{"id":80,"date":"2025-10-16T19:21:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:59:44","slug":"office-of-collections-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/about\/administration-organization\/office-of-collections-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Collections &amp; Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Home to more than 15 million volumes and millions of additional resources in every format, language, and discipline, the University Library&#8217;s collections are among its greatest strengths. The Office of Collections &amp; Planning provides leadership for the development, stewardship, and accessibility of these resources, guiding efforts that range from acquisitions and cataloging to digitization, preservation, discovery, and assessment. By balancing the needs of today&#8217;s researchers with thoughtful planning for the future, the office helps ensure that the Library&#8217;s collections remain a vital foundation for scholarship and innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Teper_4938i-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Teper\" class=\"wp-image-204\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Teper_4938i-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Teper_4938i-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Teper_4938i.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Tom Teper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Associate University Librarian for Collections and Technical Services<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home to more than 15 million volumes and millions of additional resources in every format, language, and discipline, the University Library&#8217;s collections are among its greatest strengths. The Office of Collections &amp; Planning provides leadership for the development, stewardship, and accessibility of these resources, guiding efforts that range from acquisitions and cataloging to digitization, preservation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":75,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036,"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/1036"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}