New York Tech Libraries - Strategic Action Plan - 2023-2028: Progress Dashboard

UPCOMING:

• May 28th, 2024 First Annual Library Symposium with Keynote Speaker, Nick Tanzi, Director of South Huntington Library and Publisher of the Digital Librarian will speak about Artificial Intelligence and Library Tech Trends.

February 2024:

• A survey question about technologies offered in the libraries will circulate on the annual Academic Senate Educational Technology Committee survey this Spring 2024 semester. 

• Libraries installed whiteboards and suggestion boxes to gather student feedback.

• Salten, Manhattan and Art & Architecture Libraries introduce student staff to Library Ambassador roles and responsibilities. 

• New Worldshare Management System Implementation has begun. The new service is expected to launch in June 2024. 

• Off-campus Library Access improves with integration behind OKTA verify.

October 2023:

• New study carrels and furniture and glass partition wall installed in the Salten Library.

• Vijetha Ramajayam, Library Assistant, joins Manhattan Campus Library.

• Library Assistants coordinate current student staff Library Ambassadors.

May 2023:

• The Library and Academic Senate Library Systems Committee invites New York Tech students, faculty, and staff to complete the survey:

Help the Library Make Finding Information Easier

• Manhattan Library recruits and trains three library Ambassadors. Read more about it on the Library Blog. 

• Ebsco Folio and OCLC Worldshare vendor demonstrations and quotes were completed to Investigate and update to more efficient library management systems.

• LibKey Nomad and Chrome plug-in increases the discoverability of scholarly, peer-reviewed, and discipline journal articles. Read more about it on the LibKey Nomad Guide. 

March 2023

• The Library Team retains Dr. Karen Brown to facilitate the development of Strategic Plan Key Performance Indicators for this strategic plan.

• Library Student Ambassadors promote library activities D&D in the Library and NOMAS Tile Together.

• First Annual Library Symposium - 5/28/24