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Breakout Sessions:
Next Steps for Planning for Future Librarianship
Next Steps for Planning for Future Librarianship
Thursday, May 10, 2012
YRL Presentation Room, UCLA
There were ten UCLA Librarians in attendance, including some new(er) UCLA librarians. Those in attendance did not feel we had sufficient
numbers to break out into meaningful discussion groups, so we decided to
discuss the four topics among the entire group. This minor adjustment provided
a successful format for stimulating conversation and brainstorming ideas. Lynda
Tolly, the LAUC-LA Representative to LAUC Committee on Professional Governance,
performed the role of facilitator, and two volunteer note takers recorded the
main points of our discussions. Following is a summary of our discussions and
suggestions.
Shared Service
Models
·
Need more communication:
o More
communication regarding shared cataloging
o Long
term plans, who will be responsible?
·
Establish a campus liaison who will keep
informed of activities related to shared services (someone to monitor POT blog
and NGTS updates, etc.) and provide summary updates to local LAUC members
o One
way of updating members would be to hold a regular program or brown bag to
bring local members up to date on developments and plans
·
There needs to be more opportunities for
front-line librarians and other front-line library staff (library assistants,
etc.) to provide input
·
Some challenges and concerns of shared collections
on campuses with the quarter system
o More
information about ILL policies with more emphasis on quick turn-around
Lighting Teams –
The New Working Model?
·
Find “good” project management tools (e.g.
Basecamp)
·
Find ways to eliminate (or work around) bureaucracy
·
Management needs to encourage experimentation
and create a safe environment for experimentation
·
Willingness to make mistakes
o Use
mistakes as a learning mechanism
o Success
vs. lessons learned
·
Can’t have single model, report back and
reiterate
o Try
several things
o Can
have lots of different projects going on
·
Communication about project processes (learning
from each other)
o Intra
and Inter Library communication across UC
o Ad
Hoc LAUC task force to share info and provide informal updates system-wide
Communications
Models
·
We are at the forefront of building communication
initiatives that librarians could be a part of (such as “open access”, etc.)
·
Communication with partners
o Such
as HATHI Trust, etc.
·
How else can we align ourselves with peers?
o ARL,
what other groups?
·
Look at JISC model
·
Role of State Library (some states have
state-wide licenses out of State Library for all colleges, university,
community colleges, etc.)
·
Communication to Inter-disciplinary Research Centers
·
Communicating our value to general public
Training and New
Skills
·
Mentorship program/committee
·
Summer Institutes
o Similar
to Harvard Leadership Institute
o Create
opportunities for cross-training
o Examples
of summer institutes that might be of value to UC Librarians: management
training, project management training
o Learn
from colleagues
o Expand
networks
o Partner/co-sponsor
o LAUC
grant? Other grants?
o UCHRI
residential programs
o Tie
into new online education initiatives
·
Technology training:
o Lynda.com
·
Is LHR and HR providing the training that
librarians need?
o Librarians
should have more input on training that is needed (our needs haven’t been
surveyed)
o Strong
need for innovation and project management training
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