A professor asks you, "Who is citing my articles? How many times have I been cited? What is my h-index score?" A student asks you, "How do I know if this article is important?" Another professor asks you, "Which journal should I publish in for my tenure?" A different student asks you, "What are the best journals in the field of Anthropology?"

We often hear strategic planning described as boring, exclusive, and sometimes even out of our control. Such sentiments keep the process and outcomes of planning at a distance from many library staff. But with so much change in libraries happening so quickly, we feel it is crucial that all library staff understand the drivers of change, help shape organizational decisions, and feel ownership of what is put into operation.This article describes a redesigned inclusive planning process put into place at the University Library System (ULS) of the University of Pittsburgh, a state-related university in Pennsylvania. While we write from the perspective of a large, research library with a staff of 200, we believe that our experience with the principles and practices of participatory planning can apply in many library sizes and contexts.Our new process is participatory, inclusive, and transparent; it engages the entire organization with planning results; it uses a lifecycle model with distinct stages over the planning year; and it features a mix of continuing and new participants. In the words of one participant, "there's a process that moves from highlighting lots of individual thoughts to discovering collective concerns." These collective concerns help to create strategic vision for new connections inside and outside the library. Core valuesAn inclusive planning process asks more Aaron L. Brenner, Robin Kear, and Eve Wider Reinvigorating strategic planningAn inclusive, collaborative process of people across an organization, and redesigning planning is a form of organizational change. Like many such changes, it can be met with suspicion, resistance, and disengagement. Asking an organization to go through a new set of actions without an understanding of the values and motivations is a recipe for miscommunication. For this reason, it is paramount to have an articulated set of values associated with an inclusive planning process.When we began a redesign of our planning process in 2011, we did not start with that articulated set of values. To be sure, the new process contained implicit values, but they were not communicated separately from the mechanisms of the process. Over the course of several iterations of the planning cycle, we began to voice a set of core values whenever we would communicate the planning process to participants and the larger organization. Identifying and communicating these core values has been important, giving a foundation to specific yearly planning activities and giving participants trust in the process and an understanding of the motivations that underlie specific planning activities.

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What are altmetrics? Stacy Konkiel from Altmetric LLP Altmetrics capture the way that interactions are taking online around a publication.Umbrella term for many types of metrics. Altmetrics applies to all types of scholarly outputs, not just articles and books. They are contextual, give demographic information, where something is being talked about, and also qualitative data. Measuring Research Impact of Library and Information Science Journals: Citation versesAltmetrics -Ifeanyi J Ezema, University of Nigeria  Traditional metrics tend to be skewed against non-Western publications. Google Scholar is the broadest option for Nigeria. Exploring values-based altmetrics to enhance library services -Stacy Konkiel fromAltmetric LLP  Stacy Konkiel and others received a Mellon grant to investigate metrics and the humanities. Metrics and goals are mismatched in this area, for example: the humanities cannot be compared to science using the impact factor. HuMetricsHSS frameworktowards humane metrics for the humanities and social sciences. Humanities values:

P ittsburgh is known as the only city with an entrance, due to the breathtaking views for travelers coming through the Fort Pitt Tunnel onto the top deck of the Fort Pitt Bridge overlooking the city. From this vantage point, the confluence of all three rivers and the glittering skyscrapers of downtown are visible, creating a dramatic reveal of the city during both day and night. This iconic moment has been immortalized by creatives who call Pittsburgh their hometown in such films as Anything's Possible, the directorial debut of Billy Porter, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on the coming-of-age novel by Stephen Chbosky. Make sure to have your own main character playlist cued up for your trip through the Fort Pitt tunnel if you are arriving by car from the south or west.ACRL 2023 attendees traveling downtown from the Pittsburgh airport will have the opportunity to experience this spectacular entrance first-hand. The airport is about 20 miles from downtown and the trip can take from 45 minutes to an hour, depending on the traffic. A variety of transportation options are available for travelers exiting the airport at baggage claim. Tickets on the 28X Bus (Airport Flyer) are $2.75 paid in cash at the farebox upon boarding the bus (exact change is required). Alternatively, a taxi or car service will cost approximately $40 depending on the day and time. Those conference-goers who are coming into Pittsburgh by train will disembark at Union Station, just steps away from many of the ACRL conference hotels.