| Abstract: | This article presents the rationale of a large, urban, culturally diverse, comprehensive university for adopting a formal strategic planning and management methodology. The external forces and the internal initiatives that contributed to the decision to do formal planning are listed. The planning model is described and the current status of the planning and management process is portrayed. The way in which the library fits into the campuswide process is depicted and planning and management challenges that await a new Librarian are presented. The paper concludes with observations regarding the need for a regional assessment of the potential for an electronic library consortium and the need for a National Research and Education Network. |
