A flexible, agile organization is approachable, energetic, and innovative; its actions reflect confidence, knowledge, respect, and open-mindedness.

The Yale University Library’s priorities to achieve organizational flexibility and agility are to:
• Achieve a common understanding and support for our shared vision, mission, and values.
• Maintain open, two-way communication throughout the organization.
• Foster a learning environment in which all staff develop their skills and potential.
• Provide measures for the continuous improvement and delivery of high quality services.
• Support high performance goals with appropriate structures, processes, and resources.
• Share power and decision-making through participation, collaboration, and teamwork.

CORE SERVICES

Management of Collections

Improvements in the management and accessibility of the physical collections help to make the Yale University Library an environment of discovery and creativity for all readers.

The Library’s priorities to achieve this objective are to:
• Reduce congestion in open stacks in order to make it easier to find and browse books.
• Organize reader-browsable collections in a rational manner.
• Establish and maintain an effective, intensive-use collection in the Cross Campus Library.
• Inventory and correctly represent all browsable Library collections in the catalog.
• Improve the intra-library delivery service to deliver materials to readers’ chosen Library location within twenty-four hours.

Unlocking Collections

The need to keep good records of cataloged and uncataloged collections is paramount in accomplishing the Library’s Vision.

In order to facilitate this goal, the Yale University Library will:
• Establish an advisory committee to set out priorities for cataloging.
• Develop specifications for all uncataloged collections, beginning with the highest priorities.
• Hire additional staff to support ongoing catalog maintenance.
• Improve the accuracy of serials records.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

The Yale University Library will expand its resources and opportunities for international collaboration and information sharing, supporting the University’s international agenda in the following ways:

• Increase support for new and expanded areas of University interest, especially in its area studies programs.
• Create an International Program position to identify unmet needs and potential areas for collaboration, pull together all components of the Library's current international activities, and reach beyond the Library in new ways.
• Create a multi-departmental international council, which will help to foster Library communication, policy review, and support of all related areas.

INTEGRATED ACCESS

As an integrated library, Yale University Library will ensure full and enduring access to its entire range of Library resources, regardless of format, in the following ways:

• Establish and maintain enduring, accessible digital collections.
• Provide immediate access to and seamless integration of information in diverse formats from a variety of sources.
• Work in partnership with faculty, students and others to develop, assess, and support the use of technology in teaching and research.
• Establish an organizational structure for integrated library management in which projects and activities are coordinated throughout departments.

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