2009 - 2012 Strategic Plan OverviewThe Gelman Library System’s Strategic Plan is a function of the University’s “Strategic Plan forAcademic Excellence.” It is rooted in a systematic three-year cycle, with annual updates ofindividual goals, objectives, and strategies. This process has guided administrative decisionmakingand resource allocations and serves as an operational framework for:* Allocating funding for staffing, collections, and capital expenditures.* Projecting future budget requirements and expenditures.* Supporting the University's Strategic Plan for Academic Excellence.* Determining GLS group, team, and departmental priorities.Environmental Trends: Members of the GLS Strategic Planning Group (SPG) work with theGW community to monitor, identify, and analyze the political, economic, and societal trendsaffecting the University, focusing particularly on developments in six areas: higher education,human resources, academic libraries, information technology, library information producers,and the GW campus culture. With input from “scan area owners,” SPG members identifyseveral environmental factors that will have the most critical impact on the libraries’ decisions.Gelman Library SystemGLS_4d007fdc-ede6-11df-ba0b-8c2f7a64ea2aThe Gelman Library System (http://www.gwu.edu/gelman) consists of The Melvin Gelman Library at the Foggy Bottom campus, the Eckles Library at the Mount Vernon Campus (both in Washington, DC), and the Virginia Science and Technology Campus Library in Ashburn, Virginia. For more information about each location, please visit http://www.gwu.edu/libraries.htmlTo become a premier intellectual resource center dedicated to anticipating and exceeding user expectations with a staff firmly committed to excellent customer service and continuous learning and improvement._4d0082b6-ede6-11df-ba0b-8c2f7a64ea2aThe Mission of the George Washington University Libraries is to enable GW faculty and students, regardless of location, to meet their curricular, research and information needs. With a commitment to excellence in services, the Libraries offer quality information resources and creative and innovative options to support the intellectual inquiry, research and lifelong learning needs of the unique university community they serve._4d008392-ede6-11df-ba0b-8c2f7a64ea2aQUALITY & EXCELLENCE QUALITY & EXCELLENCE - in service that meets the expressed and anticipated needs of students and faculty- in collections that support the curricular and research requirements of students and faculty- in staff who demonstrate the highest standards of service, competence and integrityTEACHING TEACHING - that encourages the development of critical thinking skills- that improves and expands information literacy- that promotes intellectual independenceCREATIVITY & INNOVATIONCREATIVITY & INNOVATION - in generating ideas- in providing services- in problem-solving- in decision-makingLEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP - that inspires achievement and encourages initiative- that promotes professional growth and development- that encourages risk-takingRESPECTRESPECT - for the exploration and expression of ideas- for our multi-cultural and diverse environment- in our behavior for the feelings and sensibilities of othersINTEGRITY INTEGRITY - in our actions- in our personal and professional conductUniversity SupportActively support the University’s signature programs and academic excellence initiatives._4d008432-ede6-11df-ba0b-8c2f7a64ea2aI_4d0084dc-ede6-11df-ba0b-8c2f7a64ea2aLearning EnvironmentCreate a blended/integrated learning environment / learning commons to sustain new academic initiatives._4d00857c-ede6-11df-ba0b-8c2f7a64ea2aII_4d008626-ede6-11df-ba0b-8c2f7a64ea2aDigital ResourcesOptimize/integrate workflows to support digital resources offered within a blended learning environment (or the new information commons.)_4d0086d0-ede6-11df-ba0b-8c2f7a64ea2aIII_4d00878e-ede6-11df-ba0b-8c2f7a64ea2a2009-01-012012-12-312010-11-11http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/about/organization/publications/the-george-washington-universityOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net