Institutional Goals

Carleton University Library's Strategic Plan Mapped to "Library Adventure" Path Game


Library Adventure is a path game designed to inform Carleton University undergraduate students about the benefits of visiting the library and to teach them about its available services. Using a board game ensures that students and staff can engage in important dialogue in a fun and safe environment.

Carleton University Library has developed its strategic plan to reflect the Carleton University integrated strategic plan 2013-2018. Below, I have included the themes from the Library's strategic plan that I feel are best addressed by Library Adventure in one form or another. The four themes are:

  1. The Library is the primary source of scholarly resources and services to support Carleton’s teaching, learning, and research activities, wherever these take place
  2. The Library will play a key role in improving the research experience for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for faculty
  3. The Library will improve the learning experience for all students through client-centred programs, effective partnerships with other learning support services, and the use of state-of-the-art technology
  4. The Library’s structure will allow us to be proactive and nimble in meeting the needs of our users and changing along with the University community (Carleton, n.d.)

How does Library Adventure meet those goals?

At it's core, Library Adventure seeks to:

  • Encourage students to use the library as a source for scholarly resources and show students the value of those sources
  • Promote services to support learning and research activities
  • Show students the value of the library

*See below for a more detailed list of the institutional goals that I see Library Adventure meets.

Theme 1

The Library is the primary source of scholarly resources and services to support Carleton’s teaching, learning, and research activities, wherever these take place

Strategic Actions:

  • Continue to improve the relevance of our collections to the academic programs of the University
  • Improve online access to Library resources
  • Engage actively in University processes for quality assurance, curriculum development, degree-level expectations, and learning outcomes
  • Promote the importance of the Library to patrons, making use of current branding profile (“You’re smarter here”)
  • Develop innovative approaches for Library teaching and collection development for interdisciplinary programs
  • Increase focus on assessment and customer service in the Library

Theme 2

The Library will play a key role in improving the research experience for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for faculty

Strategic Actions:

  • Improve discoverability and accessibility of Carleton research and collections

Theme 3

The Library will improve the learning experience for all students through client-centred programs, effective partnerships with other learning support services, and the use of state-of-the-art technology

Strategic Actions:

  • Establish or renew teaching partnerships between Library staff and faculty
  • Expand instruction and information literacy activities to include research data management, qualitative data management, writing skills, research with primary source materials, and scholarly publishing
  • Build and develop spaces to enhance the use of Library resources and to support both individual study and collaborative work
  • Collaborate with Library partners on innovative use of learning spaces

Theme 4

The Library’s structure will allow us to be proactive and nimble in meeting the needs of our users and changing along with the University community

Strategic Actions:

  • Engage the wider community in University activities and services through use of Library space and expertise


References

Carleton University Library. (n.d.). Carleton University Library Strategic Plan: 2013-2018. Retrieved from https://library.carleton.ca/sites/default/files/about/projects/CUL_Strategic_Plan_2013-2018.PDF