FINAL IRC REPORT

1
FINAL IRC REPORT

• 2003/2004

2
IRC Members 2003/2004

• Steve Bosch (ex officio) TSAP
• Laurie Eagleson, UST
• Sara Heitshu, SST
• Marda Johnson (ex officio) Chair, TSAP
• Doug Jones, SET
• Karen Tallman, TEAMY

3
Key Projects P1 Selecting Resources
4
Key Projects P1 Selecting Resources
5
Key Projects P1 Selecting Resources

• Terminator
• 3. Identify titles in JSTOR and indexing
  abstracting sources now online.
• IRC worked with all IS teams to develop
  guidelines
• JSTOR Arts and Sciences II, Business, Language
  and Literature and Music done this year.
• 157 print index titles also in electronic form
  have been identified and withdrawn

6
Key Projects P1 Selecting Resources

• Terminator 2
• Work with stakeholders, e.g.,IS Teams, MAT, TST,
  Space and others to identify criteria and/or
  guidelines for de-selecting materials
• Guidelines and time tables were established with
  input from all stakeholders
• Duplicate titles in the stacks are being
  identified and withdrawn as selectors have time.
  MAT reports over 20,000 volumes withdrawn to date
  through various projects.

7
Key ProjectsP19 Developing Policies

• The Cider House Rules
• 5. Update/review 3 policies/guidelines and make
  them available on the IRC Web page.
• Duplicate Policy dated July 9, 2003 posted August
  2003
• Gift policy revised and posted August 2003
• Guidelines for Indexes and duplicate de-selection
  October 2003
• Focused excellence criteria October 2003
• Guidelines for Budget Spending Reductions January
  2004

8
Key ProjectsP19 Developing Policies

• Training Day
• Three syllabi will be completed
• 1. General information resource management
  techniques at UA NYP
• 2. Criteria for weeding/de-selection Policy and
  procedure for present situation. October 2003
• 3. Measuring/evaluation of information resource
  management tasks, including how we do
  allocations, how we track our success and meet
  customers' needs. In process as part of the IS
  APT work.

9
SPECIAL PROJECTS, ETC.

• Focused Excellence
• Budget Spending Reduction Planning and
  implementation
• ARL Government Documents Plan
• IABAPT (Allocation changes) work
• Strategic Plan for 2004-2005 is done

10
LEARNINGS

• Rapidly changing environment requires IRC to be
  very flexible
• Plans made at the beginning often have their
  timelines changed.
• We are getting good at nailing jello to the wall.
• We are never bored.

11
IRC Strategic Framework

• The final version of the IRC Critical Processes,
  Quality Standards, and Project Summaries may be
  found at http//dizzy.library.arizona.edu/library/
  teams/irdp/StrategicFramework2003-04revMay04.pdf