College's Goal met with this Plan

To maintain a flexible educational structure to accommodate the special economic, cultural, and developmental needs of the area.

To offer a community service program that helps to meet the recreational, cultural, educational and social needs of the area.

Priority initiative

Allow community organizations to have access to & the use of campus facilities & equipment.

Work with each campus to assess specific needs in the communities served and develop strategies to encourage faculty and student involvement in community services.

Actions/ implementation procedures necessary, with anticipated start and completion dates

Maintain library equipment in good, working order; Determine equipment needed to accommodate community patrons; Set up a fee schedule for ITV classrooms for community use

Establish a link between campus libraries and local public libraries; College librarians will attend public library board meetings annually to report on campus' library program and to determine ways for local / regional cooperation; Work with regional librarian to ensure that professional development needs of public librarians are being met by College.

Resources required to carry out this plan

Funds to acquire necessary equipment & maintenance; Discard and/or replace outdated, old, or irreparable equipment

None

Criteria and anticipated outcomes used to measure success

Establish user fee schedule for use of ITV classrooms & equipment; Identify personnel needed to accomplish this strategy

Records show that college librarians attend two public library meetings per year

Other divisions/ programs that will be directly affected and plans for coordination

All SECC campuses & facilities

Academic affairs and college administration

College's Goal met with this Plan

To provide adequate academic and support services so that students have realistic opportunities for successful attainment of their educational goals.

To provide for the development and implementation of alternative approaches to learning through the use of a flexible educational delivery system.

Priority initiative

Provide a full range and schedule of services to improve the retention and well-being of students.

Link library services on- and off-campus through computer networking.

Actions/ implementation procedures necessary, with anticipated start and completion dates

Design and administer a questionnaire to determine students' level of satisfaction with services provided by the libraries (November 1998); Provide access to Harlan Co. Employment Service's Hotline in the Cumberland Library

Provide access for faculty and staff to library holdings through personal computers in their offices; Allow for faculty to transact all library functions via the computer

Resources required to carry out this plan

Personnel costs associated with design and implementation of survey instrument; Cost of materials; Cost of Computer and Printer (Approximately $3,200 - to be purchased by Employment Services)

$25,000 in Cumberland, included as a part of construction-cost of new academic/technical building in Whitesburg; Wiring is installed in Middlesboro; Connecting all offices to the library network

Criteria and anticipated outcomes used to measure success

Survey is designed and administered; results are tabulated and used in evaluating the libraries programs; Computer/Printer combination is installed and used by students

Lines are installed; Programs developed and utilized by faculty-staff

Other divisions/ programs that will be directly affected and plans for coordination

Student affairs

All units

College's Goal met with this Plan

To prepare the College to be more responsive to needs & opportunities by maintaining a program for faculty and staff growth and development

Priority initiative

Plan an on-going program for the Institutional Excellence Center & provide adequate funding to support approved activities.

Actions/ implementation procedures necessary, with anticipated start and completion dates

Call together IEC in Fall 1998 to begin programming in Spring (Jan) 1999; Completion of yearly planned activities & programs to endd with Spring semester of each school year

Resources required to carry out this plan

Commitment of committee members to plan activities on a yearly basis (Sept-May)

Criteria and anticipated outcomes used to measure success

Set up yearly activity/program plan; Create plans/activities; Do follow-up evaluations for each activity/program; Use evaluations to help plan future activities/programs

Other divisions/ programs that will be directly affected and plans for coordination

College-wide