Content on this guide was frozen in Fall, 2022. Strategic Plan tracking moved to an institution-wide software platform.
Progress towards Library Goals and Objectives
Fall 2021/Spring 2022:
- Work with faculty to adopt Information Literacy outcomes and demonstrate Library instruction impact
- Improve Library Web Site and Library Guide usability
- Develop Library measures and metrics for the new College-wide Institutional Effectiveness Plan
- Support curriculum development initiatives following the Institutional Effectiveness Review
- Continue contributing to campus-wide diversity and inclusion initiatives
- Finish interviewing and transcribing retired faculty members' oral histories
Completed- Summer, 2021
- Auto-populate Blackboard course pages with a subject-appropriate Library Guide using a technology called LTI Integration
- Begin updating Library Guides for academic programs, using a central style guide
- Expand Nursing and Health Sciences resources to support new programs, including graduate courses
Completed- Spring, 2021
- Ran a faculty development workshop; topics included using Open Educational Resources and streaming films
- Piloted a video tutorial library to support student learning
- Expanded the Black Voices exhibit as part of Diversity/Equity/Inclusion initiatives
- Partnered with the Westchester Library System to raise the profile of Manhattanville College via online events promoting faculty authors
- Supported the School of Nursing and Health Sciences through initial CCNE accreditation
- Experimented with assessing online instruction workshops
- Created Library Development Plans for new academic programs
- Built an electronic portfolio featuring thirteen retiring faculty members
- Added Sunday afternoon and Wednesday evening building hours in response to December survey feedback
- Streamlined Information Literacy learning outcomes from six to four
- Deployed the first exhibits showcasing the new Black Voices collection
- Finished work on the Evidence Inventory for the Middle States Self-Study and uploaded documents for review
- Assigned a liaison librarian to work with faculty and staff on Design Thinking
- Created an online guide page with background and context for the Institutional Effectiveness Review
- Launched a new online guide for Social and Emotional Learning, as requested by the Faculty Committee on the Library
Future improvements-
- Completing phased building renovations
- Replacing obsolete furniture and adding outlets in the Quiet Study Room
- Updating the Library Cafe; and advocating to increase Cafe service hours
- Reconfiguring the Reference Commons and Library Service Desk
Previous Updates
Completed- Fall, 2020:
- Reconfigured Library services with fewer staff and resources
- Adapted College COVID safety protocols for Library use, and developed Library-specific protocols
- Expanded use of text and video chat for Reference services
- Migrated instruction workshops online using multiple technology platforms
- Rolled out Curbside Pickup service for books and inter-library loans
- Co-sponsored a project to educate the Manhattanville community on voting issues
- Engaged in dialogue on diversity and inclusion in Library collections; planned a Black Voices collection and exhibit
- Acquired Nursing resources and built a subject-specific guide
- Designed the MSCHE Evidence Inventory ahead of our re-accreditation visit
- Ran an informal survey to assess Library service quality and user needs during the COVID pandemic
Completed 2019-20 academic year
- Created a process for students to archive their COVID pandemic experiences online
- Moved Library services online to compensate for extended COVID-19 related campus closure
- Migrated to OCLC WorldShare Management System for improved access to e-resources, workflow efficiencies, and long-term cost savings
- Full system migration project completed remotely due to COVID-19
- Implemented unified login for ILLiad Interlibrary Loan
- Added Wi-fi access on stack tiers 3, 4, and 5
- Added new resources for Nursing and Health Sciences
- Supported the First Year Common Reading
- Simplified the General Research Guide that appears within all Blackboard course pages
Completed 2018-19:academic year
- Simplified and expanded off-campus database access
- Added a "Did You Know" box on the library home page. This is to increase awareness of requested services already in place.
- Improved performance and stability of computers in the stacks and Reference area; moved Macintosh computers to the first floor
- Clarified noise policies in public spaces with improved signage and policy language
- Upgraded touch-screen public scanners
- Reduced spending on database subscriptions, in cooperation with faculty
- Added more streaming video databases
