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Week 1:
Introduction – scope of seminar |
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Summary of class discussion: Class logistics
and class goals; contact information and office hours; review syllabus;
assignments and expectations; management and leadership concepts;
personality types and implications |
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Week 2:
Organization and Management Issues for Libraries & Archives |
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Summary of class discussions: Organizational
cultures, management styles, organizational functions, change. We
will also discuss the role of managers, directors, and supervisors and the
integration of preservation activity and actions into the library /
archives organization. |
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Week 3:
No Class - Memorial Day Weekend |
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Week 4:
Working with Facilities and Maintenance & Middle Management |
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Summary of class discussion: Understanding environmental needs of the
library and how to work with others to accomplish goals and complete
projects |
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Week 5:
Middle Managers and leaders – Collection Development and Acquisitions |
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Summary of class discussions:
Staffing, workflow, communications across the organization and juggling
competing collection needs – traditional activities vs. digital, writing
and understanding Mission Statements, Understanding how to implement
change, organizing and planning programs and functions |
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Week 6:
Taking Charge – Managing the work |
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Summary of class discussion: Decision making and
delegation are two of the most difficult activities for managers. A
combination of teaching and leading by example will be discussed. |
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After class tour of
Iron Mountain / National Underground
- long term 'archival' storage of all media |
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Week 7:
Binding and Reformatting |
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Summary of class discussion:
Reformatting, and other preservation controversies |
Week 8:
Mentoring, Managing and Decision making
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Summary of class discussion do you repair, bind or replace? How do you
decide to perform the work in house or contract for the services? |
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Week 9:
The right to reproduce |
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Summary of class discussion: Copyright issues, hows, whys and wherefores.
Deciding what you can do. |
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Week 10:
Preservation
and Technology – where the management of the two intersect |
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Summary of class discussion: The future of
librarians and archivists! Also a little management about the importance
of communication skills; listening, reading and writing are the key to
success. |
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After class tour of
Preservation Technologies - Deacidification processes |
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Week 11: Exhibits, Special Collections and Non-print /
Non-paper Formats |
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Summary of class discussion: Organizing
responsibilities and special projects such as exhibits and understanding
the preservation needs of non-print formats. |
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Week 12:
Money matters |
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case study for funding a
project |
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Summary of class discussion: Grants and
external funding – finding it and getting it |
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