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Strategic Planning

Information about Penn Libraries Strategic Plan, coordinated by the 2019 Strategic Plan Steering Committee

Effective Team Practices: A Model from the Strategic Plan Steering Committee (SPSC)

Presentation sponsored by the Librarians Assembly, Wednesday, February 12, from 1-2pm in the Class of '55. (https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/6354703)

Building our Strategic Plan 10/22/2019 presentation

The Penn Libraries Leadership Team and the Strategic Planning Steering Committee presented and hosted a discussion of the Strategic Plan 2020-2025 on October 22, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., in Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion (6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center). Together we reviewed the milestones of the process and present organizational mission, vision, values statements, strategic priorities, and an overall framework for the plan. Time was also allotted for Q&A.

"Road Map" for Strategic Planning

Results Report Out from DJA+SPSC 07/22/2019

The presentations from 07/22/2019 have been separated out into their three component portions for easier access to specific topics and contain additional details including hyperlinks where relevant. Each slide deck is available in PowerPoint (PPT) format with notes embedded, or else as a PDF document. The detailed focus group results contain additional information and context from our focus group results: It represents a deeper look at the high-level topics covered in the report-out to staff om July 22, 2019.


Shared Values Word CloudShared values word cloud


Individual Values Word Cloud

Individual values word cloud

 

Staff Values Sessions 05/30/2019-05/31/2019

On May 30-31, 2019, Emily Goff and Tyler Dzuba from DeEtta Jones and Associates led two staff-facing Values Sessions held at the Penn Libraries. Resources from those sessions may be found here.

Strategic Planning All-Staff Recordings

Strategic Planning Reference Documents

April 2019 DJA Presentation Bibliography

  • Beyond Culture / Edward T. Hall (first ed. 1976). Hall was the originator of the iceberg analogy of culture.
  • Organizational Culture and Leadership / Edgar Schein (first ed. 1985). Organizational culture model.
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