Planning & Partnerships:Strategic Initiatives
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Talking Points
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• A bit about Olin• What is a partnership?• Why partner?• Case in External Advisory Board• Case in Vendor partnering• Corporate - Academic• Case in Collection development• Staff possibilities• Cases in Technology• What is success? • Lessons learned
FotoRita
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Olin’s Library
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• Philosophy
• Access
• Service
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What is a Partnership?
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Vendors Customers
Internal Partners
Other Centers
Info Center
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Why Partner?
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• Global mindset• Think strategically• Innovate
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Creating a Station
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Alosh Bennett
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Case in External Library Advisory Board
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Ken Bosma
• What was the goal of my board?
• What groups did I want to consider?
• What value would each group bring?
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Creating THE LIST & Recruiting
• Considerations:– Geography– Diversity of
representation– Existing relationships– New relationships– Balance of expertise– Win-win relationship
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James Montgomery Flagg
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First Meeting
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cara fealy choate
Plan• Purpose• Agenda• Date• Time • Space
Binders• Strategic
plan• Members• Biographies• Background
questions• Directions
Logistics• Food• Presentation• Internal
guests• Note taker• Name tags
& tents
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Meeting Content
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• Players introduce themselves
• Plan for the day• Olin presentation
Introductions
• Strategic plan • Other questions,
such as faculty research support
Discussions • Gather feedback throughout discussions and during lunch
• A good scribe helps
Feedback
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Beyond the 1st Meeting
• Agenda of current topics– Partnerships– Circling back to the strategic plan in our new
financial climate
• Each meeting– Update of library initiatives– Any campus or external events that impact library
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Impact
Administrative Impact
Network of Experts
Wisdom of Group
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Value of Board Outside of Meetings
• Where the Network of Experts Shine– Copyright advice– Strategic plan meets a
new budgeting environment
– Running a large marketing event
– One good link leads to another
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Ian Burt
Case in Vendor Partnering
• Vendors as Partners– Think win-win– Training– Prizes and materials– Snacks during finals– Industry advice &
mentoring roles
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Library Vendor Fair: Planning
Timeline
Players
Budget
Communicate!
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Set your goal, and then…
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Library Vendor Fair: Execution
2 Weeks Before
Day Before
Day Of
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Library Vendor Fair: Comments I
• Students answering raffle question “What did you learn?”:– We have access to a lot of online resources!– Where/how to do my research.– I learned how to customize my search windows.– E-book note taking – pretty nifty!– That our library is the most awesome ever! So
many resources, so little time!
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Library Vendor Fair: Comments II
• Vendor feedback:– “I very much enjoyed the experience at Olin’s vendor day
and we would certainly love to participate again next year. What was particularly interesting from my stand-point, was the students’ reaction to our technology...” Credo
– “It was great to get a chance to meet with students, faculty, and staff.” Elsevier
– “We had great foot traffic and the students asked thoughtful questions and really showed interest in our resources. I was really glad to be able to speak with them.” Thomson Reuters
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Corporate - Academic
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Olin & Analog Devices
Flow of Customers
Mentoring & Lifelong Learning
Projects & Internships
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Local Partner Possibilities
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• Babson-Olin-Wellesley• Complimentary
Curriculum & Distance• Cultures and Sizes• History• Presidents & Moving
Forward
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Partnership Journey
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James Jordan
• Five Colleges• Tri-College• Claremont• Colby-Bates-Bowdoin• 2CUL• Partner Spectrum
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Case in Collection Development
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Staff Possibilities
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• Liaisons / Subject Experts
• Embedded Librarians• Technical Services• Library IT Expertise• Staff Development
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Cases in Technology
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• ILS Systems, Skins and the like
• Institutional Repositories• Shared Databases• Wikis, Blogs• Chat, Twitter• Subject Guides• Mobile
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What is Success?
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Mission / Vision / Goals
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Lessons Learned
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• The tent• Communicate,
communicate, communicate
• Time• Outside organizations
can be useful• Grants are good
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Resources I
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• 2CUL: http://www.2cul.org/ • Claremont University Consortium:
http://www.cuc.claremont.edu/ • Colby, Bates & Bowdoin: http://www2.cbbnet.org/• Five Colleges: http://www.fivecolleges.edu/ • Tri-College background:
http://www.oberlingroup.org/files/CCD_Projects_Pennsylvania.pdf
• Tri-College site: http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/trico/
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Resources II
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A Special Thanks To
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