doing the right things

Doing the Right Things

WiLS World

July 30, 2014

July 30, 2019Library at UW Oshkosh Closes

The closure of Polk Library at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is

a good example of why over 50% of academic libraries have closed their doors in the past five

years. The reasons are obvious. Librarians failed to

recognize . . .

Chronicle of Higher Education

1967

Focus on . . .• Technology

• Electronic Resources Management

• Information Literacy

• Distance Learning

Big ChallengesFall 2010

• 2 Staff budget lines not funded

• Staff shrank from 26 to 24.

• 5 new PDs created

• 7 existing PD altered

In Two Years

• Library Technology Services

• A department, not a person.

• Time to develop and innovate

• Leader on campus & beyond

Big ResultsTechnology

• Better coordination from start to finish

• Better customer service

• Clearer responsibility

• ERMS - CORAL

Big ResultsElectronic Resources

Management

• New University Studies Program

• Dedicated to Promoting Library’s Role

• Increase in Instructional sessions

• ANVIL !!!

Big ResultsInformation

Literacy

• Enhanced Strong Support for Nursing and Life Long Learning . . .

• New Emphasis by College of Business

• Intensive Support for the Executive MBA

Big ResultsDistance Education

• Improved Strategic Communications

• Clearer Organizational Structure

Additional Big Results

• Big Change Was Inevitable!

• Learn from Mistakes

• All Staff and Areas are Critical to Big Change

Final Thoughts

• False Perception that Big Results Came from Additional Resources

• New Way of Thinking• Innovation without new

university funding• Innovation in a time of

reduced funding

Final Thoughts