Joint Forum: Change is Good: You Go First! Leading Others To and Through Change

Description:

The CARLI Technical Services Committee and Collection Management Committee sponsored a day-long event focusing on managing change. Kristine Hammerstrand (CARLI Director of User Services) gave the first keynote on upcoming changes with the I-Share migration to Alma and steps libraries can take now to help prepare. Guest speaker Kevin O’Connor, a Leadership and Communications Expert who specializes in change, discussed how to lead change, what people need during change, and important personal transformations. Afternoon sessions included managing a large, unplanned change by technical services librarian Deb Morris, implementing new methods of collection development by Michelle Oh, Paolo Gujilde, and Kimberly Shotick, project management tools by Jennifer Daltzin and Alician Esquivel, and the public services impact from system changes including New VuFind, Alma, and Primo by Erika Wade Smith, Niamh McGuigan, and Geoff Morse. Joan Schuitema elaborated on the importance of personal change during organizational change to conclude the day.

Additional document shared by Kevin O'Connor

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