Letter to the President of April 10, 2006
Vision 2020: report to the President from the Library Visioning Committee
Examples of ideas for future consideration

Thanks to the hundreds of students, faculty and staff who responded to the Library Visioning Committee online questionnaire (you can view results of the questionnaire by clicking on the images below).  From these responses the committee has now developed a vision statement and is requesting additional feedback.

Results of the Library Visioning Committee's faculty student surveys and focus groups conducted in the Fall semester

The Library Visioning Committee has completed surveying students and faculty through an online questionnaire and in a series of focus groups led by committee members.  This process was instituted to acquire input from across the institution as the university seeks ideas for preparing Penfield Library to meet the needs of the college community into the 21st century. You can view responses from students, faculty and staff by clicking on the buttons below:

The President has charged this committee with developing recommendations for the future of Penfield Library.  Specifically, this charge requests the committee:

• Study current thinking and planning for forward-looking libraries, including how they should function on and across campus, on line, and in collaboration with other institutions;
  
• Promote a campus dialogue on the future of the library at SUNY Oswego related to the services and spaces needed for the 21st century learner;
  
• Recommend to the President a vision for our library's future that will support the mission and goals of the institution.

Membership:

Draft timeline for action:
Spring semester, 2005     Organizational meeting
Summer, 2005                Research and reading
Fall semester, 2005         Study and visit libraries; consult campus-wide
January-Feburary, 2006    Draft vision statement; consult campus-wide
March, 2006                    Submit recommendations to President Stanley

The Committee's minutes are available for download.