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Category Archives: organization culture and assessment
Envisioning our Future: The Constant is Change
Last week I shared some highlights of the Envisioning our Future interview project with TULUP staff. In this post I begin to pull together themes that emerged over the course of the project’s three phases: organizational communication, change and connection. … Continue reading
The Ways of the Teacher, Leader, and Assessment Practitioner
Ways of the teacher This summer I am teaching a class in leadership at Drexel’s College of Computing and Infomatics, a required course in their masters program for Library and Information Science. What a thrill! To be in the … Continue reading
On Inquiry, Innovation and Leadership
Say the word innovation, particularly in libraries, and we tend to think of technology. At the Ginsburg Library, this association is explicit — the space set aside for technology-rich services like 3-D printing and virtual reality application is called the … Continue reading
The Year in Assessment at TULUP: A Celebration
This week I submitted the Libraries’ annual report on assessment activities to the University’s Office of Assessment and Evaluation . It’s a requirement that I don’t particularly relish, as I often feel our approach to assessment at the Libraries is … Continue reading
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Working Together for Improvement: The Digital Access Workflow
When the library closed its physical doors in March, new doors of the digital sort opened up. Yet the disruption of access service for physical materials, lasting several months, has yielded a re-working of processes for how we get our … Continue reading
Steering Straight: Continuous Improvement and the SSTs
It’s been almost four years since we established the first Strategic Steering Teams at Temple University Libraries/Press. Those first two groups, Research Data Services and Scholarly Communication, are now part of a group of six including: Outreach and Communications, Learning … Continue reading
We Don’t Want to Work with Mummies
At Charles Library we are experiencing a more open office environment. I saw an extreme version at the Penn Museum this weekend ; the conservator’s workspace is actually in the gallery, on view several hours a day. But the office … Continue reading
Stretching Boundaries, Crossing Thresholds
Today I needed a metaphor to suit my photograph. It’s the immersive artwork Flight Paths by Steve Waldeck installed at Atlanta’s airport, constructed of thousands of laser cut “leaves” and incorporating sounds and images of birds. The artwork makes … Continue reading
Envisioning our future: Will the view forward ever be clear?
This was a thrilling week at Temple University Libraries, as many of the staff moved into their new office spaces at Charles Library. The windows provide an abundance of natural light throughout the building – at last we have escaped … Continue reading
A Yogi’s Reflections on Change, and Charles
For a couple of years now I have been practicing yoga. I live near the studio and my routine is to have an early coffee then head over to the 6:30 session. It’s a good way to start the day … Continue reading