1. NEW DIRECTIONS: Improving Unity, Service, & Excellence John B. Coleman Library Prairie View A&M University Dr. Rosie L. Albritton, Ph.D. Director, University Library Services (5th Revision: February 2009)

2. I. Staffing Update job descriptions Update job descriptions Review classifications & salaries Review classifications & salaries Recruit & develop emerging leaders Recruit & develop emerging leaders Implement team management and transformational leadership concepts Implement team management and transformational leadership concepts Fill vacancies and create new support stafff positions Fill vacancies and create new support stafff positions Modify organizational structure Modify organizational structure Develop career ladders and promotion guidelines for librarians and library assistants. Develop career ladders and promotion guidelines for librarians and library assistants.

3. ll. Collections & Services Update all library policies Update all library policies Expand binding & weeding program Expand binding & weeding program Develop Information Literacy Policy Develop Information Literacy Policy Develop assessment strategies Develop assessment strategies Continue to test Scan/Fax service Continue to test Scan/Fax service Expand instructional services Expand instructional services Review virtual & distance services Review virtual & distance services New Procedure approved for Fines New Procedure approved for Fines Reorganize Documents Collection Reorganize Documents Collection Continue Preservations Projects Continue Preservations Projects

4. lll.Facilities Install surveillance system Install surveillance system Hang motivational prints on all floors Hang motivational prints on all floors Install Info-desks on other floors Install Info-desks on other floors Add new display cabinents in lobby Add new display cabinents in lobby Upgrade benches, pc chairs, and tables Upgrade benches, pc chairs, and tables Update disaster recovery plan Update disaster recovery plan Upgrade interior walls and elevator decor Upgrade interior walls and elevator decor Renegotiate Instruction Lab Plans Renegotiate Instruction Lab Plans Restore 4 th Floor Art Gallery Restore 4 th Floor Art Gallery Restore group study rooms and seek solutions to storage needs Restore group study rooms and seek solutions to storage needs

5. IV. Promotion & Marketing Update & Expand Web-site Update & Expand Web-site Develop Web Tutorials Develop Web Tutorials Restore Library Newsletter Restore Library Newsletter Create Brochures & Bookmarks Create Brochures & Bookmarks Enhance Library Signs & Displays Enhance Library Signs & Displays Increase Campus Visibility Increase Campus Visibility Update & Digitize Library Handbook and Research Aids Update & Digitize Library Handbook and Research Aids

6. V.Budgets & Development Review Library Fines Structure Review Library Fines Structure Review Library Access Fee Review Library Access Fee Evaluate 5-year Budgets Evaluate 5-year Budgets Review Standing Orders Review Standing Orders Reinstate “Friends” Group Reinstate “Friends” Group Continue to apply for grants Continue to apply for grants Cost analysis of all print serials Cost analysis of all print serials Continue to seek gifts and external funds for endowment Continue to seek gifts and external funds for endowment