Step Up, Step Forward and Join the Team

Kelly ThormodsonCoordinator, Education & Research

Hardin Library for the Health SciencesMidwest MLA Annual Conference-Madison, WI - September 26th, 2010

April 2009

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SuccessfulFragmentedNot much communicationNo cross contaminationNot much mentoring

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Five designated liaisons◦Senior person - 5 years experience◦Newest - 4 months experience◦Six additional librarians on staff Some with liaison responsibilities

My Plan

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June 2009

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Kathryn Skhal1976-2009

This is what we realized◦Don’t know what we are working on◦Realized that we are all too isolated◦Lack of communication and sharing

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What we did to make us a team◦Established standard training curriculums PubMed, CINAHL, RefWorks, etc

Guidelines Specific examples

◦Handouts◦Class curriculums

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What we did to make us a team◦Hard Open Workshops

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What we did to make us a team◦Cross contamination Committees outside liaison duties Team teaching Collaboration

◦Shared Experiences Environmental scan Informal UI Liaison meetings

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What we did to make us a team – the little things◦Meet monthly Liaisons

◦Meet individually Designated liaisons meet with me weekly

◦Communication

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What we did to make us a team – the little things◦Education calendar – more data

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Staff Changes◦Gone Two designated liaisons Two librarians◦Came One designated liaison Two librarians

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Future◦Keep improving Consistency of teaching, training curriculums Examples database Standardize handouts Share information, work together,

communicate Education calendar

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Future Projects◦Reorganization of shared files◦Consistent naming of shared files SharePoint (library intranet) Shared drive◦Cross training◦Marketing oversight

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Questions?

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Image from http://www.jeffjarvisshow.com/index.html. Sept 19, 2010

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Kelly Thormodson◦Coordinator, Education & Research◦Hardin Library for the Health Sciences◦Kelly-thormodson@uiowa.edu

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