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Keeping Track Of Objects And Metadata At Unlv: From Material Selection Through Metadata Quality Control, Silvia B. Southwick, Jane Skoric

Library Faculty Presentations

Often times a large amount of time is spent in organizing materials and tracking workflow in digital collection projects. Time is a precious resource in most projects since they are constrained by a rigid schedule. This problem is exacerbated in collaborative environments where different people collaborate in various stages of the project. Silvia Southwick and Jane Skoric with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will present effective and efficient simple tools to manage digital objects and metadata throughout the life cycle of a digital collection project. Using actual work processes, we will describe and demonstrate the tracking of physical and …

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 …

Staffing The Repository: How To Build Your Team And Use It Effectively, Brad Matthies

Presentations

Brad Matthies, Access Services Librarian and Project Manager for Digital Commons at Butler University, discusses the development of DigitalCommons@Butler, offering valuable suggestions for managing a repository with limited staff and resources.

Among the topics covered in the webinar: using the staff you have available to best advantage; developing successful, scalable workflows; and maintaining momentum over time.

Over the last two and a half years, and with no more than half an FTE dedicated at any one time, Brad and his team have brought Digital Commons@Butler from several hundred objects to over 2,000 objects. Just in the past year, it has …