Document Evolution of Library Positions
This project aims to identify and document the evolution of Librarian positions in the past 10-15 years. Specifically, this initiative will study positions that have been re-hired (as Librarian positions), lost, never replaced; converted to staff, etc.
UC San Diego Strategic Goals
High-impact research
Diversity and access
People and purpose
Sustainable infrastructure
Pillars and Strategies
- Pillar 3: Social Justice
- Strategy 1: Place the voice of our community at the center of our work
- Strategy 2: Address opportunity gaps for students and faculty through areas of library investment
- Strategy 3: Contribute to the development of social justice awareness across campus
- Pillar 4: Responsible Stewardship
- Strategy 1: Extend and leverage a people-first approach to Library leadership and management
- Strategy 2: Maximize investments that directly benefit Library users
- Strategy 3: Implement continuous improvement methods to reduce the burden of work, and deliver measurable positive impacts on service performance
Intended Outcomes
- Collect and create a corpus of all Librarian series current job descriptions to identify skills/expertise gaps and help craft new Librarian job descriptions
- A document mapping the changes/evolution of the librarian positions; increased awareness of the current state of academic librarianship at UC San Diego
- An elevated view of skills/expertise gaps
- Increase awareness of areas that should be covered