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Incubating Innovation: How Hospitality Librarians Support Entrepreneurship, Lateka J. Grays, Robert Rippee
Incubating Innovation: How Hospitality Librarians Support Entrepreneurship, Lateka J. Grays, Robert Rippee
Library Faculty Presentations
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Leadership In Action: Leading, Learning, And Reflecting On A Career In Academic Libraries, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Leadership In Action: Leading, Learning, And Reflecting On A Career In Academic Libraries, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Library Faculty Presentations
The library literature is rife with books and articles about leadership, much of it derived or applied from the research external to the library profession. Our professional literature is also rich with surveys about the qualities of leadership. This opening session provides a counterpoint to the theoretical, academic approach to the study of leadership in libraries. Based upon more than 30 years of experience, including positions ranging from library assistant to dean, Patricia Iannuzzi provides a practical approach to leadership roles for academic librarians on campus, in our profession, and within the higher education arena. In this personal reflection, Iannuzzi …
Using Lean To Teach The Technical Services Value Stream: An Online Continuing Education Course, Tamera Hanken
Using Lean To Teach The Technical Services Value Stream: An Online Continuing Education Course, Tamera Hanken
Library Faculty Presentations
Lean Principles:
• Identify steps in the process that add customer defined value
• Identify waste in transportation, wait, overproduction, defect, inventory, motion, or extra processing
• Eliminate the steps in the process that don’t add value or are unnecessary
• Make sure the steps flow in an efficient sequence
• Establish pull, i.e., make sure the steps in the sequence don’t create bottlenecks
• Continue to improve the process
Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part Two, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken
Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part Two, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken
Library Faculty Presentations
Part Four: Quick Tour of the Current Marketplace:
- "The Big 5"
- Similarities and differences
Part Five: It's Not All Sliced Bread:
- Shortcomings of web scale discovery
Part Six: Implementation (pre launch steps):
- Selecting and preparing implementation staff
- Preparing and communicating process/decisions with all staff
- Working with the vendor (roles, expectations, timeline)
- Workflow changes and implications (technical services)
Part Seven: Specific implementation tasks, issues, and considerations:
- Record loading and mapping (catalog content)
- Harvesting and mapping digital/local content
- Working with central index data (internal & external content)
- Web integration and customization
- Assessment and continuous improvement
Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part One, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken
Evaluating And Implementing Web Scale Discovery Services: Part One, Jason Vaughan, Tamera Hanken
Library Faculty Presentations
Preface: Before Web Scale Discovery
- A very brief overview
Part 1: What is Web Scale Discovery
- Content
- Technology
Part 2: Why is Web Scale Discovery important?
- What’s the need?
- How is it different from earlier attempts at broad discovery?
Part 3: A Framework for Evaluating Web Scale Discovery Services
- What we did at UNLV
- Other options