International Summer School on the Digital Library 2003, Change: Making it Happen in your Library

Friday, 15 August 2003

Day 3

9:00 hrs Real-life Case Study: University of Sussex Library: A Suitable Case for Treatment (EZ 8)

  • why radical change was necessary
  • the protracted and difficult change process
  • the outcome
  • key factors for success
  • difficult issues to be overcome
Deborah Shorley
Librarian, University of Sussex, UK

9:45 hrs From Library to Learning Centre: A Case Study of Organisational Change at Sheffield Hallam University (EZ 8)

  • the first Learning Centre in the UK at Sheffield Hallam University (1996)
  • integration of library provision, user computing, multimedia production facilities, educational development and educational research
  • the development of the Learning Centre concept in the context of educational and organisational change
  • the implementation of the model at Sheffield Hallam University
  • the evidence of its impact on students, academic staff and Learning Centre staff
Graham Bulpitt
Director, Sheffield Hallam University, Learning Centre, UK

10:30 hrs Coffee/Tea (Foyer building E)

10:45 hrs Course Case study - Group Work (Break-out rooms E 140/240)

Jan Wilkinson
University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection, University of Leeds, UK

12:30 hrs Lunch (Foyer building E)

13:45 hrs People and Change (EZ 8)

  • changing behaviour
  • norms and culture change
  • managing resistance
  • power and information
  • performance management
  • competence assessment
  • employment policies and reward structures
  • continuous improvement programmes
Lucy Jeynes
Director, Larch Consulting Ltd, UK

15:00 hrs Coffee/Tea (Foyer building E)

15:15 hrs Course Case study - Group Work (Break-out rooms E 140/240)

Jan Wilkinson
University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection, University of Leeds, UK

16:30 hrs Course Conclusions, Case Study Lessons, and Individual Learning Plans (EZ 8)

Jan Wilkinson
University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection, University of Leeds, UK

17:30 hrs End of programme, no joint dinner

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Tilburg Innovation Centre for Electronic Resources
Ticer, PO Box 4191, 5004 JD Tilburg, The Netherlands,
telephone +31-13-466 83 10, telefax +31-13-466 83 83, e-mail Ticer@uvt.nl,
Last updated 6 August 2003.