Library Strategic Plan 2017-22

Introduction:

Inaya Medical College is considered one of the pioneers’ private health care colleges that grants a bachelor degree in the science of health care specialties. The colleges apply all rules and regulations that relate to private colleges as well as Executive rules, technical and administrative procedures that were stated by the ministry of education in the Kingdom. All Scientific studies regarding manpower in the health care fields and according to the minutes of manpower council, it has been made clear that there is a disparate need in the Saudi labour market to rehabilitate a health care staff of various health care specialties and various qualifications. As Governmental health care colleges were crowded by applicants to join these health care specialties, many were compelled to travel outside the Kingdom in order to study these specialties, and some are even deprived from studying such specialties.

Therefore, Inaya Medical college Will pay, by God will, all the efforts to accept most of these applicants and to establish mutual partnerships with other medical colleges and to train the students in governmental and other private hospitals to graduate a highly qualified staff in all health care specialties, exchange expertise, share in steering the scientific research inside and outside the Kingdom, and to participate in educating health care programs in the society. In addition to that, the colleges will hold Strategic partnerships with the best American universities to exchange scientific and educational expertise and to train its students in these universities.

Academic plans have been prepared in the colleges to fulfill all the requisites of the health care education and to get benefit of the most recent developments of the health care curriculum that is implemented in most of health care colleges in developed countries through recent multi technical means, such as e learning.

Inaya Medical College’s 2022 Strategic Plan sets a motivated vision for the institution: “IMC aspires to be a leader in applied medical sciences, health care education and research”. In addition to a strategic interrelated goals support that vision, providing a framework for extent learning, teaching, research, and community engagement and partnership. Inaya Medical College library collections is gradually grown and improved in the past three years. The library currently provide its patrons with access to printed and electronic resource materials During the next five years the college will place emphasis on enhancing library, infrastructure, collections, and services.

Planning Process

Inaya Medical College Library Strategic Plan 2017-22, was developed based on IMC institutional Strategic Plan 2017-22, which emphasized in its strategic goal 3.1 “Strategic Goal 1.3 - Provide integrated academic resources for student support and engagement”. In April 2016, Library committee began the planning process. They did research on current professional literature, higher education institutions libraries websites to analyze recent libraries and information provision and services trends. The also reviewed IMC institution and Quality strategic plan 2017-22, library users’ surveys. They further did Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis and benchmarked with other libraries colleges. In addition to interviewed students, faculty, staff, and administrators to gain comprehensive view on issues of important pertaining to libraries and information services. The library committee met several times with the College dean, vice deans, head of departments, and library director to discuss priorities. The library strategic plan combines all analyses, assessment and interviews results from all sources to devise the next five years strategic IMC library.

MISSION

IMC library acquire, organize, manage and provide students, faculty, and staff with effective and equitable access to specialized collections, facilities, and services to respond to the user’s information literate and promote excellence in learning, teaching, and research.

VISION

IMC library aspires to become an advanced center for the dissemination of modern information and knowledge to achieve college educational and research objectives.

Values

IMC values support library services to deliver its stated mission the College library will:

• Integrity and transparency, valuing users.
• Respond instantly to user’s requests and needs.
• Endeavor for excellence, and professionalism.
• Collaborate and form partnerships with other national and international organizations.
• Committed to learning, explorations and equity of access.

SO 1: Strengthen its library system and infrastructure

SAI 1.1: Establish appropriate library systems compatible with campus-wide technology.
SAI 1.2: Design library website.
SAI 1.3: Establish library café.
SAI 1.4: Establish student study and research areas.
SAI 1.5: Develop College repository (CR) to preserve, organize, and disseminate resources.

SO 2: IMC library will boost the acquisition of information and learning resources, simplifying access to these materials for learning and research purposes.

SAI 2.1: Evaluate and improve current library collection, highlighting availability and accessibility of materials.
SAI 2.2: Identify information and learning resources needs of IMC’s community.
SAI 2.3: Improve user information and learning resources awareness.
SAI 2.4: Provide equal access for all users including users with disabilities.
SAI 2.5: Support the acquisition of state of the art digital equipment to increase users’ access.
SAI 2.6: Increase subscriptions and access to research databases and specialized information networking.

