Serving as a center of intellectual and cultural life.

The libraries will engage with schools and colleges, academic departments, interest groups, individuals, and community organizations to stimulate conversation, support the exchange of ideas, to provide a lively agenda of events, serving as a center of intellectual, cultural and civic life for Temple University and its neighboring urban community.

FY 17-18 Goals Related to This Strategic Action

Blockson

Continue to develop engaging exhibits, public programs and oral history interviews

External Relations and Advancement

Collaborate with SCRC and the Blockson Collection to acquire new in-kind gifts.

Complete Philadelphia Jewish Archives Collection Endowment Campaign of $1.8 million, and prepare for its future, to be reached by the end of the calendar year 2019.

Outreach & Communication

We seek to develop a wide range of programs that will help position the libraries as a cross-disciplinary learning and cultural center, with a specific goal of increasing attendance by 5%.

We will use Eventbrite registration with a reminder feature to estimate attendance numbers in advance, and a headcount at programs to gather actual attendance rates.

Press

Publish 45 to 50 scholarly and trade books that support and expand research and scholarship, are used in courses, or are of interest to the general public. Of these, publish at least three titles in partnership with local organizations (e.g., Mural Arts, Jazz Bridge, Winterthur) or on subjects related to the region (e.g., the Eagles), strengthening Press (and by extension, university) relationships within and support of the region.

Special Collections Research Center

Mount fall exhibits supporting Beyond the Page programming and highlighting student work.