Stategic Plan for the School of Information Sciences

Introduction

The Strategic Plan for the School of Information Sciences
has two components. The first part, the Strategy of Excellence, (PDF) addresses three
priority areas -- University Mission, Collaborations and Partnerships, and
Relationship Management -- and enumerates goals for each priority area, for
2006 through 2010, with specific objectives to achieve those goals. A
program of excellence looks beyond the usual concepts to goals that inspire
and challenge traditional planning boundaries. Therefore, the second
component of theStrategic Plan, Shaping the Future: Building on Success, (PDF)
features aspirational goals, with the following five themes:

To enrich information services, increase innovation, spur economic
growth and provide solutions to real-world problems within the state,
regionally and nationally.
To enhance the reputation and visibility of faculty research by
attracting additional distinguished scholars and their graduate
students.
To advance the school’s multicultural and global perspective through
collaboration and partnerships with distinguished institutions abroad.
To further civic engagement and community development by promoting
social justice and social equity.
To foster literacy of young children by expanding partnerships with the
Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, the Children’s Defense
Fund Langston Hughes Library, and the Dollywood Foundation Imagination
Library.