings.\n<ul>\n<li>Library workers have shared feedback in small groups and in an anonymous survey on a set of meeting and communication norms. We&#8217;re finalizing these this summer in order to put them into practice in the fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This summer we will also set new goals for 2023-2024. As always, we <a href=\"https:\/\/library.clark.edu\/content\/ask-librarian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">welcome your ideas or questions<\/a> as we continue to work to eliminate barriers and provide equitable information access through our services, resources, and instruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, here&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve been working on when it comes to our Equity-Focused Strategic Plan: Goal 1: Improve accessibility of library materials and spaces (Abolitionist Framework, Inclusive Practices) Strategy&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":12555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[392,656],"tags":[185],"class_list":["post-12552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clark-college-libraries","category-library-workers","tag-clark-college-libraries"],"views":918,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12552"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13527,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12552\/revisions\/13527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}