Change: Making it Happen in Your Library: A Short Impression

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

Change: Making it Happen in your Library: A Short Impression

Jola G.B. Prinsen

For the fourth year in a row, a change management course was given. Although the general structure of this course remains the same, new presentations are included every year. The core of the course is formed by a keynote presentation about the context of change, presentations about the theory and techniques of change management (by Lucy Jeynes, Larch Consulting), and an imaginary case study. During the group work sessions around this imaginary case study, the participants can directly apply what they learned. Added to this, are real-life case studies.

This year's keynote was delivered by Andrew Green, librarian of the National Library of Wales. He spoke about social, political and economic change; about changes in the learning environment; about technological drivers; and the implications for libraries. The course "Change: Making it Happen in your Library" this year offered four real-life case studies.

Alice Keller (ETH-Library Zürich) spoke about the joining of the Acquisitions and Cataloguing departments in her library.
Jan Wilkinson (Leeds University Library) and Deborah Shorley (University of Sussex Library) implemented change in their whole libraries. Although on the one hand quite different from each other, on the other hand these case studies also bore quite some resemblances.
Finally, Graham Bulpitt (Adsetts Centre at Sheffield Hallam University) reported about the change from a university library towards a learning centre.
These case studies, although quite UK-oriented due to circumstances, were all very inspiring.

This article is written by Jola G.B. Prinsen, Deputy Manager Ticer B.V. Copyright Ticer B.V.

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	Change: Making it Happen in your Library: A Short Impression
	Jola G.B. Prinsen
	For the fourth year in a row, a change management course was given. Although the general structure of this course remains the same, new presentations are included every year. The core of the course is formed by a keynote presentation about the context of change, presentations about the theory and techniques of change management (by Lucy Jeynes, Larch Consulting), and an imaginary case study. During the group work sessions around this imaginary case study, the participants can directly apply what they learned. Added to this, are real-life case studies. This year's keynote was delivered by Andrew Green, librarian of the National Library of Wales. He spoke about social, political and economic change; about changes in the learning environment; about technological drivers; and the implications for libraries. The course "Change: Making it Happen in your Library" this year offered four real-life case studies. Alice Keller (ETH-Library Zürich) spoke about the joining of the Acquisitions and Cataloguing departments in her library. Jan Wilkinson (Leeds University Library) and Deborah Shorley (University of Sussex Library) implemented change in their whole libraries. Although on the one hand quite different from each other, on the other hand these case studies also bore quite some resemblances. Finally, Graham Bulpitt (Adsetts Centre at Sheffield Hallam University) reported about the change from a university library towards a learning centre. These case studies, although quite UK-oriented due to circumstances, were all very inspiring.
	This article is written by Jola G.B. Prinsen, Deputy Manager Ticer B.V. Copyright Ticer B.V.