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The Pro-Vice-Provost’s View

By Paul Ayris, on 22 October 2017

Library Strategy – Implementing the Future

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The Library Strategy provides the framework for delivering the Library’s contribution to UCL’s 2034 Strategy.

At its meeting in September, the Library Leadership Team undertook a review of the Library’s progress in implementing the Library Strategy. This is done by looking at the Action Lines, 94 of them, in the 6 Implementation Plans which are designed to deliver the Library Strategy in the current Strategy period, which lasts until July 2018.

Progress is excellent and Library colleagues are making great progress in delivering what we said we could do.

Of the 94 Actions:

  • 55 Actions (or 58.5% of the Strategy) has already been delivered
  • 34 Actions (or 36.2% of the Strategy) are on target to be delivered by July 2018

So over 90% of all the Actions originally planned should be delivered by the end of the Strategy period. That will be a tremendous outcome and everyone in the Library should feel congratulated on a job being well done. A more detailed breakdown of performance can be found in the accompanying Performance analysis.*

All the Actions being delivered by the Leadership Team are important, but one that has resonated particularly in UCL as we start a new academic year is the delivery of new learning spaces. UCL Library Services, ISD and Estates invested over £1.5 million in 2016-17 to develop new learning spaces as part of UCL’s commitment to put the student experience first. In total, an additional 534 study spaces were opened during 2016-17 across UCL Library Services, mostly completed in summer 2017. The Great Ormond Street – Institute of Child Health Library was completely refurbished and transformed into a fitting learning environment for biomedical learning and study, open to all students at UCL. The new Student Centre, with 1000 digitally-enabled learning spaces, will come on-stream in 2018-19.

New Portico Doors

The Library Strategy, and the Implementation Plans which underpin it, are the doorway to the future of UCL Library Services. Our ambitions and hopes for our staff, students and academic researchers are encapsulated in what we say we will do. But this is not possible without the support of all colleagues across UCL Library Services.

So, a big thank you to everyone who has been involved in delivering the ambitions of the Library Strategy. It’s a great performance to date and I know that we have more good news to deliver in the coming months.

Paul Ayris

Pro-Vice-Provost (UCL Library Services)

* If you have difficulty in viewing the detailed analysis of Library Strategy performance, please view the attachment in Chrome or Firefox, or to “Save As” and open as a PDF.

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