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Holding the stakeholders together: The Women’s Library moves to LSE

Explore the journey of The Women's Library as it transitions to LSE, building internal and external support, defending its case, and keeping stakeholders engaged. Learn from the past, innovate for the present, and look to the future.

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Holding the stakeholders together: The Women’s Library moves to LSE

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  1. Holding the stakeholders together: The Women’s Library moves to LSE Liz Chapman Director of Library Services London School of Economics and Political Science Past Forward! Yale This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  2. Bringing collections together: from Wash House to Workhouse Past Forward! Yale

  3. Building the case: inside Internal politics: seeking support • Library staff • Academic staff • Students • Estates / Finance / Human Resources • LSE Director(s) and Management Team • LSE Committees • LSE Council Past Forward! Yale

  4. Building the case: inside out Writing the Bid • Library bid writers • LSE Fundraisers • LSE Estates / Finance / H.R. • The Friends of the Women’s Library • The staff of the Women’s Library • Prominent depositors • The Bid adjudicators • Personal contacts Past Forward! Yale

  5. Eyes on the prize George Bernard Shaw photographs a Suffragette rally, 1909 http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/shaw/exhibition.aspx Past Forward! Yale

  6. Building the case: outside Public politics : moving into a different league • Professional organizations • Public funders • Heritage Lottery Fund (existing relationship) • Arts Council • The National Archives • Higher Education Council for England (HEFCE) • Competition • Colleagues and competitors Past Forward! Yale

  7. Defending the case: outside Public protest: Kidnap or rescue? • Media campaign • Women’s Groups • Local Councillors • Members of Parliament • Depositors • Researchers • Protestors • Friends Past Forward! Yale

  8. Keeping going: patience is a virtue but so is persistence with passion Past Forward! Yale

  9. Politics: internal and external • Internal politics • Space issues in the Library • Building snags • Leverage for space • Holding back the academics • External politics • Communications • Messages • Publishers are circling • Restraining the researchers Past Forward! Yale

  10. What have we learned? • Pre-existing profile • TWL Collection high profile • LSE Collection low profile • Close links previously undiscovered • Over-sensitivity to protest • Alumni engaged • Professional Colleagues supportive • Effect on fundraising • We are not lawyers • But we are professionals Talk, email, write, meet, tour, talk, email, meet, tour, talk Past Forward! Yale

  11. Staff as Stakeholders • Engaging staff in the project • Project Board, Team, Manager and more • Bringing TWL staff to LSE • Keeping staff onside • Innovation to support the project • Project to support innovation • Reviewing and renewing practice Past Forward! Yale

  12. Look for the Golden Thread Past Forward! Yale

  13. Link the past and present Emily Wilding Davison Online Exhibition http://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/exhibitions/emily-wilding-davison-centenary Past Forward! Yale

  14. Looking to the future: we’re not finished yet but well underway Past Forward! Yale

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