2. Administrative<\/a><\/p>\n 3. Content, Programming and Services<\/a><\/p>\n 4. Serving Users<\/a><\/p>\n 5. Outreach Activities<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n During this reporting period (January 2020-June 2021), the ACDC began a shift from calendar <\/span>year reporting to fiscal year reporting and over the past eighteen months brought major changes <\/span>in staffing, operations, and outreach activities. In addition, the ACDC experienced adjustment <\/span>due to the COVID-19 pandemic which impacted staff work and development over the course of this time. Even so, staff members continued to provide excellent service and commitment to ACDC <\/span>users and the wider community.<\/span> The Center continued work on existing projects and evaluated <\/span>improved opportunities for collaboration and outreach. <\/p>\n <\/span>Assistant Professor Janis Shearer served as head of ACDC during this administrative period, as <\/span>part of her faculty services within Funk ACES Library. <\/span><\/span>Graduate students Courtney Smith and Emily Benton, alongside student assistant Kimberly <\/span>Villanueva, graduated from the University in May 2020, and their appointments ended that <\/span>summer. The student assistant role was vacant during the 2020-2021 academic year. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Eunchae Hong, graduate student in the Information Science Program, joined the staff in July 2020 <\/span>on a quarter-time basis. She completed her master\u2019s degree in May 2021 and continued with <\/span>ACDC during following months on a volunteer basis, working on the continued processing of the <\/span>Robert and Susanne Morris collection.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Kevin Wiggins, graduate student in the Information Science Program, joined the staff during <\/span>August 2020 on a quarter-time basis. This appointment was in association with his graduate <\/span>studies, and it continued through May 2021. In June 2021, he began a half-time appointment. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Volunteer associates continued to play an active role in the ongoing success of the Center. They <\/span>identified relevant literature from throughout the world, assisted in project development, offered counsel, and provided contacts. Associates during this period included Jim Evans, emeritus professor of agricultural communications, University of Illinois; Liz Harfull, associate for the Asia\/Pacific Region, based in South Australia; and Paul Hixson, emeritus chief information officer, University of Illinois. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n During April 2020, staff members began to work off-site due to the COVID-19 pandemic and <\/span>Funk ACES Library was closed, along with other libraries on campus. ACDC services continued, <\/span>mainly via virtual platforms. Also, the staff prepared and distributed the 2019 ACDC Progress <\/span>Report; revised the ACDC Libguide; developed and initiated use of a new ACDC Certificate of Appreciation; and updated the ACDC Manual and Website. Graduate Assistant Hong began to <\/span>process the recently contributed Robert and Susanne Morris Collection. It involves the 30-plus-<\/span>year history and teaching resources of the Management Training and Development Institute, <\/span>based in Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Staff members updated the curated services section of the ACDC website, adding and replacing <\/span>six links, as well as deleting five outdated links. The Information Technology manager for <\/span>infrastructure in the University of Illinois Library reported that the Bibleaves system used by ACDC <\/span>is running on an outdated version of software and will need a major ground-up rewrite soon. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Online metrics limitations persisted during this period. The ACDC staff continued to document need <\/span>and to request IT improvements that will provide detailed metrics involving information needs and <\/span>requests, searching patterns, and other online activities of those who visit the ACDC collection and <\/span>website.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The ACDC collection consisted of 47,480 documents at the end of June 2021. About 960 <\/span>documents were added to the BibLeaves database during the period. This includes documents <\/span>housed in the ACDC\u2019s collection, as well as citations of materials held at other libraries on campus. <\/span>This continued the upward trend but fell short of the goal of 100 documents added per month. <\/span>The shortfall was due primarily to time invested in special projects, emphasis on processing new <\/span>contributed collections, and the restrictions placed on staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n *Represents the 18-month period between Jan. 2020 \u2013 June 2021<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a> Graduate assistant Hong devoted most of her effort during the period to processing the extensive <\/span>Morris Collection \u2013 reviewing and selecting materials, rehousing items in acid-free folders and <\/span>boxes, and planning the finding aid to be developed. <\/span><\/span> Staff members reviewed and considered offers from several retired or retiring professional <\/span>communicators and leaders, agricultural media organizations, and others who reported having <\/span>resource materials they would consider contributing to ACDC. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Associate Evans began to review an extensive historical collection involving project files that <\/span>feature dozens of international initiatives of the Office of Agricultural Communications, University <\/span>of Illinois College of Agriculture. They span a period from the late 1940s to mid-1990s. Citations <\/span>for selected materials were prepared in Bibleaves. <\/span><\/span>Links to several communicator organization were added to the \u201cGateway to Useful Links\u201d section <\/span>of the ACDC website.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/a>STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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\n<\/a>Administrative<\/h3>\n
Staffing and Operations <\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n
\n<\/a>\u00a0System Development<\/h3>\n
\nContent, Programming, And Service<\/h3>\n
Document Collection <\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n
<\/span>Growth of the ACDC Collections: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n
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\nTop Document Formats<\/h4>\n
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Contributed Collections<\/h4>\n
\nStaff members continued to identify appropriate documents for the ACDC collection, using mainly <\/span>online search protocols, and preparing citations for deposit and publication in the Bibleaves <\/span>system. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\nOpportunities for Collaboration<\/h4>\n