Integrated Enabling Services (IES) is working diligently to make significant and strategic shifts in how services are considered and funded. There is a deliberate movement toward funding what is core and essential (risk-based decisions on what serves 50% or more of the Sandia population) and toward a combination of customer-funded or customer plus IES funding for services that are more specialized. These changes are initiated in FY08 and will continue to be evaluated and evolve in subsequent years. IES is making every attempt to be proactive, strategic, and attentive to mission needs while thoughtfully reducing or eliminating services where risk is low or the services have been customized. This creates dollars without increasing the IES tax on direct funds, so that new services that Sandia needs now or anticipates needing in the future can be designed, developed, and implemented.

You will see some significant changes in the Technical Library. Most of the Library's customer-facing services will be affected in some way. Many services will be broken while they are re-tooled, re-engineered, and redesigned for increased usability, integration of technology to allow enhanced self-service, and to transform the Library, with other corporate programs such as the Recorded Information Management program, into a virtual enterprise information management system.

As a result, many things will be inconvenient and frustrating in the short term and we do ask for your patience and understanding. You will be kept informed via the Library's web pages to guide you to what is "under construction" and what is still available.

Announcements of major changes will be made as they are scheduled and implemented. One change that will be planned and implemented relatively soon is a Library Board, composed of line presentation. This Board will provide input into the electronic content that the Library acquires. Look for announcements and invitations to participate in this Board later in the first quarter of FY08.

Any questions or concerns can be addressed to: Donald Guy, dwguy@sandia.gov, (505) 284-2859 or Anna Nusbaum, awnusba@sandia.gov, (505) 845-9440.

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