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title="Overview">mission, vision, and values</a>, these are the Libraries' major goals, strategies, and initiatives.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_button_set"> <div class="btn-set" id="umd_terp_paragraph--4227"> <a href="https://view.publitas.com/umd-libraries/umd-libraries-2023-26-strategic-plan/page/1" class="btn btn-primary" target="_self"> View Digital PDF (Publitas) </a> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_text"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--4228"> <h2>Goal Areas</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_card_group"> <div class="card-group-bg card-group-bg-dark" id="umd_terp_paragraph--2314"> <div class="card-group"> <div class="card-wrap card-wrap--2"> <div class="card" id="umd_terp_paragraph--2310"> <div class="card-img-top card-img"> <img 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alt="Icon of a lightbulb with a gear inside."> </div> <div class="card-body"> <h2 class="card-title">Reimagine Library Excellence</h2> <div class="card-text"><p>Use creative, human-centered approaches in our programs, services, and spaces.</p> </div> <a href="#RLE" class="card-cta fancy-link" target="_self"> Strategies & initiatives </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_divider"> <div> <hr class="divider spacing-small rule-medium" id="umd_terp_paragraph--2329"> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_text"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--2328"> <h2>Strategies and Initiatives</h2> <h3 id="ATPG">Advance the Public Good</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section-umd_terp_basic_page section-ut_accordion"> <div class="accordion" id="accordion-2326"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-header" id="accordion-2326-header-16"> <button class="btn" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#accordion-2326-content-16" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-2326-content-16"> Improve accessibility in all aspects of our library work. </button> </div> <div id="accordion-2326-content-16" class="collapse" aria-labelledby="accordion-2326-header-16" data-parent="#accordion-2326" > <div class="card-body"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--2320"> <ul> <li>Undertake a comprehensive review and redesign of the Information for People with Disabilities webpage and associated services.</li> <li>Expand work in the Library Accessibility Alliance (LAA) and BTAA’s accessibility workgroup.</li> <li>Provide captions/transcripts for key digital videos in our collection that are used often for teaching and learning.</li> <li>Continue to participate in the UMD Impact Award-funded “Maryland Institute for Digital Accessibility” (MIDA).</li> <li>Continue efforts to improve and increase accessibility across all library programs, 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(<a href="https://www.lib.umd.edu/about/news/2023-01/umd-libraries-announce-selection-new-integrated-library-management-system">Read more</a>.)</li> <li>Partner with and provide work for improvement of data discovery systems, while leveraging linked-data solutions already achieved for digital collections.</li> <li>Advance our digital preservation efforts through membership in APTrust, including facilitating the engagement of other USMAI libraries with the APTrust community.</li> <li>Partner with ARHU’s Department of History and the History and Library Science Master of Arts (HiLS) dual-degree program on the NEH Grant-funded project, “Slavery, Law, and Power in the Archives,” if funded.</li> <li>Partner with HELIOS, University of Michigan, and the American Anthropological Association (AAA) to develop and carry out an NEH digital humanities national convening grant, “Advancing a collaborative and inclusive vision for open anthropological scholarship,” if funded.</li> <li>Continue to strengthen campus partnerships to advance student success and enhance student experiences and explore the possibility of restarting a student outreach team.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card"> <div class="card-header" id="accordion-2333-header-17"> <button class="btn" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#accordion-2333-content-17" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="accordion-2333-content-17"> Support innovative research through the collaborative provision of unique digital content, metadata, and services. </button> </div> <div id="accordion-2333-content-17" class="collapse" aria-labelledby="accordion-2333-header-17" data-parent="#accordion-2333" > <div class="card-body"> <div> <div class="editor-content" id="umd_terp_paragraph--2335"> <ul> <li>Leverage already-digitized content from the Historic Maryland Newspapers Project for innovative research.</li> <li>Participate in the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) and other initiatives advancing the future of descriptive metadata both within the U.S. and internationally.</li> <li>Participate in the Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) project to improve UMD Libraries’ data representation and enhance the discovery of our archival resources on the open web.</li> <li>Gain independence in three formats beyond books with participation in the OCLC Member Merge Program: scores, sound recordings, and visual materials. 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