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Ready, Set, Hire! Perceptions of new technical services librarian preparedness
No full textThis study explored the perceived preparedness of entry-level technical services librarians upon graduating from a Master of Library Science/Information Science (MLS/IS) degree program and collected employment data on technical services librarians, including hiring, retiring, and position consolidation and elimination. An electronic survey was distributed to library administrators and technical services librarians from public and academic libraries located across the United States. The investigators identified discrepancies between how prepared entry-level technical services librarians felt upon graduating, and how prepared administrators perceived them to be. Data gathered from both administrators and entry-level technical services librarians suggest both groups felt current MLS/IS degree programs do not fully prepare technical services librarians for their first professional jobs, yet desired skills and areas of knowledge identified as lacking varied between the two groups. The investigators discovered employment trends which indicate relatively low turnover or consolidation and support projections of low-moderate growth over the next decade
Strategic Priorities: A Roadmap through Change for Library Leaders
No full textIn an era of constant technological, institutional and financial disruption, library leaders often need to reallocate resources or reengineer positions and services. How do they make these organizational changes effectively while maintaining services and resources and even innovating? This paper discusses that question by exploring the role of strategic priority-setting as a roadmap for successful change in libraries. Against the backdrop of the Great Recession, the author explored three academic libraries with published strategic priorities that weathered major changes, including severe budget reductions and planning for a new building, to see what role the priorities played in the decision-making of the leaders. Through interviews of key stakeholders and an analysis of documents, the author discovered that the library leadership and staff used the priorities to maintain the most important services and resources; innovate in some ways; and support employee morale
Using a Library Impact Map to Assist Strategic Planning in Libraries
No full textStrategic planning in academic libraries enables librarians to plan for the delivery of services that meet university foci and patron needs. In creating a strategic plan, it is helpful to have an overall view of the strategic plan and a view that allows planners to focus on more narrow aspects. A library impact map is designed to provide these perspectives. This article describes how a library impact map can be created and may be used in the strategic planning process
Diversity Plans for Academic Libraries: An Example from the University of Montana
No full textIn 2009 the University of Montana (UM) began revising the university’s diversity plan. The plan immediately established that diversity efforts at UM would be the responsibility of both the central administration and the various subunits of the institution. Colleges and schools, including the Mansfield Library, were committed under the new plan to create diversity plans of their own. This paper details the process the library undertook to draft that plan, including forming a work group; creating action items, goals, and strategic choices; and building consensus. It also highlights progress made towards implementing the plan since its inception
New and Noteworthy - Developing a Strategic Mindset: Librarians as Politicians
No full textThis issue's "New and Noteworthy" column reviews materials dealing with political and strategic skills necessary for successful library managers, with particular emphasis on advice from Machiavelli and Sun Tzu
New and Noteworthy: Your Professional Brand
No full textThis column discusses recent publications in the library literature on the topic of professional marketing and promotion in the context of defining and establishing personal brands
