THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
A Working Plan
For
The School of Library
and Information Sciences
Draft
2004-2009
04/30/04
THE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
2004-2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction............................................................................................................................ 1
Working
Plan Preparation Process...................................................................................... 1
University of North Texas Vision....................................................................................... 2
University of North Texas Mission Statement...................................................................... 3
SLIS Annual Planning Process........................................................................................... 4
Budgeting Themes for fiscal
year 2005............................................................................... 5
SLIS Vision Statement...................................................................................................... 7
Mission and Goals................................................................................................................... 8
Program Objectives for MS............................................................................................... 8
Activity Summary................................................................................................................. 10
Faculty Publications and Presentations.................................................................................... 12
SLIS Working Plan Outcomes 2004-2009............................................................................... 23
Standard I: Mission, Goals, and Objectives........................................................................ 23
Standard II: Curriculum................................................................................................... 26
Standard III: Faculty........................................................................................................ 36
Standard IV: Students...................................................................................................... 42
Standard V: Administration
and Financial Support.............................................................. 52
Standard VI: Physical
Resources and Facilities................................................................... 55
Enrollment Trends................................................................................................................ 59
Enrollment
Projections……………………………………………………………………………61
Goals and Objectives for 2004-2009....................................................................................... 62
Standard I: Mission, Goals, and Objectives........................................................................ 63
Standard II: Curriculum................................................................................................... 66
Standard III: Faculty........................................................................................................ 75
Standard IV: Students...................................................................................................... 80
Standard V: Administration
and Financial Support.............................................................. 87
Standard VI: Physical
Resources and Facilities................................................................... 91
A WORKING
PLAN
FOR THE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY
AND
INFORMATION SCIENCES
2004-2009
INTRODUCTION
The
SLIS Working Plan is meant to be the
core document for the management of the School.
The Plan contains the actions
that are planned for the next five years with accompanying timelines and
costs. In addition, the Plan serves as a reporting document in
which the School’s progress toward the goals of the previous years is
reported. The Working Plan is a dynamic document that serves both as a blueprint
for the activities of the faculty, staff, and administration, and is
continuously modified by the collective wisdom of the human resources of SLIS.
WORKING PLAN PREPARATION PROCESS
In
the fall of each year, SLIS Committees select and prioritize goals and
objectives from the Working Plan. Progress on these goals and objectives forms
a portion of each faculty meeting’s agenda.
In the spring, each committee provides an update of new goals and
objectives for the revision of the Working
Plan. Results from outcome
assessment procedures are provided to SLIS Committees to assist in their work.
The
SLIS Working Plan is based upon:
·
The University
of North Texas Vision and Mission
·
Standards for Accreditation of the Master’s
Program of the American Library Association and statements by other relevant
professional organizations
·
The School’s Vision, Mission,
Goals, and Objectives
·
Input from the School’s constituencies
The
planning process is dynamic and iterative with the Plan both impacting and being impacted by all of these groups and
documents (see page 4.).
During
2003-2004, this process was continued.
The faculty met in a retreat in early fall to discuss and prioritize the
objectives identified for this year.
During the spring of 2004, faculty committees and the Faculty as a whole
discussed and debated the Plan,
adopting it at the last faculty meeting in May.
University of North Texas: A Vision for 2015
The
Vision
The University
of North Texas will be one of the
state’s top-tier universities - - a premier educational, intellectual, research
and cultural resource. As the flagship
of a multi-institutional university system and the leading university of its
region, UNT will be recognized for education, research, creative activities,
and public service, and for advancing innovations in the enhancement of
learning. UNT will be an inclusive and
diverse institution with an international perspective, helping to create an
informed citizenry, high-quality graduates, and a workforce well prepared for
the global economy.
Achieving the
Vision
To achieve this vision, the University
of North Texas will:
·
advance excellence in basic and applied
research, original scholarship and artistic activities that expand the core of
knowledge for future discoveries, lead to new technologies, devise solutions to
problems facing society, enhance citizens’ quality of life, and instill a sense
of discovery and creative insight in our students;
·
employ its status as a major doctoral degree
granting institution and the talents of its nationally and internationally
recognized teacher-scholars to support strong undergraduate and graduate academic
programs taught by the same faculty and providing research opportunities for
students;
·
emphasize selected academic programs and create
new academic and professional programs that
have or can achieve wide recognition for excellence;
·
promote excellent, accessible, and affordable
higher education to the region’s growing and demographically diverse population
through partnerships with educational entities and the business, public, and
not-for-profit communities;
·
foster a residential learning environment for
students living on or near its campus that promotes tradition, instills
institutional and societal values, and encourages the development of a lifelong
connection to the UNT community;
·
lead in offering learners access to education
through satellite locations, the Internet and other electronic resources, and
partnerships with other institutions;
·
serve as an important source for lifelong
learning, professional education, and outreach activities and as a prime venue
for artistic performances and exhibitions and sports events; and
·
be an essential partner
in meeting the expanding needs of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, the largest
metropolitan area in the state.
Approved
by the Board of Regents, May 26, 2000
MISSION STATEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
The University of North Texas is the largest and most comprehensive research
and doctoral degree-granting institution in the North Texas area and the flagship of the UNT System. The University is committed to excellence in
teaching and the discovery and application of knowledge through research and
creative activities. As the educational
leader in the North
Texas
region, the University is dedicated to the development of the area as the
number one region in the nation.
The University:
· achieves high-quality instruction, scholarship, and service
by:
fostering excellence and innovation in teaching and
learning;
supporting research and creative
activities that expand knowledge, strengthen undergraduate and graduate
programs, and promote the application of knowledge for the benefit of society;
and
assuming
the primary leadership role in addressing community needs of the North Texas region and the state;
maintaining academic integrity through free and open inquiry
including the examination of values;
· stresses understanding and
appreciation of the historical, intellectual,
technological,
scientific, and cultural nature of the search for knowledge;
· promotes the advancement and preservation of the arts;
· nurtures development
of students by providing continuing opportunities for
intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and career
growth;
· supports a
culturally diverse environment and advocates mutual respect for
all members of the University community as they strive for
excellence;
· provides a high quality residential environment and
opportunities for lifelong
learning; and
· enhances access to higher education
through the use of emerging information and telecommunication technologies.
The University continues to expand its
relationship with the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort
Worth; to develop the University of North Texas System Center at Dallas; and to
cultivate partnerships with elementary and secondary schools, community
colleges, other universities, businesses, government agencies, and nonprofit
organizations to improve the quality of education and community life.
Approved
by the UNT Board of Regents May 26, 2000 and by the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board, January 26, 2001.
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University of North Texas
Budgeting
Themes for Fiscal Year 2004
The following
themes should be considered as ways to continue to enhance the quality of the
university’s academic programs, student support services, university support
services, research, outreach, and other areas that address the university’s
mission.
Salaries
Because of severe budget
constraints, it is probably there will be no funds
available for merit
or across-the-board pay raises in FY ’04.
The long run goal is to close the
“gaps” (by rank and discipline for faculty) with
respect to
differences in average salaries between UNT and selected Texas
institutions.
Research
The near-term focus will be on
enhancing externally funded R&D, a relatively
narrow subset of
“scholarship.” The intent is to maintain
the current level of support for all types of scholarship, but new dollars will
be focused on enhancing research classified as funded R&D.
Distributed Learning
For the short run, the
University will employ a broad definition of “distributed
learning”
to included face-to-face instruction at off campus locations (including
the UNT
System Center
at Dallas) and interactive video,
but longer run the