@article{4f2a935b7e1448b0b3300613ee78771d,
title = "Project Management and Institutional Collaboration in Libraries",
abstract = "As most libraries in the United States struggle with declining financial support, combined with the ever-increasing need to incorporate new technology into services and the profusion of resources that are available, inter-institutional cooperation is becoming more common. Planning and implementing new projects in libraries is better carried out if the project is formally managed from the beginning to ensure an orderly and efficient completion to the project. Two institutions have developed new services that they sought to expand to other institutions. Though neither project set out to use project-management techniques, the development of the new services illustrates their practical use.",
keywords = "Assessment, Chat reference, Collaboration, Planning, Project management",
author = "Ivanitskaya, {Svetlana Vladimir} and Burich, {Nancy J.} and Casey, {Anne Marie} and Devlin, {Frances A.}",
note = "Funding Information: Funding for the RRSA was originally conceived in two parts. The team agreed to apply for grants in the 2004-2005 academic year and sought input from the partner librarians for sources of grant money. With sufficient grant funding, the team hoped to purchase a server that could be dedicated to RRSA use and to hire a programmer and student assistants. A small grant from a CMU office for support of faculty excellence was received and used to fund student assistants to help with the development of a version of the RRSA to measure health-information literacy. The team continues to apply for grants for this project. The prospects of obtaining funding increase as more institutions join the project and contribute to the design of the RRSA questions. Funding Information: In 1997-1998, several projects at the University of Newcastle in England were carried out using project management after members of the library received formal training. The projects ranged from replacing a circulation desk to setting up a periodicals review project (Chambers & Perrow, 1998). Bell (1996) describes several projects, including retrospective cataloguing and microfilming, which were funded by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council at Edinburgh University.",
year = "2006",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1300/J124v24n01_02",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
pages = "17--36",
journal = "Technical Services Quarterly",
issn = "0731-7131",
publisher = "Technical Services Quarterly",
number = "1",
}