Report of the CAHSL Strategic Planning Committee

The Strategic Planning committee (Lynn Sette, Ellen Brassil, Lori Bradshaw, Jessica Kilham) met on March 10, 2010 to begin our 2010-2015 strategic plan. We reviewed other organization's plans and discussed possible goals for CAHSL.

First, we made the decision to keep membership apprised of the status we would create a page on the CAHSL website to post the most recent version of the strategic plan.

We are also considering a survey of the membership to gather input.

The committee did discuss 3 goals:

Goal 1: Advocacy

Goal Statement: Advocates and promote the understanding of health sciences librarians' role and skills in the management of the knowledge-based information and elicit strong support within Connecticut's health care system for health sciences libraries and librarians.

Goal 2: Professional Growth and development (adopted from MLA Vital Pathways)

Goal Statement: Develop and strengthen the knowledge and skills of member librarians to meet the patient care, research, and educational needs of Connecticut's health care providers

Goal 3: Cooperation, Networking and Communication

Goal Statement: Strengthen cooperation and networking to its internal and external constituencies

We welcome any comments; please send to one of the committee members:

Lynn Sette – lynn.sette@yale.edu

Ellen Brassil

Lori Bradshaw – lori.bradshaw@stmh.org

Jessica Kilham – jkilham@uchc.edu