SO 3: Maintaining high-qualified librarian and information specialists with IT Skills.

SAI 3.1: Recruiting professional librarians and staff to achieve IMC mission.
SAI 3.2: Establish training programs to enhance employees' skills and abilities to meet job requirements
SAI 3.3: Establish rewarding system to recognized employees’ achievements.

SO 4: Establish and sustain the library’s partnerships.

SAI 4.1: Conduct regular meetings between library and IMC community to identify intersecting interests.
SAI 4.2: Establish and strengthen partnership between library and academic programs.
SAI 4.3: Cooperate with other academic libraries nationally and internationally in services such as interlibrary loan.

SO1: Strengthen its library system and infrastructure

Strategic Initiatives	Owner	Outcome Measure	Timeframe	Budget
S.A.I 1.1: Establish appropriate library systems compatible with campus-wide technology.	College Dean in consultation with library director and procurement department	Installing library system compatible with campus-wide technology	August, 2017	120,000 SAR
S.A.I 1.2: Design library website.	IT developers in consultation with Director of Library	Interactive library website	June, 2017	20,000 SAR
S.A.I 1.3:	College Dean in consultation with library director
S.A.I 1.4: Establish student study and research areas.	College Dean in consultation with library director and procurement department	Number of study and research areas being established	June, 2017	25,000 SAR
S.A.I 1.5: Develop College repository (CR) to preserve, organize, and disseminate IMC resources.	Library Director with consultation with IMC programs	Number resource materials preserve, organize, and disseminate	July, 2018	5,000 SAR

SO 2: IMC library will boost the acquisition of information and learning resources, simplifying access to these materialsfor learning and research purposes.

S.A.I 2.1: Evaluate and improve current library collection, highlighting availability and accessibility of materials.	IMC library Director	Increase student satisfaction with the Library’s services, facilities and staff.	February, 2017	2,000 SAR
S.A.I 2.2: Identify information and learning resources needs of IMC’s community.	IMC library Director	% of surveys distributed % of surveys collected	October, 2017	5,000 SAR
S.A.I 2.3: Improve user information and learning resources awareness.	IMC library Director	Number of awareness programs Number of workshops	December, 2017	15,000 SAR
S.A.I 2.4: Provide equal access for all users including users with disabilities.	IMC library Director	Increase student satisfaction with the Library’s services, facilities and staff.	April, 2017	None
S.A.I 2.5: Increase subscriptions and access to research databases and specialized information networking.	College Dean in consultation with library director and procurement department	Number of databases, networks, e journal, e book subscriptions	February,2017	150,000 SAR

SO 3. Maintaining high-qualified librarian and information specialists with IT Skills.

S.A.I 3.1: Recruiting professional librarians and staff to achieve IMC mission.	Library Director College Dean Human resource Department	Number of hired employees	December, 2017	300,000 SAR
S.A.I 3.2: Establish training programs to enhance employees' skills and abilities to meet job requirements.	Library Director College Dean Human resource Department Director of Strategic Planning and Quality Assurance	Number of Professional development programs Number of participants	December, 2022	50,000 SAR
S.A.I 3.3: Establish rewarding system to recognized employees’ achievements.		Recognize excellent Performance and celebrate successes.	December, 2022	50,000 SAR

SO 4: Establish and sustain the library’s partnerships.

S.A.I 4.1: Conduct regular meetings between library and IMC community to identify common interests.	Director of Library	Number of meetings Number of issuesidentified	November, 2017
SAI 4.2: Establish and strengthen partnership between library and academic programs.	Director of Library and heads of academic departments	Number of projects Number of meetings	June, 2019
S.A.I 4.3: Cooperate with other academic libraries nationally and internationally in services such as interlibrary loan.	Director of Library and Public Relation and Marketing	Number of memorandum Number of signed agreement	April, 2019	200,000 SAR