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Project Overview

Project Overview

Owned by Adam Murray, created
Last updated: Aug 03, 2022
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A bird’s-eye view of the many projects Marmot has in queue.

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2020-25 Operational Plan Projects

 

Active

Pending

Completed

 

Active

Pending

Completed

Goal 1: Building Community

 

 

 

1.1: Training Curriculum

  • Scaffolding learning outcomes

  • Fill in training content gaps

  • Catalog of expertise

  • Niche Academy training content

  • Marmot Knowledge Base

  • Learning outcomes mapped to library roles

1.2: Regional Meetings

  • MUG 2022

  • Monthly communication newsletter

  • Council 2023

  • MUG 2023

  • Director Water-coolers

  • Marmot-wide CAL institutional memberships

  • MUG 2020

  • Council 2020

  • MUG 2021

  • Council 2021

  • Council 2022

  • Regan Byrd Anti-oppression & Allyship training series

1.3: Setting & Using Growth Parameters

  • Voting memberships

    • Boulder

    • Broomfield

    • Lafayette

    • Longmont

    • Louisville

    • Loveland

  • Prospective members discussions

  • “Fit” data analysis

  • Prospective member data analysis

  • Aims Community College

  • Delta County Public Library

  • Northern Waters Library Service

Goal 2: Enhancing or Expanding Service Programs

 

 

 

2.1: Cross-Training

  • Skill share Fridays

  • Continuity documentation

 

  • Mac support

  • Continuity planning

2.2: Feasibility Studies

  • Digital Archive Strategic Planning

  • Extended hours access technology

  • Consumer electronics show

2.3: Comprehensive IT Support

  • Marmot-wide E-Rate Consultant

  • IT Services workflows

  • Library device installations 2022

  • Gunnison new library

  • Library device installations 2023

  • Delta new library

  • New IT Services fee model

  • Member broadband E-Rate assistance

  • New IT Services technician

2.4: Discovery Development Priorities

  • Pika 1.0 functionality

    • Pika Q3 release

  • Pika dockerization

  • Pika Ubuntu experimental server

  • Pika Re-indexing methodology

  • VuFind for Marmot Academic Libraries

  • Pika copyright update

  • Islandora 2.0 (Digital Archive) upgrade planning

  • Islandora 2.0 upgrade implementation

  • New Digital Archive fee model

  • Pika Governance

  • Member-identified development priorities

  • Solr update

  • Aspen Discovery testing

2.5: Shared Collections & Vendor Relations

 

  • Academic eContent Commitee

  • Vendor Demo Day planning

  • Overdrive Magazines

  • NY Times

  • Wall Street Journal

  • Flipster

  • Girls Who Code

2.6: Marmot ILS

  • Prospector/ReShare exploration

  • Project ReShare development community

  • Project ReShare governance

  • Sierra 5.5 upgrade

  • New ILS/Pika fee model

  • FOLIO Gap Analysis

  • Public Library FOLIO SIG

  • Project ReShare membership

2.7: Event/Calendar Management System

 

  • Platform exploration project

  • Platform implementation project

 

2.8: Hosting Services Expansion

  • Pitkin/Aspen Music Festival hosting

  • CMU ArchiveSpace hosting

  • Hosting Services fee model

 

2.9: Data, Research, and Assessment Program

 

  • Stats working/support group

 

2.10: Tech Debt

  • Scaling & high availability program

  • EKS configuration

  • Marmot’s website

  • EZProxy upgrade

  • Endpoint Manager system imaging

  • CentOS 6 upgrade

  • Azure Active Directory implementation

  • InTune co-management

  • Autopilot Windows device management

  • Cloud backup solution

Goal 3: Improving Administrative Infrastructure

 

 

 

3.1: Policies & Governance Documents

  • Employee Handbook

  • Financial policy update

  • Investment policy update

  • Board Orientation Manual

  • Financial policy

  • Investment policy

  • Record retention & destruction

  • Whistleblower policy

  • Community Partnership policy

  • Continuing Education Incentive policy

  • Pay raises policy

  • Internal controls updated

3.2: Marmot Staff Retention

  • Linking annual goals with 5-year Operational Plan

  • 2023 Benefits Guide

  • New health insurance

  • Vision insurance

  • Expanded EAP

  • Identity-theft coverage

  • Health Reimbursement Account

  • Professional development budget

3.3: Capital Planning

  • Rebuilding reserves

  • Long-range financial planning

  • Office/server room space planning

  • 6-year capital replacement list

 

3.4: Emergency Planning

 

 

  • Pandemic management

3.5: Privacy, Security, and Accessibility Standards

  • Sierra patron passwords

  • Pika WCAG 2.1 accessibility review

  • MFA for all remote/privileged access

  • KnowBe4 security awareness training

  • Pika WCAG 2.1 accessibility updates

  • Governance, risk, and compliance review

  • JIT/JEA Linux (zero trust)

  • Email two-factor authentication

3.6: Organizational Innovation

  • Jira Help Desk implementation

  • Project management culture

  • Centralized project management

  • Bank migration

  • Accounting, payroll, bookkeeping, and budgeting practices streamlined

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