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What Collaboration Means To Us: Access Is Lost - What Now?, Michael Ladisch, Beth Callahan
What Collaboration Means To Us: Access Is Lost - What Now?, Michael Ladisch, Beth Callahan
Collaborative Librarianship
In this column we describe the actions taken by the University of California, Davis Library to support and to communicate with the campus research community after the suspension of access to Elsevier's ScienceDirect platform.
Review Of Project Management In Libraries, Lydia Tang
Review Of Project Management In Libraries, Lydia Tang
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
The term “project management” brings to mind images of executive boardrooms or software teams, but projects on a large and small scale happen every day within a library. While many library science programs equip students with technical expertise, not many programs specifically offer project management training. Drawing upon over twenty years of working in public, special, and academic libraries as well as her formal training as a certified project management professional, Carly Wiggins Searcy provides a lean but approachable guide to project management applied to libraries. Using recognizable library-related scenarios, Searcy demystifies and clarifies the relevance of project management techniques …
Best Practices For The Collection Of Feedback From Campus Constituents Utilizing Campus And Community Partners, Maggie Mason Smith, Jessica L. Serrao, C. Lili Klar, Deanna Mcentire, Anne Grant, Gabriel Israel
Best Practices For The Collection Of Feedback From Campus Constituents Utilizing Campus And Community Partners, Maggie Mason Smith, Jessica L. Serrao, C. Lili Klar, Deanna Mcentire, Anne Grant, Gabriel Israel
Collaborative Librarianship
The Clemson Libraries Campus Feedback Task Force was created to collect feedback from a broad sample of campus constituents. This article outlines the Task Force’s approach and how the group effectively succeeded at the given charge. Seven Libraries employees, each with diverse expertise and a collaborative and supportive mentality, worked together to break down tasks and assign responsibilities based on members’ strengths, identifying and relying on outside partners as needed. This article will discuss the importance of collaboration within a library Task Force on a project that required skills in online and face-to-face campus interactions by examining the composition of …