Presentations from the Living the Future 4 Conference |
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| Colleague Presentations |
| Brown University Library - "Process Mapping: The User-Centered Approach to Organizational Design" (Raynna Bowlby, Dan O'Mahoney, Pat Putney, Steven Lavallee) |
| Emory - "Facilitating Change: Team Start Up at Emory" (Frances Maloy, Linda Nodine, Catherine Schiel, and Alice Hickcox) |
| Gelman Library - The Gelman Library System, George Washington University Library. I: "Groups in Action: Walking the Talk at Gelman Library System" (Alicia Miller and Andrea W. Stewart). II: "Team Management, A Long Winding Road" (G. David Anderson and La Nina Clayton) Additional background information on Gelman Library's Learning Organization initiatives can be found at: http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/guides/ltf4/ |
| IUPUI - "Crossing the Cultural Divide: Teams and the IUPUI University Library" (David W. Lewis) |
| North Suburban Library System - "Explorers on the Trail: Post Breakthrough Change: Aligning Systems, Policies and Programs" (Presented by Jan Hayes and Maureen Sullivan) |
| Tri-College Consortium (Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges) - "A Consortium's Model for Staff Commitment" (John Anderies and Jean Lacovara). Additional learning materials: the Learning Development Survey, the Individual Learning & Development Plan, and the Planning Worksheet. |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Lied Library - "Drawing Board Dreams, Staffing Realities" (Jennifer Church, Victoria Nozero, and Wendy Starkweather)
Presentation I: Reorganizing to Fit the 21st Century Library Presentation II: Research and Information II Presentation III: Information Commons |
| University of Virginia Library - "Assessment and Flexibility: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard, Reassigning Staff" (Gail Oltmanns and Jim Self) |
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| University of Arizona Library Presentations |
| The Information Commons |
| A great deal of time and energy went into planning, then opening, the new Information Commons. These presentations addressed planning, training and staffing issues.
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| InfoCommons Training: Designing Training Modules: The Process (Ruth Dickstein) |
| InfoCommons Training: Staffing, Training and Testing for the Information Commons - What Really Happened: The Joys, The Pains, The Reality! (Lori Critz and Vicki Mills) |
| Technology in the Information Commons (Kris Maloney) |
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| Teams' Strategic Frameworks |
| In this part of the program, the Library's nine standing functional teams reported on the performance measures they use for their work, and how work is structured |
| Digital Library Initiatives Group (Cathy Larson and Adam Engelsgjerd) |
| Financial and Administrative Support Team (Deborah Quintana) |
| Fine Arts / Humanities Team (Michael Brewer and Miguel Juarez) |
| Library Information Systems Team (Sharon Knowlton) |
| Materials Access Team (Claire Tapia and Travis Teetor) |
| Science-Engineering Team (Lori Critz) |
| Social Sciences Team (Mary Feeney and Olivia Olivares) |
| Special Collections (Presented by John Murphy) |
| Technical Services Team Report (Liz Bezanson and Mard Johnson) |
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| Teams' Reorganizational Changes |
| Teams that have undergone significant reorganization address why they reorganized, how and the results. |
| Access Services: Restructuring for Efficiency (Jeanne F. Voyles, Norma J. Perez) |
| Customer Oriented Library Alignment (COLA) (Robert Mitchell and Paula Wolfe) |
| FASTCats Restructuring (Susan Kaplan) |
| Technical Services Restructuring (Bobbie Atchison and Liz Bezanson) |
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| Project Teams and Ongoing Cross-Functional Work Groups |
| The Library has a number of ongoing cross-functional teams, strategic project teams, and other initiatives. These presentations represent work accomplished in the past year. |
| Information Literacy Team: Librarians As Partners: Helping Faculty and Departments Develop and Assess Information Literacy Skills (By the Information Literacy Team: Marianne Stowell Bracke, Louise Greenfield, Sheril Hook (team leader), Victoria Mills, and Patricia Morris; with Elena Berman) |
| Information Resources Council (Lori Critz and Laurie Eagleson) |
| Needs Assessment and Data Management Team (Cathy Larson and Adam Engelsgjerd) |
| New Compensation Strategies: Career Progression/Merit at the UA (Michael Ray) |
| Peer Information Counseling (PIC) Program -- Challenges and Opportunities (Elaina Norlin) |
| Performance Effectiveness Management System (Joe Brewer, Mary Feeney, Shelley Phipps, and Rae Swedenburg) |
| Reference Availability Project (Patricia Ballesteros (MAT), Jan Davis (Spec Coll); Spencer Hunter (MAT); Miguel Juarez (FAH); Patricia Promis, Co-TL (FAH); Polly Trump, Co-TL (FAH) |
| Scholarly Communication Project Team (Jeanne Pfander and Atifa Rawan) |
| Strategic Long Range Planning Team (Travis Teetor) |
| Technical Planning Project Team (Maliaca Oxnam and Joe Brewer) |
| Virtual Reference Project Team (Presented by Marianne Stowell Bracke, Olivia Olivares, and Verónica Reyes) |
| Wadda Ya Know ... About Teams? (Lunchtime presentation by Shelley Phipps, with assistance from Barbara Williams and Cathy Larson) |
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