Step Up, Step Forward and Join the Team Kelly Thormodson Coordinator, Education & Research Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Midwest MLA Annual Conference-Madison, WI - September 26 th , 2010
Feb 23, 2016
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
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Five designated liaisons◦Senior person - 5 years experience◦Newest - 4 months experience◦Six additional librarians on staff Some with liaison responsibilities
My Plan
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June 2009
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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
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What we did to make us a team◦Established standard training curriculums PubMed, CINAHL, RefWorks, etc
Guidelines Specific examples
◦Handouts◦Class curriculums
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What we did to make us a team◦Hard Open Workshops
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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
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What we did to make us a team – the little things◦Meet monthly Liaisons
◦Meet individually Designated liaisons meet with me weekly
◦Communication
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What we did to make us a team – the little things◦Education calendar – more data
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Staff Changes◦Gone Two designated liaisons Two librarians◦Came One designated liaison Two librarians
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Future◦Keep improving Consistency of teaching, training curriculums Examples database Standardize handouts Share information, work together,
communicate Education calendar
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Future Projects◦Reorganization of shared files◦Consistent naming of shared files SharePoint (library intranet) Shared drive◦Cross training◦Marketing oversight
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Questions?
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Image from http://www.jeffjarvisshow.com/index.html. Sept 19, 2010
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Kelly Thormodson◦Coordinator, Education & Research◦Hardin Library for the Health Sciences◦[email protected]
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