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The System Wide User Services Initiatives Coordinating Committee will oversee user services initiatives across the UW System that fulfill the UW System Libraries strategic directions related to reference services, information literacy, and distance learning.  This committee will coordinate initiatives such as promoting the effective use of online resources both on and off-campus; developing orientation and training materials related to common library systems such as Voyager, ILLiad, SFX/MetaLib, and BadgerCat; promoting cooperative programs to serve distance education students; promoting the use of library resources and services through campus-wide systems such as D2L; and sharing best practices throughout System libraries.

The User Services Initiatives Coordinating Committee is charged to investigate and develop effective and innovative programs that promote the use of library resources and services, both on- and off-campus, across the UW System.   Specifically, to:

• Develop initiatives that promote the effective use of shared electronic resources across the System
  
  
• Develop cooperative programs and common approaches to serving the library needs of distance education students
  
  
• Develop and/or share orientation and training materials related to common library systems such as Voyager, ILLiad, SFX/MetaLib, and BadgerCat
  Investigate and recommend innovative, technology based approaches to providing reference services to students and faculty in a distributed learning environment
  
  
• Promote the system-wide adoption of the WAAL Information Literacy Competencies and Criteria for Academic Librarians in Wisconsin and the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
  
  
• Cooperate and collaborate in the development of teaching tools, such as online tutorials, that promote the effective use of libraries and library resources
  
  
• Promote programs that help the UW libraries become more accessible to UW alumni, Wisconsin citizens, other educational institutions, businesses, and government agencies
  
  
• Coordinate activities with other CUWL coordinating committees when their projects involve the development of systems or programs that promote the use of library resources and services
  
  
• Report periodically to CUWL and on the CUWL website the proceedings of its meetings and reports on its efforts