Strategic Academic Partnership Leveraging its Rutgers affiliation and small team size, the library can pursue joint digitization and resource-sharing initiatives with Rutgers units and regional academic libraries, expanding access and building a scalable model for sponsorships and grants.
Analytics and Marketing The tech stack indicates readiness for data-driven services. Offer data analytics, usage dashboards, and discovery optimization using Alteryx, Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce, JSON-LD and Firebase to boost patron engagement and measure program impact.
Managed IT and Cloud With a lean staff, there is opportunity to provide managed IT and cloud services including secure remote access via Citrix, hosting, and system integrations to improve uptime for digital catalogs and interlibrary loan workflows.
Procurement and Logistics Existing vendor relationships with Harrassowitz, cdnjs and FedEx position the library to optimize procurement and logistics for physical and digital resources; propose procurement-as-a-service and consortial negotiation to reduce costs.
Funding and Growth A low revenue profile presents growth potential through grants, donations and modernization projects; offer turnkey digital library modernization packages, digitization grants support, and library consortia membership to broaden funding sources.