Reviews, reviews, reviews. And goals.

This is peer review time in our unit so I've been reading annual reports and submitting reviews. Plus of course there are tenure reviews and post-tenure reviews for the PE&T committee. Those are high stakes.

It is nice to read about the good work that folks have been doing.

And timely since I need to set my own goals for the upcoming year.  I know about some of the projects coming my way. That helps. In general I try to structure my goals around the general expectations for my job -

1. General/interdisciplinary reference and information service
2. Liaison (subject) librarian and collection development - 6 schools, depts, and programs plus interdisciplinary
3. Library instruction - mostly in my liaison areas but starting this year I'll be one of the folks officially taking a turn helping out with freshman/first year instruction, yay!
4. Scholarly, research, creative activities
5. Service
6. Professional development and continuing education

I aim for S.M.A.R.T. goals from as many of these categories as possible.