Valid Steering Committee Co-Chairs Transforming Libraries in New Jersey
Anne Ciliberti and Marianne Gaunt, as Valid Steering Committee Co-Chairs, lead initiatives to transform libraries in New Jersey through shared information technology infrastructure. Their strategies focus on reducing duplication, breaking down information silos, and promoting collaboration. Deliverables include state-wide access to collections, cost reductions in library operations, and freeing resources for strategic services like supporting MOOCs and fostering industry-university partnerships.
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Anne Ciliberti and Marianne Gaunt VALID Steering Committee Co-Chairs VALE Users Conference January 4, 2013
VALID Vision To be the catalyst in transforming the role of libraries in higher education in New Jersey through the use of a shared information technology infrastructure
VALID Strategies Reduce duplicative efforts Eliminate information/service silos Engage in enterprise-level collaboration
VALID Deliverables Easy access to state-wide collections A more comprehensive research collection through reduced duplication Freed-up space for new transformative uses through weeding and a last copy retention plan State-wide academic library borrower card State-wide institutional repository for unique state- wide resources
VALID Deliverables Reduced cost of library operations in : Resource sharing (ILL) Cataloging Acquisitions Reference Systems (software, hardware, maintenance)
VALID Deliverables Free-up resources (staff and financial) for more strategic/transformative services: Support for MOOCS Faculty research support (data preservation, open access journals, digital humanities, etc) Industry-university partnerships Student learning enhancements
