Tag Archives: organizational culture

What Care Looks Like

I have just returned from the 2024 Library Assessment Conference in Portland, Oregon.  I came away from that meeting with a true appreciation for what care can look like when we work together as colleagues and with our communities to provide … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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