Target 1:  The State Library will provide high quality library and information services and products to all organizational units of state government.

GOAL 1: The State Library will provide reference and research products and services to all members of state government.

GOAL 2:  The State Library will develop a collection to support the mission of the various units of state government.

GOAL 3: The State Library will provide access to physical and electronic materials located locally or remotely for all members of state government.

GOAL 4:  The State Library will provide training that teaches state government employees to effectively utilize information resources.
    
GOAL 5: The State Library will provide quality meeting facilities to all members of state government and the library community at no cost.

GOAL 6: The State Library will promote its services and programs to state government including the Ohio General Assembly and Ohio’s Congressional delegation.

Target 2:  The State Library will serve as a resource to the library community by providing training, consultation and statewide projects which will enhance library service to Ohio residents.

GOAL 1: The State Library will maintain a strong LSTA program.

GOAL 2:  The State Library will provide quality library development and consultant services to individual libraries and staff.

GOAL 3: On a state and national basis, the State Library will collaborate with other library organizations on projects that result in improved access to information for Ohio’s residents.

GOAL 4: The State Library will provide quality resource sharing services through SEO and OLS:  MORE and continue to seek improvements and alternative solutions for including new and existing libraries.

GOAL 5: Through its SEO Automation Consortium, the State Library will provide high quality automation services to interested public libraries.

GOAL: 6:  The State Library will provide training and/or partner with other library organizations in the provision of training on key library programs and services.

GOAL 7: The State Library will market and promote its services and products to the Ohio library community.

GOAL 8:  The State Library will monitor State and Federal legislation that may affect the library community.

GOAL 9: The State Library will work with Kent State University to maintain the state-of-the-art SLIS facility at the State Library of Ohio.

Target 3:  The State Library will be a statewide resource in partnership with local libraries to provide library service to Ohio residents.   Our emphasis will be on “virtual” information to meet the anytime, anywhere needs of Ohio residents. 

GOAL 1: The State Library will shift its collection development orientation from physical acquisition to providing virtual access to resources.

GOAL 2: The State Library will support and promote resource sharing initiatives by serving on committees and providing project leadership.

GOAL 3:  The State Library will pursue digitization projects that will make State Documents accessible to a wider audience.

GOAL 4:  The State Library will promote the Digital Archive to state agencies as a means to preserve born-digital state documents making them available for generations to come.

GOAL 5: The State Library will partner with the Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled located at the Cleveland Public Library in providing talking book services to Ohio residents.

GOAL 6: The State Library will actively collaborate with the library community in planning, implementing, and promoting virtual resource sharing efforts in their broadest sense.

GOAL 7:  The State Library will provide leadership to the Ohio library community by hosting/providing information and access to innovative technologies.

Target 4:  The State Library will provide support to its internal customers in the areas of fiscal administration, employee relations, information technology, marketing, building services and delivery.

GOAL 1: The Fiscal Services Department will provide fiscal administration to the State Library and its employees in order to meet state, federal, and departmental requirements.

GOAL 2: The Transport & Facility Services Department will provide a safe, secure, accessible, and ADA compliant environment within the facility for State Library staff, state government employees, and patrons of the library.

GOAL 3: The Transport & Facility Services Department will provide shipping, receiving, and courier services to support and enable the State Library’s operations. Transport Services will provide management, planning, labor, and facility to support Statewide Resource Sharing.

GOAL 4: The Marketing & Communications Department will support the State Library of Ohio’s initiatives through the creation of an integrated marketing and communication program.

GOAL 5: The Information Systems & Technology Department will provide a high-speed computer and network infrastructure for the State Library staff and partners housed in the Columbus facility to support all technologies used in fulfilling their mission, departmental goals and objectives.

GOAL 6: The Fiscal Services Department will provide fiscal support services to primary (OPLIN) and secondary (Regional Library Systems, Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled, and the Ohioana Library) partners within the State Library budget and any new programs enacted through the budgetary process.

GOAL 7: The Employee Services Department will provide human resources and labor relations administration to the State Library and its employees in order to meet state, federal, and labor requirements.