[Eril-l] ALCTS e-Forum: Making the Move: Considerations for Relocating Collections, Staff, and Services

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*Cross posted to multiple lists.*

ALCTS e-Forum: Making the Move: Considerations for Relocating Collections,
Staff, and Services

May 12-13, 2020

Moderated by Laura Turner, Alejandra Nann, and Millie Fullmer

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.

Libraries of all types and sizes are re-envisioning their physical spaces
to fit their institutional missions and goals. Recent ALCTS e-Forums
reflected on a variety of concerns with weeding collections. Aside from
downsizing, moving/storing collections and relocating user services and
staff temporarily during a renovation requires careful and thorough
planning by librarians who manage such projects. Thoughtful preparation can
ease the disruption for users and staff while maximizing use of new
locations for materials. Day One of the e-Forum will solicit preparation
tips needed to move collections, either permanently or temporarily. Day Two
will concentrate on preparation tips for re-locating staff and/or services
before and/or after renovation.

Moderators

Laura Turner is the Head of Collections, Access, and Discovery at Copley
Library, the university library at the University of San Diego. She was
responsible for planning the move of library materials offsite and worked
with library administration to set up temporary staff and user services
spaces. Turner also collaborated with the systems librarian and his team to
ensure seamless processes for retrieval of offsite library materials during
the renovation.

Alejandra Nann is the Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian at Copley
Library, the university library at the University of San Diego. She was
responsible for managing a large print journal deselection project in
conjunction with the library’s renovation, and she provided oversight while
library materials were moved off-campus into storage. Nann currently
manages her staff’s concerns and workflow in their temporary location
during renovation, and she is preparing them for moving back into the
library.

Millie Fullmer is the Acquisitions and Cataloging Librarian at Copley
Library, the university library at the University of San Diego. One of her
main tasks during the current library renovation is ensuring that the local
ILS's bibliographic data reflects that of the offsite storage company and
trouble-shooting any discrepancies. She has also been involved with
managing library staff's expectations, changing job roles, and other
concerns during this time of transition.


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.

For information about upcoming e-forums, please visit
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum

How to Register

You must register your email address to subscribe to or access an
electronic discussion list on ALA's Mailing List Service. Once you have
registered for one e-forum, you do not need to register again, unless you
choose to leave the list. Find instructions for subscribing and
unsubscribing online. (
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum/sympa)

If you have any problems, please contact alcts-eforum-request at lists.ala.org.

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