UT San Antonio Libraries Strategic Plan 2024-2027
Vision
As a national model of Hispanic-serving libraries, we fuel the University of Texas at San Antonio's ascent to becoming a premier public research university.
Mission
The UT San Antonio Libraries advance research and education, stimulate discovery and creativity, and engage and transform our diverse communities by providing distinctive expertise, high-quality information resources, inspirational spaces, and innovative and responsive services.
Destination 1: UT San Antonio Libraries will be a model for supporting student success
Goal 1: Offer services, spaces, and resources that support retention and graduation rates of students
Goal 2: Partner with faculty to advance innovative teaching, learning, research and scholarship.
Strategic Investments: Professionalization of Student Employment, Heart of the Campus, Implementation of OER Recommendations, User Experience (physical and digital), Digital Scholarship, Special Collections, Adaptability/Responsiveness to the UT Health/UTSA merger, AI Literacy
Operational Investments: Access Services, Reference and Instruction, Electronic Resources and Collections, Acquisitions and Metadata, Facilities, Systems, Research Engagement and Scholarly Communications, Digital Scholarship and CEDISH, Digital Humanities and User Engagement, Development, Special Collections, Business Service Center, Communications, Web & Creative Services, Institute of Texan Cultures, Art Collection, Project Management, UX and Assessment
Destination 2: UT San Antonio Libraries will be a member of the Association of Research Libraries
Goal 1: Establish and grow new revenue streams.
Goal 2: Continue to build distinctive research collections documenting the diverse histories and development of San Antonio and South Texas.
Goal 3: Develop and expand research support services.
KPIs:
Goal 4: Create an infrastructure to advance digital scholarship at UT San Antonio.
Goal 5: Continue to expand and strategically align our general collections with the teaching and research needs of our campus community.
Strategic Investments: Assessment, Community Engagement, Research Impacts, Special Collections, AV Access and Preservation, Scholarly Communication, Digital Scholarship Infrastructure and Projects, Adaptability/Responsiveness to the UT Health/UTSA merger
Operational Investments: Access Services, Reference and Instruction, Electronic Resources and Collections, Acquisitions and Metadata, Facilities, Systems, Research Engagement and Scholarly Communications, Digital Scholarship and CEDISH, Digital Humanities and User Engagement, Development, Special Collections, Business Service Center, Communications, Web & Creative Services, Institute of Texan Cultures, Art Collection, Project Management, UX and Assessment
Destination 3: UT San Antonio Libraries will be an innovative place to work, learn, and discover
Goal 1: Continuously improve the processes that fuel our goals.
Goal 2: Cultivate strategic intramural and extramural partnerships.
Goal 3: Recruit, develop and retain excellent and diverse staff.
Goal 4: Develop skill sets for critical and emerging areas.
Strategic Investments: Assessment, Professional Development, Community Engagement, Process Improvement, Organizational Climate
Operational Investments: Access Services, Reference and Instruction, Electronic Resources and Collections, Acquisitions and Metadata, Facilities, Systems, Research Engagement and Scholarly Communications, Digital Scholarship and CEDISH, Digital Humanities and User Engagement, Development, Special Collections, Business Service Center, Communications, Web & Creative Services,Institute of Texan Cultures, Art Collection, Project Management, UX and Assessment