Project Management in Technical Services

Practical Tips and Case Studies

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Project management, as both a skill set and a discipline, offers structure and a path forward for continual improvement and change management within libraries. Most importantly for technical services, project management creates processes that can fairly and transparently indicate how resources are allocated and guide technical services departments as they prioritize needs. Helping staff build their own project management toolkit, this book will allow readers to pick and choose which practices work best for their own situation. You will discover ways to integrate project management skills into your daily work;learn how to apply project management at a departmental level; anddelve into case studies which illuminate issues related to technology, including library management system migrations, digital repository development, and electronic resource management, as well as common scenarios like high density storage and weeding, and moving or consolidating collections.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-10-04
Mått152 x 226 x 15 mm
Vikt363 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagAmerican Library Association
ISBN9780838949917

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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Implementation PerspectivesChapter 1: We Need to Make a Plan: A Journey and Guide to Project ManagementRobyn M. GleasnerChapter 2: Mastering Time in Personal Project ManagementAndrea MillerChapter 3: Personal Project Management in Theory and PracticeHeather M. CampbellChapter 4: Turning Big-Picture Objectives into Quarterly DeliverablesMichelle BowersChapter 5: Project Management with a Lowercase “p”: Integrating Project Management Principles into Everyday Technical Services WorkBeth Ashmore. Maria Collins, and Lynn WhittenbergerChapter 6: People Management before Project Management: Creating a Healthy Work Culture to Improve Project Collaboration and OutcomesLaurie Palumbo and Kerry WaltonPart II: Case StudiesChapter 7: Agile Electronic Resource and Systems ManagementGeraldine RinnaChapter 8: Consortial Projects: Centralized vs. Decentralized ApproachesJaime TaylorChapter 9: Corralling CORAL: An Integrated Project Management Approach to Systems MigrationAnastasia Guimaraes and Jessica MoralesChapter 10: Technical Services and the Project Management Approach to Library RenovationsLaura TurnerChapter 11: What’s Next? Project Management for Moving or Closing a LibraryAlison DowneyChapter 12: Notice to Vacate: How to Move Out, Move In, and Move OnKerri Goergen-Doll, Brad Engelbert, Laura Ramos, and Margarita Zamora SaundersChapter 13: Project Management in High-Density Storage: How to Plan for Evolving NeedsJennifer A. Maddox Abbott and Mary S. LaskowskiChapter 14: Project Management for Weeding Library Collections: A Case Study at Kennesaw State UniversityXueying Chen and Ana B. GuimaraesAbout the ContributorsIndex

"Project management as a skill and discipline has been adapted from the business world and may be underutilized in service environments such libraries. Project management is particularly difficult to implement in technical services, where daily work does not often lend itself to large team-oriented projects. There are, however, many aspects of technical services work that can be efficiently handled using project management skills, such as weeding projects, shifting books, and moving or closing entire libraries ... While one must take care that the costs of project management don’t outweigh the benefits, this work provides tools and examples to provide a solid starting point for interested librarians. Recommended reading for library administrators and technical services librarians."—Library Journal