LTS Annual Report 2023

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT 2022-2023 1
MESSAGE FROM THE VICE PROVOST 3
1 Fostering Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning 4
The CITL Symposium on Teaching and Learning 4
Spring 23 CITL Faculty Fellows 5
Supporting Student Projects 5
Teacher Development Program for Graduate Students 6
Support for Online and Distance Education 6
MAKING THE FUTURE: Plans for 2024-25 6
SPOTLIGHT ON COURSES 7
Library Instruction and Outreach 7
High Performance Computing 8
Digital Research and Scholarship 8
DIGITAL MEDIA STUDIO 2022-23 8
Instructional Technology and Design 9
Visualization Lab 9
Writing Across the Curriculum 9
BY THE NUMBERS 10
2 Advancing Research and Scholarship 11
Library Digital Repository 11
Library Special Collections 11
New Resources 12
Open Access pilot 12
Supporting Undergraduate Research 13
MAKING THE FUTURE: Plans for 2024-25 13
RESEARCH COMPUTING 14
Number of seminars/workshops taught last year, and the topics 14
WHO’S USING HPC 14
BY THE NUMBERS 15
3 Empowering the Lehigh Community with Technology and Expertise 16
Digital Media Studio 16
Libraries 17
TOP 10 LTS HELP DESK TOPICS 18
LUapps VIRTUAL SOFTWARE 18
MOST-ACCESSED LIBRARY ONLINE RESOURCES 20
MAKING THE FUTURE: Plans for 2024-25 20
4 Learning while Earning: LTS Student Employees 21
5 Events & Exhibitions 22
BANDALOOP 22
Lehigh Giving Day 22
LEHIGH GIVING DAY 23
Harvest of Ideas 23
Other events: 23
Special Collections Exhibitions 24
Other Special Collections events: 24
National Poetry Month 25
The Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries SPEAKER SERIES 25
Library 5x10 Events 26
OTHER LIBRARY EVENTS 26
6 Places & Spaces 28
LTS CIRCLE Grand Opening 28
Community & Inclusion Resource Center: A Library for Everyone 28
Student Developer Lab Grand Opening 29
7 Strengthening Community, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 30
LTS Diversity and Inclusion Events 30
2022-23 LTS DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE 31
8 Our Staff 32
Awards 32
Certifications 32
Leadership 33
SPOT BONUS AWARDS 33
Presentations 34
Publications 34
LTS STAFF AS OF AY23 34
Retirements 35
James Eshleman 35
Gregory Skutches 35
Sharon Wiles-Young 36
Margaret Petrovich 36
LIBRARY AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES STAFF 2022-2023 37
9 Strategic Planning 38
Mission 38
Library and Technology Services provides 38
Vision 38
We envision a Lehigh where 38
LTS Core Values 38
Our work is guided by these principles 38
LTS GOALS AND INITIATIVES 39
GOAL: Strengthen Support for Research and Scholarship 39
INITIATIVES 39
CONNECTIONS TO LEHIGH’S STRATEGIC PLAN: 39
GOAL: Spark and Sustain Innovations in Teaching and Learning 39
INITIATIVES 39
CONNECTIONS TO LEHIGH’S STRATEGIC PLAN: 39
GOAL: Systematically Improve Campus Technology, User Experience, and Cybersecurity 39
INITIATIVES 39
CONNECTIONS TO LEHIGH’S STRATEGIC PLAN: 39
GOAL: Create and Cultivate Connections–Across Campus, Across Communities, Across Higher Education 39
INITIATIVES 39
CONNECTIONS TO LEHIGH’S STRATEGIC PLAN: 39
10 LTS Leadership 40

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