Institutional Effectiveness Plan: Library / LRC

Mission:

The mission of the Montgomery Community College Library is to provide access to information in a variety of formats and to serve as an integral part of the College’s teaching, learning, research, and service to on-campus and distance learning students, faculty, staff, and community in direct support of the mission of the College.

2009-2010 Assessment Outcomes & Use of Results

College Goal: Provide facilities for student learning that capitalize on state-of-the-art instructional applications.

Division Goal: Provide facilities, staffing, and services that support educational program delivery.

Department Goal: Provide a functional, accessible, attractive, user-centered physical facility to support and increase the use of learning and information resources.

Objectives: Identify ways to reduce energy consumption in the library in accordance with Senate Bill 668.

Action Plan: Work with Director of Facilities to create an energy use plan for the library that includes possibly rewiring switches that control banks of lights to a more easily managed configuration, taking advantage of light harvesting, and possible reconfiguration of computer equipment and placement of centralized power switches.

Assessment Strategy: Successful implementation of energy saving measures.

Assessment Outcomes: The Director of Learning Resources has requested that the Director of Facilities determine the feasibility of rewiring light switches in the library to give more control of the lighting. Budget constraints have not allowed for any progress on this initiative. Meanwhile, the library staff has made a concerted effort to keep lights off in less frequently occupied areas like the staff workroom, periodical room, testing room and ID office. In addition, the maintenance staff have removed one light bulb from light fixtures around the perimeter of the facility where natural light is available to supplement the artificial light and in areas that function well with less light while maintaining the full complement of lighting over task areas. Computers have been set to automatically turn on just before the library opens and to automatically turn off at closing time. Monitors have been placed on surge protective power strips to facilitate turn-on and turn-off. The LED informational sign in the lobby has been programmed for automated on/off.

Use of Results: The library will continue to search for ways to conserve energy.

College Goal: Develop and implement instructional programs and services, both traditional and distance learning offerings, consistent with the assessed needs of the constituent groups in the college’s service area and with state and national standards, including training and retraining of the workforce.

Division Goal: Provide credit and non-credit programming to enhance economic development of the service area.

Department Goal: Build, with the collaboration of faculty, a collection of resources appropriate to the curriculum and to the current and future needs of the college community.

Objectives: Purchase library materials to support new programs and continue to upgrade materials for existing programs.

Action Plan: Get information about new programs from Vice President of Instruction. Identify current library materials relevant to the programs. Meet with instructor(s) to identify appropriate materials to support the programs. Locate, purchase, and process selected materials.

Assessment Strategy: Review purchases of books, periodicals, and audio-visual materials and identify those purchased to support new program initiatives and existing programs.

Assessment Outcomes: The state book budget allocation was used to purchase over 600 new books, 40 instructional AV titles and renew the college’s subscription to CredoReference 100. All departments were asked to submit a prioritized list of instructional AV titles they desired and the items that were requested were purchased. The items purchased covered a variety of areas of the collection. The faculty was asked to help evaluate the library’s periodical subscriptions and identify any that were no longer needed. In doing so, the library eliminated many costly and seldom used titles and now has a more useful and accessible periodical collection. The library renewed its much used ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodical Database.

Use of Results: Continue to stay informed about new program initiatives. Locate and purchase materials to support new and existing program areas.

College Goal: Develop and implement instructional programs and services, both traditional and distance learning offerings, consistent with the assessed needs of the constituent groups in the college’s service area and with state and national standards, including training and retraining of the workforce.

Division Goal: Provide facilities, staffing, and services that support educational program delivery.

Department Goal: Design and deliver instruction and consultation about the organization, content, and use of learning resources that includes instruction that is user-based, on demand, and customizable.

Objectives: Explore grant opportunities for outreach and marketing the library.

Action Plan: Research and evaluate grant opportunities through LSTA, The Big Read, and others.

Assessment Strategy: Review grant applications or evaluate status of grant opportunities.

Assessment Outcomes: The Director of Learning Resources and the Dean of Educational Technology worked together to prepare a LSTA Basic Equipment grant to fund additional wireless computer resources through a netbook project.  The grant was received with modifications and 20 netbooks were purchased for students to use in the library.

Use of Results: Grant opportunities will be evaluated and applications completed where appropriate.

Institutional Effectiveness Plan
2010-2011

College Goal: Provide facilities for student learning that capitalize on state-of-the-art instructional applications.

Division Goal: Provide facilities, staffing, and services that support educational program delivery.

Department Goal: Provide a functional, accessible, attractive, user-centered physical facility to support and increase the use of learning and information resources.

Objectives: Identify ways to reduce energy consumption in the library.

Action Plan: Continue to work with Director of Facilities to create an energy use plan for the library that includes reconfiguring and rewiring switches that control banks of lights to a more easily managed configuration that allows taking advantage of light harvesting and turning off lights in less frequently used areas.

Person(s) Responsible: Director of Learning Resources, Director of Facilities

Anticipated Date for Achieving Objective: May 2011

Assessment Strategy: Successful implementation of energy saving measures.

Budget Needs to Accomplish Objective: Local budget

Assessment Outcomes: Will be completed in May 2011

Use of Results: Will be completed in May 2011

College Goal: Develop and implement instructional programs and services, both traditional and distance learning offerings, consistent with the assessed needs of the constituent groups in the college’s service area and with state and national standards, including training and retraining of the workforce.

Division Goal: Provide credit and non-credit programming to enhance economic development of the service area.

Department Goal: Build, with the collaboration of faculty, a collection of resources appropriate to the curriculum and to the current and future needs of the college community.

Objectives: Purchase library materials to support new programs and continue to upgrade materials for existing programs.

Action Plan: Get information about new programs from Vice President of Instruction. Identify current library materials relevant to the programs. Meet with instructor(s) to identify appropriate materials to support the programs. Locate, purchase, and process selected materials. Share via email and web site new additions to the library collection. Display new books.

Person(s) Responsible: Director of Learning Resources, Vice President of Instruction, Webmaster

Anticipated Date for Achieving Objective: May 2011 and ongoing

Assessment Strategy: Review purchases of books, periodicals, and audio-visual materials and identify those purchased to support new program initiatives and existing programs.

Budget Needs to Accomplish Objective: State book budget allocation and Magazine/Subscriptions line item in the library budget.

Assessment Outcomes: Will be completed in May 2011

Use of Results: Will be completed in May 2011

College Goal: Develop and implement instructional programs and services, both traditional and distance learning offerings, consistent with the assessed needs of the constituent groups in the college’s service area and with state and national standards, including training and retraining of the workforce.

Division Goal: Provide facilities, staffing, and services that support educational program delivery.

Department Goal: Evaluate divisional procedures and initiatives to ensure complete integration of all infrastructure elements as they support the educational process.

Objectives: Review and update the Library Services Handbook.

Action Plan: Meet with Library Services Team to review and update Library Services Handbook.

Person(s) Responsible: Director of Learning Resources, Library Services Team

Anticipated Date for Achieving Objective: May 2011

Assessment Strategy: Updated Library Services Handbook will be available on the webpage.

Budget Needs to Accomplish Objective: Regular state budget

Assessment Outcomes: Will be completed in May 2011

Use of Results: Will be completed in May 2011