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Designing a Library for the Future:
A Case Study on Reorganization
Laurie L. Thompson
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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Laurie L. ThompsonUT Southwestern Medical Center Library
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Outline• Problems facing the library prior to
reorganization
• How did we address these problems?
• Data collection and evaluation
• Unexpected findings
• Outcomes
• Lessons Learned
• Assessment
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Dallas, Texas, USA
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Problems We Were Facing
• Too oriented toward print
• Too many dysfunctional teams
• Too fragmented
• Too little money
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Preconceptions
• Reduce number of teams
• Shift some personnel within existing unit structure
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How Did We Address These Issues?
• Organizational Efficacy Task Force
• Detailed timeline/methodology
• Keep private information private
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Data Collection and Evaluation
• Unit charges
• Team responsibilities
• Individual job inventories
• Unit managers’ analyses
• AAHSL statistics
• Environmental scan
• Literature review
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Findings
• Tasks needing additional personnel
• Obvious/immediate changes
• Debatable changes requiring additional information
• Talking points for individual managers and staff
• New or modified charges for units
• Global issues
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Dallas, Texas, USA
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Outcomes
• Fewer teams• Consolidation of digital collection
activities• New units• Regions and regional meetings• Council to monitor and recommend
further changes
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DirectorAssociate Director
InformationDesk
Campus OutreachReference &
Education
InterlibraryLoan
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Digital Infrastructure
R & D
Acquisitions& Licensing
Digital Access
Print ResourceMgt &
Optimization
Library Administration
Information Systems
DirectorAssoc Director
1 exempt 1 non-exempt
Regional Facilitators
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Library
Contact Region Collections Region Support Region
Organizational Efficacy Council
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Teams & Task Forces
Info Resources Development
Corporate Communications
Technical Liaisons
Task Forces
8/21/03
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DirectorAssociate Director
InformationDesk
Campus OutreachReference &
Education
InterlibraryLoan
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Digital Infrastructure
R & D
Acquisitions& Licensing
Digital Access
Print ResourceMgt &
Optimization
Library Administration
Information Systems
DirectorAssoc Director
1 exempt 1 non-exempt
Regional Facilitators
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Library
Contact Region Collections Region Support Region
Organizational Efficacy Council
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Teams & Task Forces
Info Resources Development
Corporate Communications
Technical Liaisons
Task Forces
8/21/03
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DirectorAssociate Director
InformationDesk
Campus OutreachReference &
Education
InterlibraryLoan
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Digital Infrastructure
R & D
Acquisitions& Licensing
Digital Access
Print ResourceMgt &
Optimization
Library Administration
Information Systems
DirectorAssoc Director
1 exempt 1 non-exempt
Regional Facilitators
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Library
Contact Region Collections Region Support Region
Organizational Efficacy Council
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Teams & Task Forces
Info Resources Development
Corporate Communications
Technical Liaisons
Task Forces
8/21/03
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DirectorAssociate Director
InformationDesk
Campus OutreachReference &
Education
InterlibraryLoan
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Digital Infrastructure
R & D
Acquisitions& Licensing
Digital Access
Print ResourceMgt &
Optimization
Library Administration
Information Systems
DirectorAssoc Director
1 exempt 1 non-exempt
Regional Facilitators
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Library
Contact Region Collections Region Support Region
Organizational Efficacy Council
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Teams & Task Forces
Info Resources Development
Corporate Communications
Technical Liaisons
Task Forces
8/21/03
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DirectorAssociate Director
InformationDesk
Campus OutreachReference &
Education
InterlibraryLoan
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Digital Infrastructure
R & D
Acquisitions& Licensing
Digital Access
Print ResourceMgt &
Optimization
Library Administration
Information Systems
DirectorAssoc Director
1 exempt 1 non-exempt
Regional Facilitators
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Library
Contact Region Collections Region
Support Region
Organizational Efficacy Council
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Teams & Task Forces
Info Resources Development
Corporate Communications
Technical Liaisons
Task Forces
8/21/03
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DirectorAssociate Director
InformationDesk
Campus OutreachReference &
Education
InterlibraryLoan
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Digital Infrastructure
R & D
Acquisitions& Licensing
Digital Access
Print ResourceMgt &
Optimization
Library Administration
Information Systems
DirectorAssoc Director
1 faculty1 staff
Regional Facilitators
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Library
Contact Region Collections Region Support Region
Organizational Efficacy Council
Special ProjectsLibrarian
Teams & Task Forces
Info Resources Development
Corporate Communications
Technical Liaisons
Task Forces
8/21/03
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Guiding Principles
• Create a clear goal for the project at the outset– Have the right people in the right number of jobs
(allocated to the right tasks) to best support our current environment and the Library’s stated vision for the future.
• Develop a unifying vision statement and use it to lead the change
• Priority ONE
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Guiding Principles
• Assemble a guiding coalition to manage the project
• Choose members based on needed skills– varied experience– analytical skills– consensus-building abilities– capacity to approach problems with a global
perspective
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Guiding Principles
• Communicate, communicate, and communicate again– Share detailed methodology– Invite input and suggestions from all staff– Involve Human Resources department– Avoid public surprises
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Guiding Principles
• Incorporate transition planning• Outcomes assessment• Not all problems can be solved with
reorganization– Additional efforts to address other issues
revealed
• Expect the unexpected and be flexible
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Year 1 Assessment
• Staff survey– What’s going well? What’s working?– What is not going well? What’s not working? – What would you like to be different and how would
you change it?– Does your unit have the right number of people
doing the right tasks to accomplish the charge of the unit (rate from 1 [poor] to 4 [excellent])?
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Findings
• Widespread satisfaction
• Some misalignments still existed
• Cataloging operations
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Year 1 Adjustments
• Departments remained the same
• Shifted cataloging operations
• Realigned staff in 3 departments– ILL– Information Desk– Information Systems
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Where are We Today?
• Year 2
• OEC successful
• Assessment valuable
• Continued satisfaction with new organization
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Designing a Library for the Future
Laurie Thompson, [email protected]://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/library/
Higa ML, Bunnett B, Maina B, Perkins J, Ramos T, Thompson L, et al. Redesigning a library’s organizational structure. Coll Res Lib. 2005;66(1):41-58.