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ALCTS e-Forum: Project Management in Libraries

January 8-9, 2019

Moderated by Anastasia (Nastia) Guimaraes, Meghan Musolff, and Wendy Tressler Jasper

Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!

Registration information is at the end of the message.

Each day, discussion begins and ends at:

Pacific: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Mountain: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Central: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Eastern: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Many of us manage projects as part of our regular job responsibilities and have developed project management skills and experience. Project management as a discipline is gaining recognition in libraries as an important mechanism to deliver efficient and improved project results. Increasingly, libraries are hiring dedicated staff, with knowledge of project management best practices to manage high-impact projects. During this e-Forum we will draw on practical experience to discuss challenges of managing projects in libraries, look at techniques and tools that could be easily applied by anyone managing a project, and talk about ways to implement project management in technical and collection services.

Moderators

Anastasia (Nastia) Guimaraes is a Project Management Librarian at Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame. Prior to moving into the role of a project manager, she worked as a manager in technical services and oversaw the units responsible for copy cataloging, serials cataloging, electronic resources cataloging, catalog maintenance, batch loading, and government documents. Nastia holds a BA in English and Spanish from Moscow State Linguistic University and a MLS from Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis.

Meghan Musolff is Lead Project Manager at the University of Michigan Library. In this role, she works with colleagues to support library-wide initiatives and offers project management resources and training to Library staff and the campus community. Her professional interests include productivity, service design, change management, meeting facilitation, and self-care. She holds a M.A. in Art History from Michigan State University and a M.L.I.S. from Dominican University.

Wendy Tressler Jasper is Manager, 2020 Vision Plan for the Columbus Metropolitan Library (Ohio). In this role she manages $210M+ in construction projects and 4 project managers. Wendy has held many roles during her tenure at CML including serving as Manager of Project Management & Quality. Wendy has presented several times at conferences and classrooms on project management. She holds a M.L.I.S (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and an M. Ed. (University of Toledo).

What Is an e-Forum?

An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it's free.

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*Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.*