Janetta Waterhouse presented the program “Leading Transformational Change in Technical Services” at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. The presentation focused on four themes: overview of change management, overview of leadership, closer look at competencies, and leading change.
Continue readingAt the 2019 ALA Annual Conference, the program “I’m Gonna Live Forever! Assessing the Preservation of Digital Collections” explored a new digital preservation assessment training program available for any sized institution. Why is assessing your digital collections important? So you can detail your digital preservation success, report areas that need further growth, and identify challenges that could prevent that growth. Through the assessment process, institutions can prioritize next steps for improved long-term access to their digital collections with a digital preservation plan.
Continue readingThe ALCTS Preservation & Reformatting Section hosted a forum on collections security during the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Presenters from two institutions, Ohio University and Yale University, described how they balance their responsibility to provide access to special collections, simultaneously providing a welcoming and inclusive environment to researchers while minimizing security risks to rare and unique materials.
Continue readingMonica Rysavy and Russell Michalak of Goldey-Beacom College (GBC) gave a presentation at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC, on their library textbook program. Rather than using open-source textbooks, GBC partnered with a textbook rental college to reduce students’ textbook costs.
Continue readingAn ALCTS preconference “Change Management in Libraries and Technical Services” was held on June 21, 2019, prior to the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Janetta Waterhouse, director of technical services and library systems
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