EMPOWERING COMMUNITY THROUGH COLLABORATION
ConnectNY Shared Values
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Collaboration
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Trust
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Courage
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Empowerment of Members and Stakeholders
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Pragmatism
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Respect, Collegiality, and Participatory Leadership
Strategic Plan 2015-2020
With Strategic Priorities As Identified August 2015, June 2016, June 2017, June 2018
indicates completion.
Strategic Statement 1
ConnectNY is made up of diverse independent institutions operating as ONE to maximize human resources.
Goal 1-1: Facilitate expertise sharing across CNY institutions. (Marta Brunner, Goal Sponsor; Community Engagement Committee)
- Objective:
- Produce a white paper on staff sharing models.
- Timeline: September 2016 – September 2017
- Report 2017 – download
- Create Communities of Interest (COI) to facilitate expertise sharing.
- Timeline: Ongoing
- Produce a white paper on staff sharing models.
Goal 1-2: Create opportunities for staff at all levels and various functions to come together to share ideas and generate recommendations for initiatives. (Joanne Schneider, Goal Sponsor; Community Engagement Committee)
- Objectives:
- Develop, schedule, and hold in-person meetings/conferences, and/or plan meetings in coordination with other conferences (e.g., ACRL, ALA) members may attend.
- Timeline: Ongoing
- Report 2016 – download
- Develop, schedule, and hold virtual meetings for communication across institutions, especially for functional groups.
- Timeline: Ongoing
- Explore the opportunity to sponsor a conference with appeal outside of CNY.
- Timeline: September 2017 or later
- Develop, schedule, and hold in-person meetings/conferences, and/or plan meetings in coordination with other conferences (e.g., ACRL, ALA) members may attend.
Strategic Statement 2
ConnectNY develops new models of e-resource licensing.
Goal 2-1: Provide new or alternative models of e-resource licensing aligned with realistic needs and available financial resources. (Russ Abell, Goal Sponsor; E-Resources Licensing Committee)
- Objective:
- Prepare a white paper with recommendations for consortial e-resource licensing practices for CNY.
- Timeline: September 2016 – September 2017
- Report 2017 – download
- Provide e-resource licensing discounted pricing to members.
- Timeline: January 2018 –
- Prepare a white paper with recommendations for consortial e-resource licensing practices for CNY.
Strategic Statement 3
ConnectNY enhances and expands access to all types of collections: print, digital, and special.
Goal 3-1: Develop a thorough understanding of the breadth, depth, and scope of the collections across CNY and employ strategies to increase access to these collections. (Jeff Katz, Goal Sponsor; Digitization Committee)
- Objectives:
- Explore the possibility of floating collections across the consortium based on use.
- Timeline: September 2019 – September 2020
- Produce a white paper for consortial collection development and awareness practices for print and ebook formats.
- Timeline: September 2015 – March 2016
- White Paper – download
- Produce a white paper identifying strategies for sharing and marketing special collections and archives across CNY via physical loan, digitization, and digital repository.
- Timeline: September 2015 – August 2016
- White Paper – download
- The Committee for Digitization/Sharing Projects and Digital Rights Management will identify opportunities for grant funding for digitization and finding aid development, and investigate venues such as EADC and DPLA to share digital materials.
- Timeline: Ongoing
- Explore the possibility of floating collections across the consortium based on use.
Strategic Statement 4
ConnectNY focuses on the user experience.
Goal 4-1: Evaluate the technology infrastructure of CNY to determine whether it is meeting the mission in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. (Brian Lym, Goal Sponsor; User Experience and Metadata Committee)
- Objectives:
- Prepare a white paper comparing our current technology infrastructure and other available technologies with the needs of the organization.
- Timeline: September 2015 – May 2016
- White Paper – download
- Prepare an RFP to solicit bids from consultants to assist in developing options for the technological infrastructure for CNY.
- Timeline: July 2016 – December 2016
- Prepare a white paper comparing our current technology infrastructure and other available technologies with the needs of the organization.
Goal 4-2: Improve the metadata in the CNY shared catalog to provide users with access to more print and electronic resources available to all members.
- Objectives:
- The User Experience and Metadata Committee will develop bibliographic record contribution guidelines.
- Timeline: Fall 2017
- Implement the bibliographic record contribution guidelines.
- Timeline: June 2018 – August 2018
- CNY will manage contribution of E-book program bibliographic records into the shared catalog. (E-book Committee)
- Timeline: Ongoing
- The User Experience and Metadata Committee will develop bibliographic record contribution guidelines.
Strategic Statement 5
ConnectNY is entrepreneurial in maximizing funding and resources.
Goal 5-1: Increase the consortial database by one-third.
- Objective:
- Incorporate other consortia and/or other libraries.
- Timeline: Ongoing
- Incorporate other consortia and/or other libraries.
Goal 5-2: Enact variable funding structures within the membership. (Ad Hoc Financial Modeling Committee)
- Objectives:
- Investigate funding structures of similar consortia.
- Timeline: January 2019 – June 2019
- Draft a comprehensive variable fee and funding structure that incorporates budget modeling.
- Timeline: June 2019 – December 2019
- Investigate funding structures of similar consortia.
Goal 5-3: Develop a model for the sale of consortial services, technology, and/or staffing services to non-consortial partners.
- Objectives:
- Investigate how other 501(c)3 organizations do this.
- Timeline: TBD
- Draft a business plan.
- Timeline: TBD
- Investigate how other 501(c)3 organizations do this.
Planning Documents
Drawings created during the Strategic Planning Day.
Strategic Plan Publications
NEW – RFP for Strategic Planning Consultant- (April 2019) – Download RFP here
Report Goal 1-1:
- (Report 2017) – download
- Produce a white paper on staff sharing models.
Report Goal 1-2:
- (Report 2016) – download
- Develop, schedule, and hold in-person meetings/conferences, and/or plan meetings in coordination with other conferences (e.g., ACRL, ALA) members may attend.
Working Group 4-1:
- (White Paper) – download
- Prepare a white paper comparing our current technology infrastructure and other available technologies with the needs of the organization.
E-Resource Licensing:
- (Report 2017) – download
- Prepare a white paper with recommendations for consortial e-resource licensing practices for CNY.
Collection Development:
- (White Paper) – download
- Produce a white paper for consortial collection development and awareness practices for print and ebook formats.
Special Collections:
- (White Paper) – download
- Produce a white paper identifying strategies for sharing and marketing special collections and archives across CNY via physical loan, digitization, and digital repository.