Stony Brook University Library Strategic Design 2015-2018
University Libraries has launched a strategic design that aligns our organization’s mission and vision through guiding principles. The Stony Brook University Libraries inspires learning, research, scholarly inquiry and service in an environment dedicated to the open exchange of ideas and information. We are engaged in scholarly, cultural and artistic interactions with Stony Brook University, its regional and global communities by:
- Promoting academic engagement
- Building, preserving and providing access to rich and diverse collections
- Developing responsive library spaces for diverse user communities
- Fostering an innovative culture of learning and assessment
We believe that the University Libraries is an essential partner in Stony Brook University’s mission of global leadership in research, discovery, and learning, positioning ourselves as the hub of collaboration, digital innovation and scholarly endeavors. We aspire to enable the dissemination, preservation, and creation of new knowledge by remaining committed to delivering world-class physical and digital content and services critical to research, education, and outreach, now and in the future.
— The University Libraries
View the strategic planning process and team resources
Guiding Principles
Promote Academic Engagement
We are committed to participating in the entire life cycle of the research, teaching and learning process that emphasize critical thinking and innovative forms of expression. We identify priorities that guide strategic efforts to foster academic collaborations and cultivate enduring partnerships to enable student, faculty, and research success.
Build, Preserve, and Provide Access to Rich and Diverse Collections
We equip students, faculty and researchers with the means to reach their fullest potential by ensuring an equitable and balanced collection development profile that (a) reflects and anticipates the University’s teaching, research and clinical requirements; (b) deploys seamless and flexible technology in discovery of relevant information in all formats; and (c) implements sustainable policies and procedures to ensure the availability and integrity of information resources now and into the future.
Develop Responsive Library Spaces for Diverse User Communities
We design library space to increase productivity and develop communities of learning. We benefit curricular and research initiatives with library facilities, technologies and services and we design flexible/multi-purpose spaces in a high technology environment.
Foster an Innovative Culture of Learning and Assessment
We encourage and enable all staff to contribute to the development of the library as a learning organization that acquires knowledge and responds appropriately to a rapidly changing environment. Learning organizations (a) create a culture that encourages and supports continuous employee learning, critical thinking, assessment, and risk taking and innovation of new ideas, (b) allow experimentation, and value employee contributions, (c) learn from experience and experiment, and (d) disseminate the new knowledge throughout the organization for incorporation into day-to-day workflows.
Activities
All Staff Retreat
- All Staff Retreat 2015
- All Staff Retreat 2016
- SBU Libraries Strategic Plan Progress Updates Slide Presentation 2016 (PDF)
Renovation Project
- Planning Meeting
- Student Focus Group Meeting
- Visit to Steelcase showroom
- North and Central Reading Room Renovation
- North Reading Room Student Visit
- Enhanced Services in Central Reading Room
- Major Changes Coming to SBU Southampton Library
Open Houses
- Preservation
- Facilities and Nights & Weekends
- Health Sciences Library
- Cataloging and Metadata Services
- Instruction and Reference
- Special Collections and University Archives
- North Reading Room – Soft Opening
All Library
- Library Research Forum
- The Art of the Book: Non-adhesive Bindings
- Mary Carleton on Marriage – Women’s History Month Colloquium Series
- French Women Fairy Tale Writers – Women’s History Month Colloquium Series
- History of Costumes & the Arabian Nights – Writers Series
- A Conversation with Douglas Pfeiffer and Joshua Teplitsky – Writers Series
- Text & Inspiration: Literary Karaoke
- University Libraries Colloquium Series
- University Libraries Colloquium Series
- University Libraries Colloquium Series
- University Libraries Colloquium Series
- 13th Annual Library Student Staff Appreciation Luncheon
Staff Development
- Camtasia Training
- Improv Workshop for Library Liaisons
- Digital Humanities Open Mic
- Access Services Visits Southampton Library
- Title IX Training
Academic Engagement
- Academic engagement retreat with Tracy Gabridge, MIT
- Library Liaison Retreat
- University Libraries Writers Series
- Librarians Present at English Department Lightning Talks
- Access Services Visits Southampton
- Naomi Wolf on Victorian Sexualities & Censorship
Scholarly Communication & Data Management
- Site Visit to Columbia University Libraries
- Harvard Purdue Data Management Symposium
- Open Access Week 2015
- Open Access Symposium & 9th Antonija Prelec Memorial Lecture
- Open Education Week 2016
- SBU Librarians Present at METRO Science Librarians Research Forum
- Kate Kasten Presents at NeMLA and MARAC
- Darren Chase Presents at FORCE11 FORCE 2016 Conference
Health Sciences Library
- Presentation to School of Dental Medicine Administrators
- Site Visit to Weill Cornell Medical Library
- Presentation to Cancer Center Administrators
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine Visits Health Sciences Library
- Cancer Center Executive Committee Meeting
- Innovation Lab Demos 3D Printing in HSC Library
Global Library Initiatives
- Global Library Initiatives Lecture Series – Dr. Long Zhao, ancient documents librarian at Shanghai Normal University Library
- World Library and Information Congress
- Michael Huang Presents at 2015 Chinese Library Annual Conference
- Michael Huang Presents at Shanghai Normal University
- Michael Huang Presents at Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Global Library Initiatives Lecture Series – Health Information Training in Low-income Countries, Dr Lenny Rhine
- Global Library Initiatives Lecture Series – Library Collection Development and the Role of Catalogers, Ying Cai
Special Collections and University Archives
- Special Visit at Patriot’s Rock with Speaker Heastie and Assemblyman Englebright
- Special Collections featured on News 12
- Special Collections Spotlighted on AmericanAncestors.org
- Gardiner Foundation Gift to Foster Long Island History Initiatives
- Diana Chang Papers Open for Research
- American Archives Month and New York Archives Week 2015
- ACH 102 Students Transcribe Rare Document
- Exhibit: Chopsticks, A Cultural and Culinary History
- Event: Confucius, His Thoughts About Food
- Special Collections & Culper Spy Day