Vision & Strategic Focus

VISION

GWLA strives to be an innovative, flexible, and risk-taking consortium.  We champion diversity, equity, and inclusion in all activities; advance student learning and success, transform the research and scholarly communications ecosystem through advocacy, collaboration, and making bold decisions together.

Areas of Strategic Focus & Cross-Cutting Themes

Areas of Strategic Focus

Student Success

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collections

Scholarly Communications

Cross-Cutting Themes

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Advocacy

Assessment

Workforce and Professional Development

Innovation and Experimentation

Framing and Infrastructure

 

Student Success

Develop and provide programs, services, spaces, and resources that promote student success.

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Sample Activities

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Develop and provide programs that support DEI advancement for our member institutions.

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Sample Activities

Collections

Using our collective expertise, GWLA will develop scalable, strategic, and sustainable models of collection development, preservation, stewardship, and access to information.

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Sample Activities

Scholarly Communications

We will invest in shared infrastructure and expertise to move the Scholarly Communications environment toward open.

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Sample Activities

[Adopted by the GWLA Membership, Fall 2019]