April 2009 Successful Fragmented Not much communication No cross contamination Not much mentoring.

Step Up, Step Forward and Join the Team

Kelly ThormodsonCoordinator, Education & Research

Hardin Library for the Health SciencesMidwest MLA Annual Conference-Madison, WI - September 26th, 2010

April 2009

Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team

SuccessfulFragmentedNot much communicationNo cross contaminationNot much mentoring


Five designated liaisons◦Senior person - 5 years experience◦Newest - 4 months experience◦Six additional librarians on staff Some with liaison responsibilities

My Plan


June 2009



Kathryn Skhal1976-2009

This is what we realized◦Don’t know what we are working on◦Realized that we are all too isolated◦Lack of communication and sharing


What we did to make us a team◦Established standard training curriculums PubMed, CINAHL, RefWorks, etc

Guidelines Specific examples

◦Handouts◦Class curriculums


What we did to make us a team◦Hard Open Workshops



What we did to make us a team◦Cross contamination Committees outside liaison duties Team teaching Collaboration

◦Shared Experiences Environmental scan Informal UI Liaison meetings


What we did to make us a team – the little things◦Meet monthly Liaisons

◦Meet individually Designated liaisons meet with me weekly

◦Communication


What we did to make us a team – the little things◦Education calendar – more data






Staff Changes◦Gone Two designated liaisons Two librarians◦Came One designated liaison Two librarians


Future◦Keep improving Consistency of teaching, training curriculums Examples database Standardize handouts Share information, work together,

communicate Education calendar


Future Projects◦Reorganization of shared files◦Consistent naming of shared files SharePoint (library intranet) Shared drive◦Cross training◦Marketing oversight


Questions?



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Thank you. Thank you very much.

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Kelly Thormodson◦Coordinator, Education & Research◦Hardin Library for the Health Sciences◦[email protected]


April 2009 Successful Fragmented Not much communication No cross contamination Not much mentoring.

Documents

mentoring slide

data slide

plan slide

education calendar slide

weekly communication

liaison responsibilities

monthly liaisons

team hard open workshops