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Developing Communication Plans To Support Technology Changes, Jody C. Fagan, Malia Willey

Libraries

Technology change is difficult for everyone, even under the best circumstances. A collaboratively-developed communication plan can ease stress and foster buy-in. Come participate in a workshop where we will show-and-tell best practices and examples of successful communication plans, then offer structured activities where you will develop your own plan, either for an actual project or a sample scenario we will offer. You’ll get immediate peer feedback on your ideas, and will have the opportunity to ask facilitators and other participants questions about specific challenges.

Achieving Efficiency In Large-Scale Digitization Project Management With Free It Tools, Marina Georgieva

Library Faculty Presentations

An Inspirational Talk about Task Management and Team Motivation:

Managing large-scale digitization projects in academic environment with a blend of full-time and part-time staff and handling daily collaboration with project partners, advisory board and outsourcing vendors can be very stressful. Luckily, nowadays, there are free browser-based apps that sync with mobile apps and bring structure into the project mess. In this session, the panelist will share her 3+ years’ experience in successfully managing large-scale digitization projects with very rigid deadlines, limited human resources, multiple production lines and dozens of milestones along the way. To a great extent, the high productivity …

Plan Like An Architect: Adapting Architectural Programming For The Digital Project, Elizabeth Andrejasich Gibes

Elizabeth Andrejasich Gibes

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Digital Collections Lecture, Shawn Martin

Shawn Martin

Meeting The Rising Tide Of Faculty Needs, Sarah Wipperman

Sarah Wipperman

Harnessing Your Projects: Using Project Management Techniques And Basecamp In Libraries, Barbara Lewis

Barbara Lewis

It seems that our libraries are in a constant state of change. We review the reference collection, move periodicals, renovate libraries, develop new website, and create tutorials. All of which represent change, all of which are projects, and all of which can be overwhelming if not managed properly. The main points of this webcast will be to help librarians understand 1) that they are project managers and 2) that there are simple techniques and tools that can help them be most effective at that aspect of their job.

The University of South Florida Tampa Library began using Basecamp, a leading …