Research & Information Skills
Redesign the library’s information literacy instruction program to align with the college’s changing curriculum and respond to the evolving technological landscape, preparing students to locate, evaluate, and employ information effectively in addressing real-world problems both on campus and after graduation.
Future Librarians
Mentor and guide students who are interested in librarianship and related careers, in order to facilitate their entry into the profession and make Augustana stand out as an undergraduate-level option for students who wish to pursue an MLIS.
Access & Belonging
Develop programming and services to address the library and research needs of under-supported students, and to promote their sense of belonging in the library’s spaces.
Accessibility
Complete, and act on the results of, Tredway Library’s accessibility reviews in order to meet and surpass the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act in our spaces, services, and digital presence.
Student Employees
Design all library student employment opportunities to promote workplace engagement and encourage students’ exploration of purpose and vocation.
Library as Third Place
Embody the library's status as "living room of the campus" by giving students opportunities for relaxation and social connection, and encouraging community-building among students, faculty, staff, and members of the public.
Communication
Create and implement a communication plan that meets patrons and stakeholders where they are and ensures they receive relevant and timely information about the library’s resources, programming, and services.
Unlike the strategic goals above, the aspirational goals in this section lie outside Tredway Library’s current capacity due to resource and/or personnel limitations. The library will pursue them to the extent possible, seeking resources as opportunities arise. [Coming soon: Click on the goals to learn more about them, and how enacting them would advance Augustana Bold & Boundless.]
Augustana Digital Commons
Rebuild Tredway Library’s capacity to administer Augustana Digital Commons, in order to develop it as a platform that makes the results of students’ community-engaged projects easily and durably accessible to the campus community, Rock Island and Quad Cities residents, and beyond.
Digital Initiatives
Build Tredway Library’s capacity to support digital projects and scholarship, including digital humanities, in order to facilitate engaged teaching and enable students to share their scholarly work in conversation with a broad audience.
Technology
Provide technological offerings—including new circulating laptops, a recording studio, and high-quality digitization equipment in Special Collections—to prepare students for engaged participation in an increasingly digital world.
A student-centered strategic plan should be assessed by its impact on students. Tredway Library intends to measure the success of its plan via the following metrics:
In addition to pursuing the student-centered measures above, Tredway Library aims to (re)elevate its profile within the field of academic librarianship by earning recognition—in the form of publications, conference presentations, and/or awards—for professional contributions relating to at least three of its strategic goals.
The staff of Tredway Library thank Rey Benschop, Rachel Horner Brackett, Immi Karki '26, and Krisha Silwal '26 for their generous and thoughtful contributions to the strategic planning process.