Communicate, communicate, communicate!
Risk redundancy/boredom.
Include all staff in all stages of planning the new facility/service, as
well as in all aspects of the training.
Inform your supervisor and even higher up every step of the way.
Inform other depts. at every step.
Inform library users, friends of the library, donors.
Best wishes,
Ellen Chapman
Univ. of Hawaii Library
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Miranda Haddock wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> This message is being cross posted. Please excuse any
> duplication.
>
> For the past 4 years I have been head of both the Visual Resources
> Library (slides, digital images, picture file) and the Videotape,
> Film, and DVD Collection which are housed in two different
> facilities. This summer we are moving to a new facility where both
> units will be combined (my life will be so much easier!). I am
> looking for a management model for combining these two facilities
> into one. Has anyone had experience with this situation? If so, I
> would like to know how you managed dividing the work among staff
> members. Up until now each unit has had it's own coordinator who
> has managed the collection as well as hire, train, and supervise
> student assistants. As far as maintenance of the collections is
> concerned I will keep each coordinator in charge of the same
> materials each one has managed for 14 years. We will now have one
> central circulation desk and each coordinator will be cross trained
> in circulation procedures. I need some direction on dealing with
> the hiring, supervising, etc. of the student workers. Does anyone
> have experience with this?
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Miranda Howard Haddock
> Associate Professor
> Visual Resources Librarian
> Western Michigan University
> 1903 W. Michigan Ave.
> Kalamazoo, MI 49008
> (269) 387-4113
> fax: (269) 387-4114
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