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Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team

Step Up, Step Forward and Join the Team Kelly Thormodson Coordinator, Education & Research Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Midwest MLA Annual Conference-Madison, WI - September 26 th , 2010 . Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team. April 2009. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team.

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Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team

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  1. Step Up, Step Forward and Join the TeamKelly ThormodsonCoordinator, Education & ResearchHardin Library for the Health SciencesMidwest MLA Annual Conference-Madison, WI - September 26th, 2010

  2. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team April 2009

  3. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • Successful • Fragmented • Not much communication • No cross contamination • Not much mentoring

  4. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • Five designated liaisons • Senior person - 5 years experience • Newest - 4 months experience • Six additional librarians on staff • Some with liaison responsibilities • My Plan

  5. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team June 2009

  6. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team Kathryn Skhal 1976-2009

  7. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • 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

  8. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • What we did to make us a team • Established standard training curriculums • PubMed, CINAHL, RefWorks, etc • Guidelines • Specific examples • Handouts • Class curriculums

  9. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • What we did to make us a team • Hard Open Workshops

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  11. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • 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

  12. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • What we did to make us a team – the little things • Meet monthly • Liaisons • Meet individually • Designated liaisons meet with me weekly • Communication

  13. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • What we did to make us a team – the little things • Education calendar – more data

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  18. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • Staff Changes • Gone • Two designated liaisons • Two librarians • Came • One designated liaison • Two librarians

  19. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • Future • Keep improving • Consistency of teaching, training curriculums • Examples database • Standardize handouts • Share information, work together, communicate • Education calendar

  20. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • Future Projects • Reorganization of shared files • Consistent naming of shared files • SharePoint (library intranet) • Shared drive • Cross training • Marketing oversight

  21. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team Questions?

  22. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team Thank you. Thank you very much. Image from http://www.jeffjarvisshow.com/index.html. Sept 19, 2010

  23. Step Up, Step Forward, and Join the Team • Kelly Thormodson • Coordinator, Education & Research • Hardin Library for the Health Sciences • Kelly-thormodson@uiowa.edu

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