UNLV LIBRARY RESTRUCTURING

Poster SessionVictoria A. NozeroLiving the Future IIIApril 28, 2000Tucson, Arizona

Why Restructure?

Current structure inadequate to handle:New Technology:

Electronic Resources Automatic Storage and Retrieval System Network Web design Database (OPAC) maintenance Hardware

Why Restructure?

Current structure inadequate to handle:

New Building New technology Doubled size of current library Different space allocation New services New faculty and staff positions

Themes of Restructure

Dean’s Statement of Intent, 1/12/99:Technology employed to provide access to collections outside UNLV library.Technology employed to facilitate remote access to UNLV library collections & services.Traditional organizational distinctions ofacademic libraries modified and/or eliminated

Solutions

Realignment of divisions Knowledge Access Management replaced Technical Services. Units: Systems, Cataloging, Web Design Collection Development and Management replaced Collection Development. Units: Bibliographers, Document Delivery (ILL), Materials Ordering & Receiving (MOR)

Solutions

Merging of units Materials Ordering and Receiving (MOR): merged Acquisitions, Binding, Periodicals Processing and Serials units and moved from Technical Services to Collection Development and Management. Reason for merger: Improved

communication between related units.

Solutions

Merging of Units: Research and Information II: merged Government Publications, Microforms and Periodicals from various Public Service units into one section with one manager. Reason for merger: physical layout in new library.

Management Tools

Improved organizational communication: Town Meetings

weekly open to all staffinformational consensus building morale building

Management Tools

Teams Functional Team:

Collection Development Coordinating Team

Cross-functional Teams: Technology Implementation Team Teaching & Training Team

Management Tools

Process Improvement: Units involved in process improvement

Interlibrary Loan (now Document Delivery) Completed August 10, 1998 Technical Services Division Halted due to restructuring January 1999 Cataloging Recommendations completed April 2000

UNLV Library Today

Restructuring completedHired 8 new faculty in 1999; 3 searches underway, 2 ready to beginTen new classified positions filled, three remain openNew library construction behind

schedule, current estimate for move July 2000