Finding: Priority setting within the Information Technology Services Directorate is largely free from review by senior management.

Finding: The current level of attention to technical vision and strategy within the Library is not adequate, and the flow of information and ideas from the library community and the information technology sector at large into the Library needs to be enhanced.

Recommendation: The Library should establish an information technology vision, strategy, research, and planning (ITVSRP) group.

Recommendation: The Library should establish an external technical advisory board (TAB).

Recommendation: The Library should not appoint a chief information officer at this time.

Recommendation: The Library should create a limited number of visiting research positions in areas such as digital libraries and digital archiving and preservation.

Finding: The future of libraries and the future of information technology are inseparable.

Finding: The Planning, Management, and Evaluation Directorate might assist usefully with the process of strategic planning, but there remains a need for improved substantive input into the strategic planning process.

Finding: Before taking up their present appointments, the three senior-most members of Library-wide administration (the librarian, deputy librarian, and chief of staff) did not have particular expertise or experience in library administration or information technology.

Recommendation: The committee recommends appointment of a new deputy librarian (Strategic Initiatives) to supplement the strengths and capabilities of the three members of the Library-wide administration now in place.