Collaboration between CCLA and the library community is key to successfully addressing issues of policy and strategic planning for information services. CCLA continues to be strongly shaped by collaborative input from the local institutional level. CCLA is also guided by priorities established by the Community College Council of Presidents, Division of Community Colleges and State Board of Education. The Advisory Board model established in 1989 has ensured a dynamic and well-coordinated community college information delivery system with a strong service orientation. To ensure future success, CCLA must continue seeking input from the broader and more diverse communities being served. It is critical to maintain a balance between the needs of local institutional libraries and the efficiencies offered by state level services and technology. The Executive Committee of the Advisory Board to the College Center for Library Automation endorses the following goals and objectives for 2007-2008 that affirm its commitment to serve students.

Goal 1: Provide Access to Shared Information Resources

Objectives:

1. Identify and address resource sharing issues and opportunities among LINCC institutions.

2. Expand access to centralized information resources through web-based structures and facilitated collaboration in the development of web based information resources among LINCC libraries.

3. Enhance delivery of LINCC services directly to the user’s preferred location through resource sharing and technological means.

4. Continue development of the CCLA/LINCC system and web-based information resource environment.

5. Enhance the LINCC database of college library resources through holdings added, ongoing processing, and quality control efforts.

6. Enhance and expand the user experience of LINCCWeb through user-centered design and state of the art features and functionality.

Objectives:

1. Develop and improve CCLA consultation services to assist libraries in effective use of library-related technologies.

2. Develop and improve CCLA training and education programs to meet the needs of libraries and staff in a changing information environment.

3. Encourage and facilitate library leadership development.

4. Support the standardization and enhancement of statistical gathering methods to improve library management information.

5. Support outcomes assessment and management information analysis for the decision-making process of community college library services.

6. Maintain and improve the CCLA communications and publications program.

7. Implement the use of additional evaluative instruments to measure the effectiveness of technology, training, support and consultation.

Objectives:

1. Research and develop web-based technologies that meet the needs of the library users independent of time and location.

2. Evaluate, acquire, test, and prototype appropriate additional library technology and information products that enhance library staff productivity and services.

3. Investigate and implement suitable options supporting community college library digitization needs.

4. Investigate and implement technologies that improve LINCCWeb interoperability with local campus systems and provide visibility within the larger web environment.

5. Investigate and implement technologies that enhance user self-sufficiency.

6. Communicate information concerning new and emerging technologies.

Objectives:

1. Continue the Division of Community Colleges biennial assessment process reviewing the products, services and programs of CCLA.

2. Review and implement, as appropriate, the recommendations of the RECAP report.

3. Continue the leadership and advocacy role of CCLA in support of community college library and learning resource issues.

4. Market and promote the library as an integral part of the instructional process in the community college educational experience.

5. Maximize efforts to guarantee the continuance of funding for state-level support of CCLA activities.

6. Advocate for community college library and information needs being met within the Florida education governance structure.

7. Provide information and fiscal data to support local institutional needs.

8. Utilize standardized management and financial data to support assessment, advocacy, and accreditation issues.

9. Continue efforts seeking adequate funding to provide library resources to the community college students of Florida.

Objectives:

1. Facilitate the collaborative integration of web-based information resources across the delivery systems within the Florida education governance structure.

2. Explore ways to maximize the Ex Libris technologies.

3. Participate in the development of the Florida Electronic Library.

4. Partner with other agencies and organizations for collaborative development and enhancement of library and information resources and services.

5. Seek alternative funding opportunities to enhance services and resources.

6. Act as agent for cooperative purchasing and licensing initiatives.