SUPPORT SERVICES
The College provides a variety of services to support its educational purpose. These services include the library, computers, instructional support services, and a full range of student development services. For all of these support services, expected results and assessment procedures have been identified.
Library
Planning Unit: Office of Academic Affairs
Person responsible: Director of Library Services
Planning Objective: To provide bibliographic, physical. and intellectual access to recorded knowledge and information in support of learning, teaching, cultural, and research needs of students, faculty, administrators, and staff of the parent and sister institutions. Specific Objectives include the following:
To support Statewide Interconnected Integrated Library System
To prepare SSU students, faculty and staff for 21st century digital library.
To better utilize library space, through conversion of bound periodicals.
To provide a comfortable, conducive and attractive place to study.
To improve Media Services.
To improve Interlibrary Loan system for sharing resources.
To ensure that sufficient resources be available in Distance Learning area to support SSU as an "offering institution" (i.e. faculty incentive/adjustments, GSAMS system maintenance, training incentives etc.) To collect and preserve the archival materials.
Action Plans
Purchase necessary hardware and software needed to support and facilitate Interconnected Integrated Library System and to start 2lst century digital library.
Convert all bound periodicals to microfilms.
Improve the Heating Ventilation and air -conditioning System.Bring the Lighting in the Library up to Standard.
Purchase good quality fax and copier machine for Interlibrary Loan Department. Purchase panel projectors, laminator, scanner etc. for Media Centers.
Ensure Local Area Network reliability.
Train all Library Staff on new web /window based Interconnected Integrated Library system.
Distance Learning Coordinators on how effectively Distance Learning can be used and Archivist on how to preserve archival materials.
EVALUATION MEASURES:
Maintain time line for acquisitions and installation of equipment.
Purchase hardware through statewide contract.
Keep progress reports on installation.
Action Plan-FY 1998-2001 Cost Responsibility
Replace all DRA terminals with 70,000 Library Director
Pentium processors (Personal Computers)
Upgrade and maintain all the hardware 50,000 Library Director
Bound Periodical Conversion 814,253 Library Director
System Maintenance 250,000 Library Director
Training/Travel 30,000 Library Director
New Heating and Air conditioning System 300,000 Library Director
Media equipment 10,000 Library Director
FAX and Copier 10,000 Library Director