ICML 2009: Continuing Education: Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning – shaping your library's strategic future

Presenter/s: Mr Keith Webster, University Librarian and Director of Learning Services, University of Queensland Library

Biography: Keith Webster has been University Librarian and Director of Learning Services at The University of Queensland since June 2006. Previous posts include University Librarian at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Head of Information Policy at HM Treasury in London and Director of Information Services at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London. He is Adjunct Professor of Library Management at Victoria University of Wellington and Honorary Professor of Information Science at City University, London. Keith's interests include strategic planning, learning space design and international trends in academic libraries. He is Convenor of the IFLA 2010 Conference which will be held in Brisbane.

Session: A strategic plan serves a number of important purposes for any library: a pathway for the future, but also an opportunity to present the importance of our work in the context of our parent organisation.  In today's climate, it also offers a useful tool for guiding resource allocation.  But perhaps of even greater importance than the plan is the process through which it is prepared.  This workshop will explore approaches to stakeholder mapping, environmental scanning, scenario development and strategic planning.  Participants will gather a range of useful , practical skills and insights, and will work through a brief case-study.