CIC CLI Strategic Directions 2002-2004

	Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Center for Library Initiatives (CLI) www.cic.uiuc.edu
	CIC CLI Strategic Directions 2002 - 2004
	Note: This document builds on the plan articulated in 1998, available at http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/cli/strat98.html. The CIC Strategic Directions document for 2001-2004 is available at http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/stratdirmemo.htm

The CIC Center for Library Initiatives (CLI), established in 1994, functions as a cohesive consortial organization guided by a vision of the information resources and services of the CIC as a seamless whole.

· Initiate collaborative digital library activities aimed at increasing access to digital content for all CIC faculty, staff, and students

· Implement a joint university press/library collaboration to provide CIC-wide access to electronic books published by our universities

· Assess tools and infrastructure for the VEL (such as the user interface and request system), adjusting, acquiring or developing, and deploying new tools and software as appropriate

· Assess the use and value of the VEL to end-users and library staff, and adjust the services accordingly

· Initiate experiments to deliver e-content and non-returnable loans to the desktops or portable computing devices of end users

· Negotiate and administer consortial licenses, contracts, and agreements for content, software, and services that advance the missions of the CIC member libraries and the VEL

· Explore communication and management tools to support cooperative reference services.

· Participate in developing metadata standards and harvesting services to facilitate access to CIC resources.

· Encourage consortial development of digitization projects that will expand access to and/or preserve coordinated bodies of materials held in non-electronic formats in CIC libraries.

· Pursue external funding opportunities in support of the CIC strategic directions and other opportunities that may arise

· Coordinate grant-funded preservation activities, as appropriate, such as preservation through microfilming, digital technologies, or other media

· Help CIC member libraries attract, recruit, and retain a diverse workforce that addresses demographic changes and skill sets needed for information delivery in the 21^st century.

The CIC CLI will continue to pursue the vision of the VEL as seamless online access to the wealth of information resources and services available through CIC member libraries.

The members of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation—the Chief Academic Officers (Provosts)—provide the overall funding and strategic directions for the CIC and the CIC CLI. The CIC Library Directors meet regularly to establish specific initiatives, review reports from various CIC CLI committees, task forces, and working groups, act on recommendations from those groups, and exchange information and ideas with one another.

The primary objective of the Director of the CIC CLI is to facilitate communication and action among the various groups in order to accomplish the strategic directions set forth by the Chief Academic Officers and the Library Directors. In addition, the Director of the CIC CLI monitors the activities of all CIC library-related groups, other CIC groups, programs, and initiatives as appropriate (e.g., Press Directors and Archivists), and other national and international initiatives that may affect CIC initiatives. The Director of the CIC CLI is assisted in these efforts by staff at the CIC headquarters.

· Council of CIC CLI Committee Chairs (C5 Group) and associated working committees and task forces

· Collection Development Officers/Electronic Resources Officers (CDO’s/ERO’s)