Plan on Demand

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Plan on Demand

• NAU Top 10 Opportunities to Watch

2
NAU Launches Marketing Initiative

• Marketing research
• NAUs marketing plan
• More _at_ http//www4.nau.edu/marketing
• Library Connections
• Library web site
• Library resources and services
• Community Affairs

3
Faculty and Staff Compensation

• Multi-year approach
• Multi-source approach
• Joint Working Group on Staff Salaries
• HR Reviewing NAUs compensation plan and
  approaches at request of President
• Faculty Senate Salary Plan
• Relationship to tuition and fees
• Governors Budget (3 million)
• Stay tuned . . . .

4
Faculty and Staff Compensation (2)

• Library Connections
• JWGSSDave Finney and Karen Underhill
• Faculty Senate and AP PlanKaren Underhill
• Library completed comprehensive market salary
  study w/HR and PAIR in Summer 2004
• DAG/LCC leverage University directions
• Currently watching state and university funding
  related to salaries--across the board, merit,
  furthest off market, compression, regrades,
  reclassifications, benefits
• Currently identifying priorities and criteria for
  evaluation of staff positions for
  reclassification
• Prepared with data on positions furthest off
  market

5
Buildings

• Applied Research and Development Facility
• New Science Lab in the Offing
• Campus Heights to be razed
• New CBA building
• Facilities and grounds improvements
• More _at_ Inside NAU
• Library Connections
• Spring 2005 Carpet Project
• Cooling tower replacement
• Lighting project

6
IT Fee

• Proposed fee of 2 per credit hour up to a
  maximum of 48 per year.
• More on proposed tuition and fees _at_
  http//www4.nau.edu/insidenau/extra/2_14_05/
• Library Connections
• PACAC Recommendations-Bakula and Palmer
• Discussions with ITS

7
WebCT Vista

• Upgrade from Campus Edition to Vista
• Cost in FY05 500,000
• Vista ranked highest by faculty and staff
• More robust, Oracle based, supports learning
  design standards, integrates w/NAU systems
• Library Connections
• Implementation TeamLaura Taylor w/support from
  ACS and LTS
• Resource Specialist Teams

8
North Central Association to visit NAU May 2 3

• Focus on electronically delivered programs
• Not related to 2007 general accreditation visit
• More _at_ http//www4.nau.edu/insidenau/bumps/1_26_05
  /nca.htm
• Library Connections
• Cynthia member of group formulating change
  request document w/ help from ACS and RSCC

9
Distance Learning and ARU

• Leadership of ARU comes to NAU
• Focus on expansion of degree programs
• ARU Library Connections
• Electronic Library Collections 1.5 mill
• Scholars PortalLibrary to receive 110,000 this
  year
• Research Resources proposes linking and federated
  search products

10
System Redesign

• Changing Directions
• Differentiation
• ARU
• Community Colleges

11
NAU Signs Agreement With China

• 121 program agreement signed
• Faculty Teaching in English requirement
• More _at_ http//www4.nau.edu/insidenau/bumps/2_23_05
  /china.htm
• Library Connections
• Met w/delegation/visit to Library/Offer of
  exchanges

12
Strategic Planning and Budgeting

• University taking new integrated approach to
  planning and budgeting
• Library Connections
• Library has ongoing, highly regarded planning
  process
• Additional plans requested by Provost
• Identification of high priority expenditure plans

13
Plan on Demand

• Stay focused but stay flexible
• Be proactive to stay in the know
• Communicate with colleagues across campus and in
  community
• Communicate with colleagues across the Library
• Be prepared but be ready

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Selected Resources

• Inside NAUcurrent issues and searchable archives
  http//www4.nau.edu/insidenau/
• On the Academic Side http//www2.nau.edu/provost/
  newsletters.htm
• News from ITS, CTEL, E-Learning, Colleges
• Library E-NewsSubscribe Today!
  http//www.nau.edu/library/information/enews.html
• NAU Portal https//my.nau.edu
• Library Planning DocumentsWebCT Planning space
  and newly developing Sharepoint planning space
  include current operating plan and other
  documents http//webct.nau.edu https//sharepoint.
  nau.edu/library/default.aspx
• Web Coordinating Committee WebCT Library Web
  Development space http//webct.nau.edu
• Librarys 03/04 AccomplishmentsWebCT Library
  Planning space and Sharepoint planning space
• http//webct.nau.edu
• https//sharepoint.nau.edu/library/default.aspx
• Librarys Macro Budget Plan of November,
  2004WebCT Library Planning space
  http//webct.nau.edu

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Planning and Budgeting Question for Library
Personnel

• Think about your involvement in Operating Plan
  initiatives.
• Carriers facilitate or promote an initiatives
  progress. Barriers inhibit or prevent an
  initiatives progress.
• Question What carriers and barriers are you
  experiencing or anticipating?
• (Post your answers to the discussion area in the
  WebCT Library Planning space or send your answers
  to claudia.bakula_at_nau.edu by Friday, March 11. )