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Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

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Archives, Records Management, and Digital Curation

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Project Management Principles, Methods, and Tools

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-10-05) Givens, Marlee ; Holdsworth, Liz ; Jeffcoat, Heather

Anyone in the library can have great ideas to improve services and experiences for users, but it takes a village to make change happen. Using project management, libraries can accomplish strategic goals and develop employees’ leadership skills. This webinar introduces best practices for project management in the library, including the idea pitch, stakeholders and resources, the charter, and points of communication toward successful completion.
Project Management, Managing Up: Using PM principles, methods and tools to get buy-in

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-06-27) Givens, Marlee ; Holdsworth, Liz ; Jeffcoat, Heather

A library professional at any level of the organization may have a great idea to improve something at the library, but most often it takes a village to make a real difference. Leaders and managers who push their ideas down the chain can face resistance or resentment, or they can fail to understand the resources required to make things happen. Frontline employees who want to fix day-to-day problems may struggle with finding buy-in or feeling heard by the administration. Complicating matters, many libraries are flattening their hierarchies by removing management positions. With fewer department heads and managers to advocate for their direct reports’ work, project management gives library leadership the tools to prioritize without needing a pre-existing deep knowledge of the topic that is held by frontline employees. Project management makes explicit the scope, timeline, budget, human resources, and measurable outcomes. By enlisting the support of library administration (financial and logistical) project management can enable cross departmental collaboration and greater employee engagement. Library leadership can use project management to address uneven power dynamics in an organization as well as reaping the benefits of the prioritization of work. Libraries with a flatter organizational structure can disguise the imbalances between paraprofessional and professional employees, marginalized or under-represented groups within an organization, and content creators and users. Management can keep track of work assigned and diversify teams, give leadership experience to those who have not had other opportunities, bring in “outsiders” as subject matter experts, and empower staff decision-making. Transparent communication and expectations, as well as a willingness to delegate choices, will make project management a success. It is an opportunity for professional development for libraries that do not have a large travel or training budget. In these ways, project management can be used as a tool for diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as employee development. The Georgia Tech Library used portfolio management to accomplish Library Next, a re-imagining and redefining of 21st the century research library, and we continue to apply this approach to initiate projects large and small, using tools such as an idea funnel, project charters and business cases, project phase reviews and closeout presentations, and post-project assessment measures. The process allows library leadership to accomplish their strategic goals, but it also allows employees at all levels to manage up, generate buy-in for their ideas, and develop leadership skills for their professional growth. It also provides communication channels for everyone in the library to stay up-to-date. In this session, we will introduce key tools of project management, including charter templates, sample business cases, and best practices for setting priorities and keeping projects on track. Whether you are at the bottom, top, or middle of your organizational chart, you can use project management approaches and tools to make things happen at your library. Learning Objectives: 1) Describe a project life cycle and skillfully map each stage in the cycle. 2) Compose a business case that accurately outlines the why, what, how, and who is necessary to determine if it is worthwhile project. 3) Identify the resources needed for a project, including stakeholders, budget, team members and timelines. 4) Apply the appropriate project management tools to projects at their institutions, given the supplied templates.
Getting your campers to sing-along in key: Project management in your library

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-03-17) Givens, Marlee ; Holdsworth, Liz ; Jeffcoat, Heather

Create beautiful music for your library’s users by harmonizing the voices of many different departments. Using project management, libraries can accomplish strategic goals and develop employees’ leadership skills - giving a new person a chance to sing a solo. This session introduces best practices for project management in the library.
We're not out of the woods yet: Revamping LibGuides from the ground up

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-03-16) Givens, Marlee ; Holdsworth, Liz ; Jeffcoat, Heather

After over a decade with LibGuides, we had veered off the trail, lost our true north of stakeholder needs, and needed an updated map of best practices to get back on track. This session will describe our plan for the future of LibGuides and a way out of the woods.
Module you glad we didn't say banana?: You, your learning management system, and your library

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-05) Givens, Marlee ; Holdsworth, Liz

This presentation describes the efforts of a team of library employees to create instructional content for the Canvas learning management system.
We need module rockin', not perfection: Creating library content for an LMS

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-04) Givens, Marlee ; Holdsworth, Liz

This presentation describes the efforts a team of library employees as they create instructional content for the Canvas learning management system.
Scaling the instruction mountain: You, your LMS, and your library

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-02) Givens, Marlee ; Holdsworth, Liz

This presentation describes the efforts of a team of Library employees to create Canvas modules to support learning at Georgia Tech.
Multimodal information literacy and technical skills for first-year students

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-02) Givens, Marlee ; Holdsworth, Liz

The poster describes different forms of literacy, such as data, visual, and audio literacy. It lists specific collaborations that engaged Georgia Tech Librarians, how they taught classes, and the outcomes of the project.
Multimodal Information Literacy in Higher Education: Critical Thinking, Technology, and Technical Skill

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01) Givens, Marlee ; Holdsworth, Liz ; Mi, Ximin ; Rascoe, Fred ; Valk, Alison ; Viars, Karen

This chapter addresses technology in education, multimodal texts, and information literacy in a STEM research-focused university setting. Students produce multimodal content in first year composition classes, but composition instructors lack the skills required to teach students multimedia technology. Librarians respond to the needs of the faculty and students they support. Library instruction takes place within the composition class (course-integrated or “one-shot” instruction) or in a multimedia classroom at the library. The librarians bring technical skills as well as a grounding in information literacy, and their instruction increases students' written, sonic, visual and data literacy. As a result, students become more savvy content consumers as well as creators. Final version published in Handbook of Research on Integrating Digital Technology With Literacy Pedagogies, IGI Global, 2020.
Persistence and teamwork for new horizons: Exploring a distributed teaching model in support of information literacy competencies

( 2018-05) Altamirano, Isabel ; Givens, Marlee ; Holdsworth, Liz ; Mi, Ximin ; Rascoe, Fred ; Viars, Karen

The Georgia Tech Writing and Composition program, part of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) builds first-year composition courses around literature, film, science, technology, and pop culture. The Library has long been embedded in this program, providing resources and course-integrated instruction led by the subject librarian for the LMC. This is a highly successful partnership with increasing demand far beyond the capabilities of a single person to meet. For the first time, librarians whose background or primary focus is science and engineering are providing instruction to undergraduate English students. In a STEM school primarily concerned with the history of technological literature, the approach breaks new ground by combining efforts across disciplines. This presentation elucidates the model and offer perspectives from three embedded Georgia Tech subject librarians. Additionally, they will reflect on their first year in the new program, examine broader trends in library liaison models, and anticipate future developments. In early 2016, the Georgia Tech Library reorganized many of its subject and other public-facing librarians into a single department, called Campus Engagement and Scholarly Outreach (CESO). This unit breaks down traditional liaison barriers in order to meet the rapidly shifting needs of the students, faculty, and staff of Georgia Tech. In addition to liaison librarians, CESO includes experts in assessment, digital scholarship, and data visualization among other areas of expertise. This colocation of different kinds of expertise lead to the creation of the distributed teaching model, where influences from around the academy inform and enhance instruction. Presented at LOEX 2018 Annual Conference.