Criteria for Programs & Research Investment

The Programs and Research work agenda addresses sites of shared uncertainty and change for the communities we serve. This means that activities and investment should reflect key areas for shared attention and collaborative action. The following criteria serve as a way of identifying priorities and maximizing impact as we help libraries, archives, and museums design their future.

• Eliminates a redundant effort or process
• Affects systemwide behaviors
• Creates shared capacity
• Changes community economics
• Cuts across cultural sectors
• Transforms something (process, standard, etc.) into a routine
• Translates something (process, standard, etc.) into community terms
• Responds to a known and shared partner need
• Provides opportunities for partner engagement
• Total Programs and Research investment does not substantially exceed community benefit