Goals and Objectives

Goals and Objectives

Goal 1: Develop system to enable standardized cataloguing.
Objectives:

  1. Have standard cataloguing records for all items.
  2. Improve or change existing cataloguing records.
  3. Share cataloguing records with other libraries in the consortium.

Goal 2: Develop shared searching union catalogue and union list.
Objectives:

  1. Compile union list.
  2. Catalogue to periodicals.
  3. Have shared searching and access to all items held in the consortium.

Goal 3: Expand interlibrary lending among members.
Objectives:

  1. Develop clear agreements among the members as to lending policies.
  2. Provide fast, cheap and easy interlibrary lending system that can be used among the members of consortium.

Goal 4: Develop  and implement a cooperative acquisition process.
Objectives:

  1. Maintain a  cooperative process for selecting and funding shared purchases.
  2. Purchase the item only once and share the collection as a whole.

Goal 5: Expand e-resource licensing and engage in e-resource collection management.
Objectives:

  1. Negotiate effective licenses to enable legal and full use of e-resources.
  2. Make effective use of e-resources statistics.
  3. Have a consortium collection development policy for purchased and local e-resources.

Goal 6: Provide effective access to e-resources(Portal, etc).
Objectives:

  1. Have cataloguing for e-resources provided from the publisher that could be loaded into the catalogue.
  2. Have sufficient staff and funding to support effective access.
  3. Provide effective training for end-users.

Goal 7: Develop shared searching union catalogue and union list.
Objectives:

  1. Identify training needs.
  2. Have training on how to manage new technology.

Goal 8: Funding.
Objectives:

  1. Register consortium as a charity.
  2. Lobby for funds to undertake various project e.g. library automation and electronic journals subscription.