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Implementation Planning Teams: What’s been happening?

TFDL Vision

Learner centered Dynamic and

interactive Research and

Teaching collaborations

Create, produce new knowledge

Technology rich Expert Support

available

Six Implementation Planning Teams

Collections - Helen Clarke Learning Services - Darlene Warren Media Technology - Mary Westell, Shawna

Sadler Outreach and Community Involvement -

Renee Reaume Research Support - John Cole Staffing - Justine Wheeler Director of Implementation Planning - Peggy

White

Mandates

Creative and innovative Report and recommendations due

June 30 2009 In place by 2010 In place by 2015

Collections Mandate

Recommend collections planning directions, priorities and actions.

Consider both the TFDL environment and the wider implications.

Learning Services Mandate

Identify learner needs and describe services to enable learning.

Develop learning services implementation plan for TFDL for opening day.

Media Technology Mandate

Develop a framework for using new and emerging technologies in the TFDL.

Assist teams to identify appropriate technologies.

Help define priorities for integrating new technology-based services with existing LCR services and technologies.

Look beyond 2010 to recommend a path for continued technology-based services over five years.

Outreach and Community Involvement Mandate

Identify and consult with possible partners to determine the potential for collaboration.

Recommend services and a potential governance structure.

Liaise with the other TFDL teams to ensure an integrated five year outreach and community program development plan is created.

Research Support Mandate

Determine research support needs, recommend and prioritize services.

Provide recommendations for virtual support using existing and emerging technologies.

Make all research collections visible and relevant.

Consider the scholarly communication process, and the dissemination and publication of the results of research at the University of Calgary.

Staffing Mandate

Review current staffing trends and practices both externally and internally.

Identify current and future skill sets. Recommend future directions for

staffing in the TFDL and LCR. Recommend staff development

opportunities Diversity

Moving forward

Basecamp Developing a common understanding

TFDL Teams website http://lcr.ucalgary.ca/tfdl-teams

Key literature posted Mandate of teams posted Brief monthly progress reports Information on possible technologies

Literature reviews and Environmental Scans

Extensive review by all teams

Key literature read, posted and summarized

Best practice sites identified

Gaps in understanding identified

Visioning

Encapsulate vision of various members from different parts of the organization

Who are our users? What are their attributes?

Claims analysis and Scenarios

Develops deeper understanding

Helps in the analysis

Forms the basis for further discussion

Will help guide questions in the interviews

Seeking User Input

Validate, inform, engage Focus groups

External and internal Individual and group interviews “question of the day’ Presentations to formalized campus

groups Online survey for staff

Yet to come or just begun

Obtain and analyse user input Firm up the vision Evaluating the recommendations from

our technology consultants Investigation of discovery tools Draft recommendations Final report and recommendations

Notable Progress

Questions?

pwhite@ucalgary.ca