Location
Paper Session 3: Keeping Up with and Ahead of Trends
Start Date
27-10-2018 4:42 PM
End Date
27-10-2018 4:57 PM
Type of Work
Presentation
Description
Objective: To provide an opportunity for faculty librarians to lead initiatives that will enhance the Research and Education Department’s knowledge and practice. Methods: Six faculty librarians at an academic health sciences library have been assigned an area of focus based upon their personal interests. The intent is for each of them to be able to work in an area that is of interest to them, but also for them to lead initiatives within the department to educate their peers. The areas are the ACRL Framework, LibGuides, Data and Assessment, Instructional Technology, NIH updates, and Teaching and Education. Each librarian is expected to develop a curriculum, programming, or other ways to educate their peers on their topic so that the peers can incorporate this new knowledge into their own work. The topics overlap in many ways, so the librarians are having to work together to complement each other’s planning, and develop programming and other projects with each other. Results: Early results show that the librarians are thinking outside the box for ways to share their knowledge and expertise with their peers. A monthly “search party” has been established by the Teaching and Education leader, and a complete LibGuide redesign has been handled by another. A research project has come out of the LibGuide redesign as well, which will involve the Data and Assessment leader to help evaluate findings from discoveries made during the redesign. Conclusions: This has been an exciting way to have librarians get leadership experience. They’ve had to think differently about their work and how they plan to incorporate their ideas into the department’s work as a whole.
Managing Across: A Magical Method for Providing Leadership and Skill Development
Paper Session 3: Keeping Up with and Ahead of Trends
Objective: To provide an opportunity for faculty librarians to lead initiatives that will enhance the Research and Education Department’s knowledge and practice. Methods: Six faculty librarians at an academic health sciences library have been assigned an area of focus based upon their personal interests. The intent is for each of them to be able to work in an area that is of interest to them, but also for them to lead initiatives within the department to educate their peers. The areas are the ACRL Framework, LibGuides, Data and Assessment, Instructional Technology, NIH updates, and Teaching and Education. Each librarian is expected to develop a curriculum, programming, or other ways to educate their peers on their topic so that the peers can incorporate this new knowledge into their own work. The topics overlap in many ways, so the librarians are having to work together to complement each other’s planning, and develop programming and other projects with each other. Results: Early results show that the librarians are thinking outside the box for ways to share their knowledge and expertise with their peers. A monthly “search party” has been established by the Teaching and Education leader, and a complete LibGuide redesign has been handled by another. A research project has come out of the LibGuide redesign as well, which will involve the Data and Assessment leader to help evaluate findings from discoveries made during the redesign. Conclusions: This has been an exciting way to have librarians get leadership experience. They’ve had to think differently about their work and how they plan to incorporate their ideas into the department’s work as a whole.