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Category Archives: management
From Need to Want: How to Maximize Social Impact for Libraries, Archives, and Museums
At the NDP at Three event organized by IMLS yesterday, Sayeed Choudhury on the “Open Scholarly Communications†panel suggested that libraries think about return on impact in addition to return on investment (ROI). He further elaborated on this point by … Continue reading
Posted in Librarianship, Library, management, Usability, user experience
Tagged archives, change, d4d, design thinking, digital collection, goal, impact, innovation, libraries, museums, ndpthree, social entrepreneurship, ux
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How to Price 3D Printing Service Fees
** This post was originally published in ACRL TechConnect on May. 22, 2017.*** Many libraries today provide 3D printing service. But not all of them can afford to do so for free. While free 3D printing may be ideal, it … Continue reading
Posted in Library, management, Technology, user experience
Tagged 3d printer, 3d printing, budget, charge, cost, funding, makerspace, service fees, sustainability, user experience, ux
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Post-Election Statements and Messages that Reaffirm Diversity
These are statements and messages sent out publicly or internally to re-affirm diversity, equity, and inclusion by libraries or higher ed institutions. I have collected these – some myself and many others through my fellow librarians. Some of them were … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity, Librarianship, Library, management
Tagged college, communication, diversity, election, equity, higher ed, inclusion, Library, university
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Management is Not the Decision-Making Team
While reading the post below, this caught my eye. What do you think? Would this apply to libraries as in software development industry? “The “management team†isn’t the “decision making†team. It’s a support function. You may want to call … Continue reading
Making Years of Service Meaningful – My thought on #hlth
By now, I believe almost everyone in the library-land would have heard about the Harvard Libraries Town Hall meeting debacle. (If not, see this post by Tom Bruno.) Like everyone else, I don’t have an inkling about whether the reorganization … Continue reading
Posted in Continuing Education, Librarianship, Library, management
Tagged harvard, Library, reorganizaion, years of service
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Library and IT – Synergy or Distrust?
In my previous blog post, I asked why libraries are not actively encouraging those who are novice coders among library staff to further develop their coding skills. I was surprised to see so many comments. I was even more surprised … Continue reading
Posted in Librarianship, Library, management, Technology
Tagged coder, coding, collaboration, communication, culture, distrust, gap, IT, librarian, Library, misunderstanding, programmer, programming, synergy
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What is your management style?
Jenica Rogers wrote a thoughtful post today about management at her blog, Attempting Elegance. In her post, “Lessons Learned: Micromanaging,” she reflects on her management style as a new library director. She talks about how her personal strength and talent … Continue reading
Posted in Librarianship, Library, management
Tagged Library, management, micromanaging, supervising
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