Organizational Development:

Develop sustainable, adaptive organizational practices that allow the Library to thrive internally and externally

Goal 1: Prioritize use of resources in this economic climate

• Focus efficiency-building on reallocating staff resources freed by ongoing process development.
  • Computer classes: Instituted online class evaluations and revised class handouts to steer class participants to evolving online resources.
• Redesign AADL’s collection development methods & manual to deliver a fluid & data-driven collection.
  • Developed and documented collection maintenance procedures to facilitate data-driven, efficient collection maintenance.
• Internally market AADL products and services to increase staff opportunity to maximize the marketing value of casual patron interactions.
  • Supported peer-to-peer training about products and services at staff meetings and other internal communications.
  • Internal reorganization resulted in consolidation of training and discussion opportunities related to new products and services.

Goal 2: Provide leadership in defining library services

• Find new ways to freely disseminate the objectives, processes and outcomes of AADL’s projects to peers in the library industry.
  • Planned to expand use of AADL’s dev blog (posts on aadl.org intended for staff at other libraries) by staff outside the IT department.
• Pursue partnerships with other leading institutions to enhance and expand the bounds of library services.
  • Josie @ DPLA & UNESCO?
  • Participated in 2nd year of the IMLS grant through King County Library System and the NIH Partners in Research Grant with the University of Michigan.

Goal 3: Adapt to changing externalities such as the economy and publishing

• Develop products to fill niches created by ongoing change in the publishing industry.
  • Magnatune project establishes a licensing and access model well-suited to niche content providers; paves way for similar projects with audiobooks, video or ebooks.
• Explore and expand internet-based service delivery models.
  • Features required to launch Magnatune developed internet-based content delivery infrastructure to be used for successive projects.
• Identify emerging critical measures (such as print vs. electronic book sales) and monitor data sources to guide AADL service development.

Goal 4: Improve and strengthen collaboration with other organizations to achieve mutual goals

• Identify AADL’s ideal partnership characteristics.
• Seek partnerships to expand the reach and breadth of AADL offerings.
• Develop tools for collecting and sharing external contacts to simplify promotion of partnerships & events.

I. Services II. Products III. Finances IV. Communications VI. Facilities