{"id":127,"date":"2019-09-11T18:10:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T18:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2019-09-11T18:10:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T18:10:42","slug":"strategic-priorities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/vision\/strategic-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"strategic priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guided by the principles of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/vision\/enduring-vision\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MIT Libraries Enduring Vision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the Libraries have identified the following strategic priorities and initiatives as the areas of investment and focus that are most critical for enabling us to enact our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/vision\/vision-mission-values\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mission and vision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Maximize Access to Content and Services as a Digital-First Library<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Design services and spaces through a digital-first lens<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Pursue a More Open and Equitable Scholarly Landscape<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Increase awareness of open access principles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Expand our capacity to manage MIT\u2019s open research outputs<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Increase understanding of equitable and open scholarship<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Advance Data-Intensive and Computational Research and Learning<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Equip the MIT research community with tools and resources for FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) data management<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Expand our capacity to support current and emerging research data management services<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Build a learning community around digital scholarship and open and computationally reproducible research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Focus on Physical Resources that Cannot Be Meaningfully Replicated Digitally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assess physical collections, services, and spaces to ensure they are of exceptional quality and singular relevance to MIT research and teaching<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Increase Organizational Effectiveness and Belonging<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Improve internal communications practices and systems<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cultivate and nurture a workforce that reflects the diversity of our global research community<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Equip the Libraries to align and collaborate with MIT-wide equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice advocacy and efforts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Exercise Bold Leadership<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identify where we are best positioned to make impactful change within the library profession<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Communicate our strategy and initiatives effectively to an external audience<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guided by the principles of the MIT Libraries Enduring Vision, the Libraries have identified the following strategic priorities and initiatives as the areas of investment and focus that are most critical for enabling us to enact our mission and vision. &nbsp; 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