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Implementing Project Management Tools and Strategies
(2018-06-06) Pike, Robin; Gammnos, Rachel Wilder; Corlett-Rivera, Kelsey; Thompson, Hilary
Many people are stretched thin at work because it's difficult to balance many competing priorities. In this panel, learn from four of your colleagues how they have implemented project management tools to stay organized, track projects and milestones, balance priorities, update stakeholders, delegate tasks, and more.
The benefits of library involvement in the implementation of a faculty activity reporting system
(2019-06) Corlett-Rivera, Kelsey; Goodall, Sharon; MacOmber, Kendra; Huntenburg, Antonya
Many universities have implemented software programs, such as Digital Measures and Faculty180, to manage faculty productivity and research information. This implementation process involves a number of different stakeholders, including IT, institutional reporting, research administration, faculty, etc. In many cases, an implementation team is assembled to bring together the right expertise. We advocate for the inclusion of the Libraries on that implementation team based primarily on our experience with Digital Measures at the University of Maryland, but also on communication with other institutions who have been through a similar process and a review of the literature. This poster will enumerate the benefits of library involvement, recommend points in the process at which to get involved (e.g. procurement, technical implementation, training), and identify the best people in a library organization to include at those moments, such as metadata experts or graduate assistants for training. We will also provide suggestions for librarians who need to make the case for inclusion, and address a few challenges to full participation. The poster format will allow us to present the information based on a visual timeline, which will make it easy for interested attendees to take our experience and apply it at their own institutions. We will also be able to spend time discussing our experience one-on-one with attendees to answer questions and learn from their experiences.
Does Content plus Access equal Use? Revealing la Révolution at the UMD Libraries
(2015-06-05) Archer, Joanne; Corlett-Rivera, Kelsey
This poster traces two years of the University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries’ efforts to Reveal la Révolution by cataloging and digitizing their 18th-century French Pamphlet collection. Follow their steps as a cross-departmental team waded through some 12,000 pamphlets with the support of French graduate students, fine tuning workflows and communication channels along the way. While an internally-funded pilot got the project off the ground, national and international collaboration allowed them to leverage funding support from the UMD Libraries to exceed original targets for both scanning and cataloging. The result was a significant increase in digitally-available content and improved access through Worldcat and the Internet Archive. When that content and access did not turn into documented use, however, the UMD Pamphlets team pressed on, delving further into digital scholarship. Their outreach efforts culminated in a stand-alone digital history site with a crowdsourcing component that has seen some 5,500 visits since going live in September 2014 (http://colonyincrisis.lib.umd.edu). Challenges, such as a perpetual lack of dedicated staff time, and lessons learned (digital history sites require Twitter hashtags) are featured on the poster, along with a vision for a sustainable way forward.
E-Book Use and Opinions at UMD
(2015-06-04) Carroll, Alexander; Corlett-Rivera, Kelsey; Hackman, Timothy
Initial report on e-book survey conducted at University of Maryland, fall 2014

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