Project Management in the Library Workplace

Alice Daugherty, Samantha Schmehl Hines, Alice Daugherty, Samantha Schmehl Hines

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781787548374
• eBook ISBN: 9781787548381
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

An important component of library administration and organization in the modern age is managing projects. Once the realm of technology and business gurus, formal project management tools, techniques and schemas have become more commonplace in libraries. Using formal project management components can help libraries achieve their desired outcomes with less stress for employees. However, there can be an entry barrier to project management, since the concepts are still somewhat out of the range of the usual library administration experience. This volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization attempts to put project management into the toolboxes of library administrators through overviews of concepts, analyses of experiences, and forecasts for the use of project management within the profession.

INDEX

Abilene Paradox, 286–287

overcoming through open communication, 291

Academic librarians, 91, 108, 116, 117, 119, 120–121, 202

Academic libraries, 22, 23, 65, 92

PM in, 118–120

Academic library implementation of PM standards

assessment for improving PM processes, 138–140

developing PM standard processes, 142–148

growth, 134–136

PM Coordinating Group, 148

PM effects on library administration, 137–138

UMTC, 140–142

Academic Services, 211

Accelerated improvement workshop (AIW), 242

Accidental profession, 120

“Accidental” project managers, 120, 140, 262, 264, 265, 269, 274

Accountability, 41, 59, 209, 215

general, 257

mechanisms for, 288–289

project, 219

team, 257

Acquisitions Process Review, 306–307

Adaptive Project Framework, 75

Adaptive Software Development, 80

Adhocracy model, 22, 23

Administration industrielle et généralle (Fayol), 42

Administrative support, 139

Agile, 75, 231, 235–237, 239, 314

approach, 80, 158–159

methodology, 83–84, 214, 235

PM, 74, 239, 314

practices, 214–215

problems with Agile philosophy, 80–81

software development, 315

Agile Management or Agile Process Management. See Agile methodology

Agile Manifesto, 158, 235, 236

American Library Association (ALA), 280

American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 45

Archival collection management functions, 190–192

Archival instruction, 195

Archival processing, 190, 191

ArchivesSpace, digital services, 158–159

Articulation of tasks, 7

Assessment schema, 46

Assurance, 301

“Asymmetrical disconnection”, 91

Authority, 116, 117, 136

“Backlog”, 316

Balance, 83

Basic shell, 247–249

“Benevolent dictator”, 41

Big Ten Academic Alliance libraries (BTAA libraries), 20, 26, 27

Biological routine, 59

“Bottom-up” approach, 34

Breac Irish Studies Bibliography database, 209

Breaking down work, 143

Brigham Young University, 76

Budgetary, 61

Building buy-in, pilot development, 93–94

Business and industry, perspectives from, 249–250

Business literature, 250

Call for Proposals (CFP), 93, 110

application, 113

commitment, 111–112

eligibility and selection criteria, 112

outcomes, 112

research sprint templates, 114

Research Sprints, 110

suggestion topics, 111

upcoming dates and deadlines, 114

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), 320, 323

certification, 315

certification exam, 320–321

Change control process, 268

Change management, 140, 168–171, 218

broadening change, 182–183

closing in practice, 183–184

combining project management with, 170–171

communicating change vision, 174

creating and celebrating short-term wins, 180

developing vision and strategic plan, 173–174

embedding change in culture of organization, 183

empowering others to participation, 180

executing and controlling in practice, 180–182

stakeholder identification and engagement, 173

Change process supervision and control, 179

Change vision communication, 174

Charter-less tools, 120–121

Cheaper by the Dozen (Frank and Gilbreth), 43

Clan culture, 22, 23

orientations, 30

Client acceptance, 256

Client consultation, 256

ClimateQUAL, 308, 309

individual climates and attitudes, 304

Closeout phase, 41

Closing, 249, 273

in practice, 183–184

processes, 182

Collaborative collection-building initiatives, 194

Collaborative Leadership Programme survey ratings, 305

Collaborative skills in information professionals, 287–290

Collaborative work and PM challenges, 284–287

Collection

collection-level control, 191

development council, 267

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Using Pre-project Planning to Manage Workload
• Fostering a Culture of Project Management Practices – A Maturity Model for Libraries
• Common Roots, Different Systems: Project Management and Librarianship
• The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men often go Awry: The Disadvantages of Project Management
• Sprinting toward Faculty Engagement: Adopting Project Management Approaches to Build Library–Faculty Relationships
• Shadow Project Management: Using the Project Management Body of Knowledge to Informally Manage Library Projects
• Academic Library Implementation of Project Management Standards
• Integration of Project Management Techniques in Digital Projects
• Combining Project Management and Change Management for Project Success in Libraries
• From Collection Silos to Digital Content Hubs: Digital Project Management in Special Collections and University Archives
• The Value of Full-Time Project Management Positions: PMO Nuts and Bolts at Hesburgh Libraries
• Borrowed from Business: Using Corporate Strategies to Manage Library Projects
• Using a “Project Management Mindset” as an Administrative Approach to Creating Workplace Efficiencies & Building Employee Leadership Skills
• Accidental Project Management in a New Library Storage Facility
• Effective Project Management Techniques to Prepare Information Professionals for the Future Workforce
• Projects, Programmes, Strategy and Leadership in the Research Library
• Increasing Effectiveness of Library Projects through ScrumMaster Certification
• About the Authors
• Index